The government asks your race on everything. I was asked my race on an application for an agricultural exemption on property taxes, on a questionnaire about my small business (I don’t have one but they sent it to me three times) -— on everything.
It’s outrageous, racist, and unconstitutional.
Not only that, but the feds have all sorts of back-up procedures for people who refuse to answer.
When we applied for a mortgage we refused to check any of the boxes. The loan officer told us that since we refused to do so, he was required by law to state what he observed our race to be. Govt will also impute your race based on census data if you refuse to answer the question on various surveys.
I want no part of this racial beancounting, so I still decline to participate whenever possible.