Originally Posted by ljsunflower
Originally Posted by Chasing Hawk
Originally Posted by ljsunflower
I answered how many people lived at this address. That's all. None of their business what my name is or when I was born or what race I am.
The Constitution says a COUNT of all people, not what race they are.
They count the "ethnic races" so they can allocate monies to the places most likely to vote Democratic i.e. illegal immigrants, Hispanic peoples who usually vote Democratic.
You got that right!
Actually, they have been counting racial information since the 1800s. It has nothing to do with voting. I was disappointed in the census this year. All it asked was names, ages and race. That's not going to be very useful for future generations of genealogists. The older censuses were much better in terms of the questions they asked.