RE: I think everyone should check the “black” box.
Isn’t it a felony to lie on a census form?
Why on Earth would anyone admit that their ancestors owned slaves, even if they knew that?
Well, considering the one drop blood, I’m pretty sure if we dig back 2000 years quite a lot of folks have one “bkack” ancestor. Especially if one uses the incorrect logic of all “Africans” being black
ABA Legal Fact Check: It Is Illegal to Refuse to Answer Census QuestionsUnder the relevant census law, refusal to answer all or part of the census carries a $100 fine. The penalty goes up to $500 for giving false answers. In 1976, Congress eliminated both the possibility of a 60-day prison sentence for noncompliance and a one-year prison term for false answers.
However, the fine could be significantly higher than $100 for purposely avoiding questions. The Sentencing Reform Act of 1984 increased the fine for any criminal misdemeanor to as much as $5,000, effectively raising the penalty fiftyfold for refusing to answer a census question. Any prosecution would be handled by the U.S. Department of Justice, and a census spokeswoman has said, “We view this approach as a last resort.”
In fact, there have only been a handful of prosecutions for noncompliance in the history of the census, and none since 1970, according to media reports.
Isn’t it a felony to lie on a census form?
PROVE that I'm lying when I say that I have "Black" (and most likely "Slave") blood!
The only way to institute and maintain any such system based on "blood" is to adopt and legislate Nuremburg-style race laws, defining "Halbjude," "Vierteljude," etc.
It is blatantly impracticable to institute standards (incl. those with legal force) that can't be enforced because to do so would require codifying concepts and enacting measures that are inimical to our Constitutional rights.
Regards,
Race, like gender, is not a scientific construct.
It’s subjective.
You can call yourself anything you like these days and demand that people respect it.
Become ungovernable and this crap will end.
I did a DNA test .8% sub saharan african and .8% North african, and also a descendant of slave owners. Can I pay myself reparations? It might erase my guilt, lol!