census? what a load of CRAP!!

census? i thought it was about numbers- NOT

..okay, so i got a call from my brother [we are 6th generation tejanos] about the census, and he says 'hey sis, what are you doing about question 8 and 9?' and i'm like, i haven't even opened my yet! anyway, there are some very RANDOM questions that i feel don't have anything at all to do with 'counting' people - they want to CATEGORIZE everyone, okay, not everyone just anyone who might speak Spanish or have Spanish sounding surname! The 'yellow' brothers and sisters are pretty much covered with japanese, chinese, korean, vietnam, all have their own check boxes as well as our 'red' brothers and sisters - you know the ORIGINAL AMERICANS. anyway, where's the box for candandian, german, irish, turkish, sudanese, nigerian, etc. nope, this census is about finding out where the 'brown' people are coming from - i guess the government finally wised up that many of those crossing the rio grande only traveled through mexico and are not really mexican? well, i will probably get someone at my door as i REFUSE TO BE A PART OF THIS SH*T!. i am putting down that we have 3 of the HUMAN RACE living in our apartment. really now, how can i choose one over the other? according to the census, my children cannot be 'white' and 'hispanic' but their parents are 'white' and 'hispanic'.....actually, it all depends how far back you want to go.......as a Tejana [a person born in Texas of Mexican descendant] it means that i have both 'old world' and 'new world' blood in my veins. mexico is not a homogenous country - the mexican people are a combination of spanish, indian [native american if you wish], and african peoples with germans and italians mixing in large numbers during the 1900's. their father is 'american' with german, french, and who knows what else in mix! really, we are just one HUMAN RACE.