This is moondaughter's TypePad Profile.
Join TypePad and start following moondaughter's activity
moondaughter
Recent Activity
Hello, I am a recent (2004) immigrant from West Germany, and in the past I have read about previous censuses which provided numbers of people's heritage and original cultures.
Now that I read the 2010 form and its questions, I am astonished that nobody asks me about my culture, the language I speak at home etc. I am just being counted as "white" and then also as "non hispanic".
I am affiliated with several survey companies, whose commercial consumer surveys I am frequently answering, and I have already noticed that they make only differences between "hispanics" and "non hispanics." And then, after that dividing, only then will they ask whether I am black or white or yellow or whatever.
So does that mean the hispanics are getting really important now, really influential?
Also interesting is the lack of religious questions. I was expecting to be asked about my non-christian faith, but just like the question about my spoken language, it is not being asked. How do these statistics come up which claim about 71% of Americans are christians, when in such a census this question is not being asked? I am in a minority, and as such I was of course hoping to increase the number of my "group".
Misinformation About the Census
Looking over the Internet - both blogs, comments to websites, and emails - I am seeing some misinformation about what individuals must report on the 2010 Census. It might be a good time to remind us all of these requirements. Article 1, Section 2 of the US Constitution says: “Representatives and...
moondaughter is now following The Typepad Team
Jan 28, 2010
Subscribe to moondaughter’s Recent Activity
