I got an “invitation” to participate in an energy survey ( like the census, but a person actually had to come to my house, thanks alot nixon ).. but the lady was nice enough. The first question she asked me was what is your race. I said american. She than said “No, are you black, white, hispanic, or something else”. I told her I was an american. I was born in america, my parents were born in america, my grandparents and great grandparents were born in america. I am an american. I said if we all stopped talking about race and just admitted to each other that we are all americans, most if not all race related problems would just go away.
She got a coy little smile on her face, and put down American....
“asked me was what is your race. I said american”
That is exactly what my wife and I put on our last Gubermint controlled census when asked what our “race” was. We also answered to residents as “husband” and “wife”.