Timeline for What does ‘Young Americans are far less “white” than older generation’ mean?
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| Dec 3, 2011 at 13:12 | comment | added | DVK | @YoichiOishi - the reason people fill this out is because having more non-Caucasians has tangible material benefits. In all its "wisdom", US government extends preferential treatment - from more allocation of budgeting dollars to more special better voting distribution - to places with higher non-Caucasian demographics. It's the same with other non-census forms that ARE a privacy threat. non-Caucasians are frequently afforded official preferential treatment by both private and public institutions (look up "affirmative action"). So it pays to advertize yourself as "oppressed minority". | |
| Feb 9, 2011 at 2:53 | vote | accept | Yoichi Oishi | ||
| Feb 6, 2011 at 13:22 | comment | added | Robusto | Your reaction is normal. Many people, especially undocumented aliens, fear for their privacy. But there is nothing on the census forms that indicates who you are personally. The census forms are actually anonymous. | |
| Feb 6, 2011 at 7:50 | comment | added | Yoichi Oishi | Robusto-san. It was a surprise to know American citizens are requested to put down 'White,' 'Black,' or whatever color in census questionnaire? In our country, respondents tend to refuse to fill in age in the census these day for reason of privacy protection, which is head ache of research administrators. Yoichi | |
| Feb 5, 2011 at 11:58 | history | edited | Robusto | CC BY-SA 2.5 |
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| Feb 5, 2011 at 11:38 | history | answered | Robusto | CC BY-SA 2.5 |