Posted on 03/16/2010 1:42:42 PM PDT by LatinaGOP
How is everyone else answering? Don't like that they ask my race/ethnicity for congressional districting. They tend to assume that because I am Hispanic, that I am a Democrat. Can I choose to only answer how many people are living here and send it in that way?
For ‘race’, consider “100 meter dash”, “440 Relay”, “Human”.
As to the rest, you’re only required to givwe the number of persons in the household. For anything else, write in the appropriate portion of the Constitution.
Race “Other” American (Thank you Rush!
Likewise.
I went to a mogolian grill one time, does that count?
Can't wait until they are running health care...
I plan on checking off “native american”. I mean I WAS born here.
Last time I put down the number of people living at my address and left it at that. This time I will also add that all residents are of the American “race”. They will get no other information from me unless and until I am standing in front of a judge and he orders me to give it.
entered number of people and my phone number, sent it back.
For “race” i’m considering “Texan”
Me too.
I like the answer “unknown” because the word “race” means different things to different people.
Kind of like the word “is.” /s
My plan is # in the house and ethnicity-American. Since Napolitano declared me to be an enemy of the government (I’m pro life), I’m sensitive about what I tell them.
My dog , Lola , is outraged and is filing a class action suit demanding that she be counted. she is a staunch conservative and wants to be included in the gerrymandering roles.
However, we are in a dilemma as to what to put for age...the form does not clarify if this is dog years or human years. Also, there is no category for race for Canine..but then I think that will all be included in the lawsuit.
Lola is hoping this goes to the Supreme court so that others like her don’t have to suffer this indgnity!
“So what would screw up their plans the most?”
Probably nothing. Here is what I found looking around on the Internet. While written from the perspective of Sikhs, it discusses what happens when you try to write stuff in...
“We recently spoke with Karen Humes, Assistant Division Chief for Special Populations at the Census Bureau in Washington, DC. Karen’s job is to work alongside the Race and Ancestry branches to code the data that comes in on census forms from around the country. You can read a letter from Karen that confirms this information by clicking here.
There are 4 options for how a Sikh could possibly fill out the 2010 census form to try and be counted as a Sikh. Each of these options involves Question 9 – The Race Question – on the census form. Here’s what Karen told us about each one:
Option 1: Under the question “What is Person 1’s race?,” a Sikh could tick the box next to either “Other Asian” or “Some other race” and write in the word “Sikh” in the text space.
Karen was very clear that any attempt to write in the word “Sikh” in any text box on the census form will result in the person being counted as “Asian Indian.” As she explained it, the census’ computers are coded so that any write-in of the word “Sikh” results in the person automatically being dropped into the “Asian Indian” category. There is no “Sikh” category.
Option 2: Under the question “What is Person 1’s race?,” a Sikh could tick the box next to both “Asian Indian” and “Some other race” and write in the word “Sikh” in the text space.
If more than one type of race box is ticked, the person will be counted as someone of mixed-race heritage. If the person ticks both and writes in “Sikh” under “Some other race” then the person will be counted as mixed-race of Asian heritage.
Option 3: Under the question “What is Person 1’s race?,” a Sikh could simply tick the box next to “Some other race” or “Other Asian” and not write anything in the text space.
In this case, the Sikh would simply be counted as “Other Asian” or “Other race,” which are both reported categories in the Census data.
Option 4: A Sikh could leave the question “What is Person 1’s race?” unanswered on the census form.
If the race question is left unanswered, the Census Bureau will attempt to impute a race based on other information. For example, they will check back to match your return from Census 2000, if possible, or will check the race of others in your household. If all else fails, they could impute your neighbor’s race to you with the help of a stratification algorithm.
In sum, the message from Census Bureau officials is clear: There is no Sikh category that it counts and writing in the word “Sikh” under the race questions will have Sikhs counted as “Asian Indian.”
http://sikhcoalition.wordpress.com/2009/08/24/counting-every-sikh-in-census-2010/
Based off that, I’d guess writing in “American” will result in the computer either automatically tossing you in the “White” category, or else they will compare previous census data, or just merge you in with whatever is dominate in your neighborhood.
Also, deliberately providing a false answer can result in a fine of $500/answer, although it is very unlikely anyone would be prosecuted.
I also think they would have to prove intent to deceive, which would be tough given that categories include Pakistani and Filipino!
Filled mine out straight, except for the phone number, left that blank. It’s just your basic normal demographic data on mine, in the end they probably wind up knowing less about me than Amazon.
They go back as far as 1910, I suppose coming from a geneologist it is so when our records become available for our future gr gr grandchildren or however far down the line it goes. Who knows many years down the road you may have a family member interested in searching his/her roots. Anyway it was not the form I heard so much about, it was very simple, and I did not answer the what is your phone # quetion. I figure I gave them what is required, now they can leave me alone.
How about “natural born American”?
What race do Americans use when they emmigrate to Asia, South America, or Europe?
mine was hand delivered. I asked why and the woman with her census taker ID around her neck said because mail delivery is bad in my area. She said some nonsense about rural routes and p.o. boxes..I live in a development where everyone has a mailbox. Made no sense for her to get $20 an hour of taxpayer money to hand deliver when the Post Office is losing money.
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