Which Racial Category Are You Going To Check In The 2010 U.S Census Questionnaire Form ? (Representatives, Congress)

[Mach50]

Originally Posted by malamute

I think this time he government decided hispanic is not a race. I think there was a different check box area to say you are some kind of hispanic -and that group also is broken down by country of origin.

That means you can be white or black or chinese or samoan or whatever else AND be hispanic -- whether or not you even speak Spanish. That too didn't make much sense.

That's right, they asked if you were:

Hispanic, then if you are Mexican, Cuban or Puerto-Rican or other.

Then what Race.

[workingclasshero]

I think we should all write in......"HUMAN race"...since that is the race we ALL are


no more statusfying things

[Haaziq]

I don't get the "Black, African-American, or Negro" thing.

The first two titles are fine. Why is Negro even necessary? It doesn't offend me. I just don't see the point of it being there.

[Golem1979]

I think we should all write in......"HUMAN race"...since that is the race we ALL are


no more statusfying things

I am pretty sure the president of the United States Barack Obama did not racially classify himself as Human in the 2010 census. He clings to a Black identity.

[malamute]

Originally Posted by Golem1979

Yeah but for the Hispanics who are not White, Black, Chinese, or Samoan, they can check a box called SOME OTHER RACE.

If they show up to ask me about race or hispanic since I didn't check any of their boxes, I'm just going to say "no se que raza somos" and send them on their way.

[Mach50]

Originally Posted by workingclasshero

I think we should all write in......"HUMAN race"...since that is the race we ALL are


no more statusfying things

Then we wouldn't need a 14 billion dollar Census would we? Money saved.

[workingclasshero]

Originally Posted by workingclasshero

I think we should all write in......"HUMAN race"...since that is the race we ALL are


no more statusfying things

Originally Posted by Mach50

Then we wouldn't need a 14 billion dollar Census would we? Money saved.

yes we would since the REASON for the CENSUS is the enumeration...a countion of the NUMBERS

they still need that in your RESIDENCE there are 2 or 5 or 10 people living there...that 2 are adults and 3 are minors.


that is the idea....not someones RACE

as I said we are ALL of the HUMAN RACE

[Mach50]

Originally Posted by workingclasshero

yes we would since the REASON for the CENSUS is the enumeration...a countion of the NUMBERS

they still need that in your RESIDENCE there are 2 or 5 or 10 people living there...that 2 are adults and 3 are minors.


that is the idea....not someones RACE

as I said we are ALL of the HUMAN RACE

Yeah I know, maybe we could save on ink and paper though? Online form?

[Golem1979]

If they show up to ask me about race or hispanic since I didn't check any of their boxes, I'm just going to say "no se que raza somos" and send them on their way.

I am surprised very few Hispanics in the U.S classify themselves as Indian, considering most Hispanics in the U.S physically look closer to George Lopez in racial phenotype/appearance than they do to George W. Bush.

[southernnaturelover]

Originally Posted by newonecoming

I am not going to check any box because they have yet to give me one to check.

Don't feel bad, I wasn't counted last time.