Thread: 2010 Census

What kind of outcomes do you expect from this census? Any major changes in our population? This is the second time when you may choose more than one ethnicity. What ethnicities would you consider yourself as?



As for myself, I will fill out...



- English

- Irish

- German



Pretty much take up a good 30% on all three of those. The other 10% is an amalgamation of French, Scottish, and a little Comanche.

[quote name='Morgan' date='09 November 2009 - 01:00 PM' timestamp='1257793252' post='55850']

What kind of outcomes do you expect from this census? Any major changes in our population? This is the second time when you may choose more than one ethnicity. What ethnicities would you consider yourself as?



As for myself, I will fill out...



- English

- Irish

- German



Pretty much take up a good 30% on all three of those. The other 10% is an amalgamation of French, Scottish, and a little Comanche.

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Why is it asked at all?

[quote name='Stinger' date='09 November 2009 - 01:05 PM' timestamp='1257793518' post='55853']

Why is it asked at all?

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I find it very interesting to study the ancestral migratory patterns of people into the US.

[quote name='Morgan' date='09 November 2009 - 01:07 PM' timestamp='1257793677' post='55857']

I find it very interesting to study the ancestral migratory patterns of people into the US.

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Then go do your own study, why should the government be asking me such a question on a form whose purpose is to decide who many congressmen each state is to get?

[quote name='Stinger' date='09 November 2009 - 01:13 PM' timestamp='1257794027' post='55861']

Then go do your own study, why should the government be asking me such a question on a form whose purpose is to decide who many congressmen each state is to get?

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All it really is, is a national ascertainment of the state of the American populace. Trivial things like, percentage of rural to urban, percentage of who aligns with what ethnicity and such. It is used for more than just Congressional data, but also in Geographic and Sociological study. We study census data all the time in different social aspects in my classes.

[quote name='Morgan' date='09 November 2009 - 01:20 PM' timestamp='1257794400' post='55867']

All it really is, is a national ascertainment of the state of the American populace. Trivial things like, percentage of rural to urban, percentage of who aligns with what ethnicity and such. It is used for more than just Congressional data, but also in Geographic and Sociological study. We study census data all the time in different social aspects in my classes.

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It is suppose to be used to enumerate for the purpose of appropriated Representatives. It's not business of the government what my ethnicity is, why do they need to know? What does my ethnicity have to do with any "state" of the American populace?



If someone wants to study it they should do it on their own dime.

[quote name='Stinger' date='09 November 2009 - 01:26 PM' timestamp='1257794772' post='55877']

It is suppose to be used to enumerate for the purpose of appropriated Representatives. It's not business of the government what my ethnicity is, why do they need to know? What does my ethnicity have to do with any "state" of the American populace?



If someone wants to study it they should do it on their own dime.

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We don't actually need the information. It's just gathered for the sake of studying it.

[quote name='Morgan' date='09 November 2009 - 01:28 PM' timestamp='1257794924' post='55879']

We don't actually need the information. It's just gathered for the sake of studying it.

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More reason it shouldn't even be asked.

[quote name='Morgan' date='09 November 2009 - 02:28 PM' timestamp='1257794924' post='55879']

We don't actually need the information. It's just gathered for the sake of studying it.

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We accept your apology then.