[Altura Ct.]

which could give Arab-Americans and other affected groups greater political clout and access to public funding, among other things.

Wake up white man...

[lightman]

Also would give law enforcement and criminal intelligence units a heads up of the number of potential sleeper cells out there.

[Rodamala]

When the census taker comes to the door and introduces herself, I will just stand there in my skivvies holding my bottle of Jose Cuervo and say, "¿Que?"

[mylife]

Blobama strikes again.

[fella]

There should be no hyphenated Americans. There are only Americans with red blood. The blood that Americans have shed to free themselves from hereditary tyrants but to also give that same freedom to others. To divide us in any fashion is to put us back on the path to tyranny.

[Salman]

Jews are “middle eastern”, right?

[Gay State Conservative]

And,of course,there will be eight gender options in 2020 vs the traditional two.

[mathurine]

no more white privilege for certain ones; these social engineers come up with some interesting stuff.

[GrootheWanderer]

One of my best friend’s father and his uncles emigrated from Lebanon in the 1930s. They came to Alabama founded a store, then a cotton mill, became deacons in the local Baptist church, presidents of the Chamber of Commerce and Rotary, married local girls. This was at the height of Jim Crow, and no one ever considered them anything but white.

But my friend’s daughter, who is just one-quarter Lebanese, insists she isn’t white but Middle Eastern.

[workerbee]

"We know the challenges," says Hassan Jaber, who runs a Detroit-area social services group and serves on a census advisory board formed to evaluate Americans' changing racial and ethnic identities. "It really does take rethinking ... who we are as a population and what our needs are, (but) there are specific needs for Arab-Americans that are not being recognized and not being met."

I just threw up in my mouth.

As for my household, we will continue to report only the number of citizens living therein.

[umgud]

This is nothing but a democrat voter drive.

[bluejean]

Sleeper cells aren’t going to be interested in reporting. Neither will illegals flowing over the borders. The census, like every other aspect of the govt, a steaming pile of PC feces.