'Negro' - a choice on census form

[RaistlinZ]

I thought the whole purpose of the Census was to find out the Total X number of people per district, per state for the purposes of allocating representatives and funding. So why are they even asking what race a person is in the first place?

 

[Linflas]

I thought the whole purpose of the Census was to find out the Total X number of people per district, per state for the purposes of allocating representatives and funding. So why are they even asking what race a person is in the first place?

Data for the racial/ethnic spoils system that we currently have at all levels of government.

 

[TheWart]

I guess if the Senate Majority Leader can use the word, then the Census Bureau folks figured they could too....


http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100109/ap_on_el_se/us_obama_reid

Talk about foot in mouth, lol.

 

[Mike Gayner]

I thought the whole purpose of the Census was to find out the Total X number of people per district, per state for the purposes of allocating representatives and funding. So why are they even asking what race a person is in the first place?

Is that a serious question? Are you retarded or something?

 

[marvdmartian]

I saw this story in the news online when it first came out, and sent a link to a friend of mine, asking him his opinion (I guess you can figure out he's "african american"). He's in his 50's, born and raised in Alabama.

He told me that he didn't see a problem with it, then told me that his birth certificate shows his race as "negro". So really, it doesn't surprise me that some older folks might still consider themselves negro, and likely think this whole "African American" stuff is just silly.

 

[Red Squirrel]

That's kind of funny lol, but yeah pretty bad on their part.

 

[TridenT]

We have a black president, get over it.

Oh yeah, because having a black president is obviously proof that THE END OF RACISM HAS BEGUN!

Fucking idiots on this forum... Go back to your inbred redneck cesspool.

 

[Modelworks]

To be really fair they should do the census with little cards with colors like the paint samples . Then everyone can hold it against their arm and pick .

 

[QueBert]

My first thought as well.

And for those that do not know somehow, negro=black in spanish.

Might have some weight IF the form looks like this

Black / Negro -
Cancasian - Blanco -

that would make it a bilingual form and make sense. But, from everything I've read it's not "black / negro" it's just "negro" If the form is Spanish only it should have Blanco for white people. Has anyone here seen the form? I read stories but none are showing it. If it's how I mentioned with the / there's no issue here.

 

[ChanHo78]

awesome dude please

 

[Brainonska511]

To be really fair they should do the census with little cards with colors like the paint samples . Then everyone can hold it against their arm and pick .

What about orange for the guido population?

 

[The Stig]

No one complains about the Negro College Fund, I don't feel bad


the nits have been picked

 

[FoBoT]

Harry Reid created the form

 

[QueBert]

No one complains about the Negro College Fund, I don't feel bad


the nits have been picked

Many people do complain actually, but a lot understand the organization has been around since the 40's. And back then the word was common, and acceptable to use. They also understand the importance of not changing the name because of what it stands for. Imagine a org started to help black people get into college at a time when they were still being lynched and not allowed 99% of places whites were. There's great historical significance using the word Negro in the name, and it's even very fitting. But there's 0 reason it should be used on a census form.

 

[IAteYourMother]

started in the 40's when the word was commonly used. The name hasn't changed because it's historical. If they had started it in 2009 it most certainly wouldn't be called the UNCF.

whatever, it's not even that big of a deal. It's a strange word to use because no one uses it nowadays, but without any intent of malice I see no reason why we should so heavily look down on its use. It's not even close to the same level as other racial slurs.

Oh, and the census has been around even before the UNCF.

 

[Patranus]

Hell, why doesn't the census have 'Oriental' on there as well?