Takes character input and returns TRUE/FALSE if black/other also checks for "African American" and "Black or African American"

Takes character input and returns TRUE/FALSE if black/other also checks for "African American" and "Black or African American"

Usage

is_black(x)

Arguments

x

input character representing race

Value

boolean representing Race == Black

Examples

is_black("WHITE")
#> [1] FALSE

is_black(c("AFRICAN AMERICAN", "BLACK"))
#> [1] TRUE TRUE