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steveintampa said:

Got a notice that a census form will be arriving soon.

It is in English, Spanish, and two languages that look to be Chinese or Korean, one that looks like Vietnamese, and one that looks to be Russian.

Welcome to Amerika.

Me too.  Your tax dollars at work.

Here's American Thinker's take on it:

http://www.americanthinker.com…..ensus.html

March 09, 2010

I got a letter from the census today

Richard N. Weltz

Page Printed from: http://www.americanthinker.com…..ensus.html at March 10, 2010 – 07:41:42 AM CST

budd said:

I got the form and in one way was relieved….in another way disappointed.  I had heard all these horror stories about how they asked pages and pages of privacy-invasive questions, like how much you made and how many miles you drive to work, etc…..but the form I received wasn't like that at all.  In fact, the questions were simple to answer, and as far as I could see, not invasive at all.  However, I was gravely disappointed at the focus of the questions.  At the very least, the census form was grossly racist in nature, most of the questions dealing with “the race of all the people living at this address”.  At first I thought, “good, they're cracking down on illegal aliens” or something like that….but I believe I know the feds better than that.

The ONLY questions I will answer are: How many people live at this address and their names and ages…I will not tell them how many bedrooms, bathrooms, sinks, stoves, etc are in the house…the only thing that is required by the constitution is How many, names and ages…all other questions will be X'ed out and “Not Required by Constitution” statement will be placed in that box…I wanted to put in “None of your *&%$( business” in the box but the wife and I settled on the other…

Gullaphonic01 said:

Regarding Ethnic group check other and fill in AMERICAN.

HA!  Pretty good, Gull…wish I'd thought of that before I sent it in.

ginny said:

I got mine in the mail the other day, but haven't opened it. 

OT, what really pissed me off is that on my mother's death certificate recently, they had all kinds of boxes to indicate what race she was and it was checked off that she was non-hispanic caucasian!  She was Caucasian dammit!  Plain and simple!

Ginny, this pisses me off, too!  A classification of “non-Hispanic Caucasian” seems to have the connotation that somehow, being non-Hispanic is some kind of negative thing.  Imagine if they had put a classification like “non-Caucasian Black” on the census form.  It would come to about the same thing.  That census form will piss you off too, once you open it….as a good percentage of the questions on it are racially-oriented.  If our government is trying to overcome racial bias, they really suck at it.

Flash!!!

Rush Limbaugh ALSO just advocated checking “Other” box for the “Race” question, and then writing in AMERICAN!!!

I am definitely, positively going to do this.  And I heartily encourage all fellow Nobamans do the same.

DM_17 said:

Recently in school i was pulled to the office because they had my race confused. Of course im like uhh WTF? So they give me a letter, (how racist is this) that because my middle and last names are hispanic origin they needed to know if i was a hispanic. 

Long story short, dad gets pissed, checks prefers not to answer, and the damn school puts me down as HISPANIC/LATINO.

What?!  I don't understand how this happened.  Or why.

I dont know. what we came up with was that all the kids who were of suspicion of being hispanic origin or related were pulled that week. 

Finally opened the letter and it was  just the one to let me know the census was on its way.

It seems like the best thing to do is to check the “other” box and write in “American”.

I am still reallly po'd about my mother's death certificate though.  Imagine, you spend 82 years in this country, born here and proud of your Swedish heritage, like she was, and now she has been reduced to a “non” something.

And DM 17, it really concerns me that they are pulling kids from class because there is a “suspicion” due to  their names.

Your father should be really angry.

Here are the questions, and the Census Bureau's explanation for each question.  I didn't change anything from their website http://2010.census.gov/2010cen…..t-form.phpat all, except to add numbers so we can refer to specific questions for discussion.  Now, how are we REALLY going to answer this thing?  I will show you how “our family” will in a following post.—Time To Regroup 2008

1.  How many people were living or staying in this house, apartment, or mobile home on April 1, 2010?

We ask this question to help get an accurate count of the number of people in the household on Census Day, April 1, 2010. The answer should be based on the guidelines in the 'Start here' section. We use the information to ensure response accuracy and completeness and to contact respondents whose forms have incomplete or missing information.

2.  Were there any additional people staying here April 1, 2010 that you did not include in Question 1?

Asked since 1880. We ask this question to help identify people who may have been excluded in the count provided in Question 1. We use the information to ensure response accuracy and completeness and to contact respondents whose forms have incomplete or missing information.

3.  Is this house, apartment, or mobile home: owned with mortgage, owned without mortgage, rented, occupied without rent?

Asked since 1890. Homeownership rates serve as an indicator of the nation's economy. The data are also used to administer housing programs and to inform planning decisions.

4.  What is your telephone number?

We ask for a phone number in case we need to contact a respondent when a form is returned with incomplete or missing information.

5.  Please provide information for each person living here. Start with a person here who owns or rents this house, apartment, or mobile home. If the owner or renter lives somewhere else, start with any adult living here. This will be Person 1. What is Person 1's name?

Listing the name of each person in the household helps the respondent to include all members, particularly in large households where a respondent may forget who was counted and who was not. Also, names are needed if additional information about an individual must be obtained to complete the census form. Federal law protects the confidentiality of personal information, including names.

6.  What is Person 1's sex?

Asked since 1790. Census data about sex are important because many federal programs must differentiate between males and females for funding, implementing and evaluating their programs. For instance, laws promoting equal employment opportunity for women require census data on sex. Also, sociologists, economists, and other researchers who analyze social and economic trends use the data.

7.  What is Person 1's age and Date of Birth?

Asked since 1800. Federal, state, and local governments need data about age to interpret most social and economic characteristics, such as forecasting the number of people eligible for Social Security or Medicare benefits. The data are widely used in planning and evaluating government programs and policies that provide funds or services for children, working-age adults, women of childbearing age, or the older population.

8.  Is Person 1 of Hispanic, Latino or Spanish origin?

Asked since 1970. The data collected in this question are needed by federal agencies to monitor compliance with anti-discrimination provisions, such as under the Voting Rights Act and the Civil Rights Act. State and local governments may use the data to help plan and administer bilingual programs for people of Hispanic origin.

9.  What is Person 1's race?

Asked since 1790. Race is key to implementing many federal laws and is needed to monitor compliance with the Voting Rights Act and the Civil Rights Act. State governments use the data to determine congressional, state and local voting districts. Race data are also used to assess fairness of employment practices, to monitor racial disparities in characteristics such as health and education and to plan and obtain funds for public services.

10.  Does Person 1 sometimes live or stay somewhere else?

This is another question we ask in order to ensure response accuracy and completeness and to contact respondents whose forms have incomplete or missing information.

 

steveintampa said:

Got a notice that a census form will be arriving soon.

It is in English, Spanish, and two languages that look to be Chinese or Korean, one that looks like Vietnamese, and one that looks to be Russian.

Welcome to Amerika.

Ain't that the truth!!  I saw that when I received mine and was instantly ticked off!!

The first words of disgust outta my mouth were.. “This is America, what the hell do I need with all these OTHER languages”?

Same with the “non-hispanic” label….  I'm not english-american, or irish-american.. I'm just AMERICAN.. like it's lesser than African-American or something?  Until we are all  just “Americans”.. there will always be racism, and bias.  Whatever happened to the HUMAN race?  I don't even like the word “race” because it references some sort of contest? lol.