Monday, March 22, 2010

The Race Question on the Census

Dear Readers,

So I just filled out the 2010 Census letter, and my wife said that I shouldn't answer the race question because Glenn Beck said we shouldn't answer the race question because it will be used for dumb purposes by our dumb government.

But I googled "how should I answer the race question on the census" and I read a few things, like this thing and this thing and this thing.

And the third thing of the previous three things says that people should just select the "other race" box and write in "American" because it really isn't the government's business what race we are, and we really ought to move past categorizing people by race, don't you think? That made sense to me, and replying that way sounded fun, so I did it.

And it was fun!

And I took a picture of it!

And I hope you enjoy looking at the picture!


Sincerely,
Telemoonfa

3 comments:

Phoenix said...

What a great idea. I love it. When my dad filled out my birth certificate, in the race section he put "human" ha ha

s. said...

i like 'human' good idea!

Anonymous said...

Genealogists use old census records. the more specific questions and the answers, the easier the job of the genealogist.