Talk:Samoan Americans

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American Citizenship Controversy
Perhaps there should be a section detailing the US Citizenship controversy? Considering the SCOTUS choice to not take up the case, many, myself included are probably wondering about this and it seems a notable detail about Samoans and citizenship in the USA. Perhaps someone who has more understanding than me can elaborate on why citizens of a US territory that's been part of the USA for over 120 years are not US citizens? https://www.cbsnews.com/news/supreme-court-birthright-citizenship-american-samoa-insular-cases/ Centerone (talk) 19:50, 17 October 2022 (UTC)

When referring to a large number of individuals in a community, the phrase "are rife in" seems like a derogatory way to describe the situation.
Regarding the section of the article that purports to discuss Demographics of Alaska and Hawaii with respect to Samoan Americans (https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Samoan_Americans&action=edit&section=9), I think a more neutral way of referring to the proportion of individuals in a given community should be used in this article. Also, perhaps linking to the 2020 US Census data would be appropriate. In July of 2020, the demographic category that was captured into which Samoan Americans would be coded was "Native Hawaiian and Other Pacific Islander alone or in combination with one or more other races", and the total count in the state of Alaska was 18,668 out of 733,391 people in the state. For the ZIP code 99723, those numbers were 4,934 and 407. The implication of "rife with" would mean a large percentage, but 407 / 4934 * 100 = 8.2% is not a large percentage. Perhaps an indication of a growing proportion of the population would be appropriate, in which case one could refer to the 2010 Census and comment upon the change between the two. The original author used 2021 Census data, but did not compare it to show any trend over time.

U.S. Census Bureau. "PROFILE OF GENERAL POPULATION AND HOUSING CHARACTERISTICS." Decennial Census, DEC Demographic Profile, Table DP1, 2020, https://data.census.gov/table/DECENNIALDP2020.DP1?g=040XX00US02_860XX00US99723&d=DEC Demographic Profile. Accessed on January 10, 2024.CinderBDT (talk) 23:50, 10 January 2024 (UTC)