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Question 9 — “Some other race” — “American”

Posted on | March 8, 2010 | 11 Comments

by Smitty

Mark Krikorian offers a perfectly legal, sensible, and proper means of answering the Census Bureau’s race question. Say you’re American, if that is what you are.

Racism* is DNA-based decision making. We must oppose it, and also the data gathering that supports and perpetuates it.

*Sexism, too.

Category: Census

Comments

11 Responses to “Question 9 — “Some other race” — “American””

  1. Jeff Weimer
    March 9th, 2010 @ 1:32 am

    Sure, why not, my family has been here since before the founding. I guess that’s as close to non-hyphenated American you can get.

  2. Jeff Weimer
    March 8th, 2010 @ 8:32 pm

    Sure, why not, my family has been here since before the founding. I guess that’s as close to non-hyphenated American you can get.

  3. Charles Johnson
    March 9th, 2010 @ 8:29 pm

    You are all a bunch of racists in your anti-racism.

  4. Charles Johnson
    March 9th, 2010 @ 3:29 pm

    You are all a bunch of racists in your anti-racism.

  5. David M
    March 10th, 2010 @ 4:14 pm

    Why don’t we just answer the way we always should have answered the question of race and write in – human.

  6. David M
    March 10th, 2010 @ 11:14 am

    Why don’t we just answer the way we always should have answered the question of race and write in – human.

  7. Kathy Telecky
    March 16th, 2010 @ 2:53 pm

    I was all set for question #9 with an answer of “American” or “Human”, but what about question #8? They want to know if I’m Hispanic!! It’s none of their business! What should I answer?

  8. Kathy Telecky
    March 16th, 2010 @ 9:53 am

    I was all set for question #9 with an answer of “American” or “Human”, but what about question #8? They want to know if I’m Hispanic!! It’s none of their business! What should I answer?

  9. Kathy Telecky
    March 16th, 2010 @ 5:34 pm

    Mr. Johnson,how in the world can one say that by objecting to the government defining human beings by race, is “racist”? That’s just nutty.

  10. Kathy Telecky
    March 16th, 2010 @ 12:34 pm

    Mr. Johnson,how in the world can one say that by objecting to the government defining human beings by race, is “racist”? That’s just nutty.

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