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Thursday, 09 August 2012
What happened to the melting pot? Census Bureau seeks to further balkanize us by race
Just what we need, more hyphenated Americans.
To keep pace with rapidly changing notions of race, the Census Bureau wants to make broad changes to its surveys that would treat "Hispanic" as a distinct category regardless of race, end use of the term "Negro" and offer new ways to identify Middle Easterners.
The recommendations released Wednesday stem from new government research on the best ways to count the nation's demographic groups. Still it could face stiff resistance from some racial and ethnic groups who worry that any kind of wording change in the high-stakes government count could yield a lower tally for them.
America used to be the land of opportunity. Now it's one big racial spoils system.
For instance, because Hispanic is currently defined as an ethnicity and not a race, about 18 million Latinos - or roughly 37 percent - used the "some other race" category on their census forms to establish a Hispanic racial identity. Under one proposed change to the census forms, a new question would simply ask a person's race or origin, allowing them to check a single box next to choices including black, white, or Hispanic.
The other changes would drop use of "Negro," leaving a choice of "black" or African American, as well as add write-in categories that would allow Middle Easterners and Arabs to specifically identify themselves.
The wording in census surveys can be highly political: Census data are used to distribute more than $400 billion in federal aid and draw political districts and thus can elicit concern if a change were to yield a lower response.
It's all about the Benjamins.
Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to check a box and instantly be eligible for oodles of free stuff...
Anyone remember when people came here to be Americans? Did your Civics teacher (we didn't have that "Social Studies" nonsense back then!) talk about America as "The Melting Pot?"
No? Then you've been brainwashed by that multiculturalism crap.
America's strength is the sum of her people. You don't get to stand off to the side and reap the fruits of our endeavors while pouting about how unappreciated you feel because your Green Card didn't come with a free Cadillac. Join the party, celebrate the Fourth of July, host a barbecue on Memorial Day, and maybe you'll actually come to appreciate all the hard work and sacrifice that went into making America the greatest nation in the history of forever.
And if you don't like America, go back to whatever Third World hellhole you're insisting I hyphenate into your precious ethnic identify. We're all red-blooded Americans here Jack, and because we're nice guys we'll let you throw a parade once a year and dress up however you like while we stand on the sidewalk and politely applaud your quaint folk dances.
But the other 364 days? We're all in this together. E Pluribus Unum.
One Nation Under God. Indivisible. With Liberty and Justice for all.
Posted at 12:25 by Chris Wysocki
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