Interesting article re: the census

DH filled out our census forms. He put me, DS and himself as black, AA or Negro and DD was checked as that and Japanese. I was surprised he did that but it doesn't hurt because the black and Asian population is growing out where I live. What do you think about that whole black identity issue with the census? There have been complaints that black is not broken down like Asians. You are white, black or NA but Asian is broken down by country. There are blacks who want to be broken down by country too. I'm still puzzled by Negro being brought back. The census bureau claims that young people requested it. Most young people weren't even born when that term stopped being used.

I heard about that, based on the last census stats review and follow-up a certain % were not against the term Negro. Can you imagine how long that form would be? I did data review..and my eyes would be tired big time. lol I listed us all as Black/AA/Negro. Under other, I placed the island my folks came from. As a type of ethnicity breakdown. If someone is from Africa place the tribe/country and so on. Personally I view the term AA as a type of ethnicity to begin with especially in the US, not totally confined as a title for one's race. That's why I found how Pres Obama identified on the census interesting. Yes he is obviously "mixed" with a White mother, but so is FL Michelle Obama based on her White ancestors.

[url=http://www.civilrights.org/press/2010/joint-statement-census-form.html]Joint Statement of Wade Henderson, Melanie Campbell and Benjamin Jealous on the Use of the Word “Negro” on the 2010 Census Form - Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights[/url]"As more people become aware of the census and focus on the ten-question census form, the inclusion of the word "Negro" in the same category as "Black" and "African American" has generated some confusion and criticism of the Census Bureau by those who consider the term to be woefully outdated or demeaning. For those who have not seen the census form, it's important to note that all three terms-- "Black, African Am., or Negro" -- are listed together on the same line to describe this race category, so that no one is identified by a single term. The Census Bureau says the inclusion of the term "Negro" is justified both by its research and the fact that more than 56,000 respondents to the 2000 census checked off "Some Other Race" and wrote in "Negro" even though the check-off category already included the term. The census collects data on race and Hispanic origin to ensure compliance with constitutional standards and legal requirements for fair representation in legislative bodies at the national, state, and local levels, and to enforce equal opportunity laws in employment, housing, education, lending, and other institutions. Because concepts of race and ethnicity in America are continually evolving, we commend the Census Bureau for using the 2010 census as a test-bed for alternative wording on the questions that eventually will be part of both the 2020 census and the ongoing American Community Survey. Among other prospective changes, the Census Bureau is testing revised questions that exclude the word "Negro."

My sister has Negro on her birth certificate but there are other people born at the same time in different areas or different states with colored on their BC. There should have been just as many people writing in Colored as Negro on the 2000 census...KWIM? The only thing I can figure out is that Colored means something different in other countries and that would confuse immigrants from those countries. Good idea putting your ethnic background on the form.

Could be, maybe people just did not subscribe to the term Black or AA. I guess the older folks used colored, my Grandmother did to describe herself. But she was used to the colonization descriptors in the use of colored for mixed race. My father always used Black, (Black is beautiful days) as a self descriptor. I am not sure what's on his BC, (more than likely Negro) or my mother's birth certificate (not sure based on how her mother looked).

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