Drop race category from U.S. Census

It has been a few months since Attorney General Eric Holder called us a “nation of cowards” on race. Sufficient time for the sound-bite-reactions to fade.

It occurs to me that if Mr. Holder wanted to demonstrate courage on the issue of race, one appropriate way to start would be to simply remove the category from the census questionnaire. Currently, the data are essentially useless anyway, except to cause social division. Consider the 18-year-old-applying for college who has one Mexican grandmother, one white grandfather, a black grandmother and a Cuban grandfather. What is she to put on her application — a “slight shade of brown?”
 
Given President Obama’s desire to move beyond race, what better time than now? The easy answer is that it’s too late to do so now in time for the 2010 census and we must wait until next time.

Who benefits from the current system? It seems to me that the benefits go to those who wish to divide us — to those who benefit financially from having separate (but equal) racial statuses.

Robert Brosseau
Kansas City

Comments

[JoCo]

Backatcha Jazzy-M!!!!

I'm at home drooli....I mean DOODL..ing

[JoCo]

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HOPE THIS DOESN'T BLOW UP IN MY FACE

[Jazz-Man]

DONT ASK I'M BORED AT WORK.

I just got my new blue Lexus RX330. I returned it to Sterling McCall the next day with the complaint that I couldn't figure out how the radio worked. Steve Machann, who sold me the car, explained that the radio was voice activated.

"Watch this!" He said, "Nelson!

The radio replied, "Ricky or Willie?"

"Willie!" He continued....
and "On The Road Again" came from the speakers.

I drove away happy, and for the next few days, every time I'd say,"Beethoven!" I'd get beautiful classical music, and if I said, "Beatles!" I'd get one of their awesome songs.

One day, a couple ran a red light and nearly creamed my new car, but I swerved just in time to avoid them.

"ASSHOLES!" I yelled.....

The French National Anthem began to play, sung by Jane Fonda, Barbra Streisand, and Michael Moore, backed up by John Kerry on lead guitar, Ted Kennedy on rhythm guitar, Al Sharpton on bass guitar, Jesse Jackson on organ, Al Gore on drums, Bill Clinton on sax, and Hillary Clinton, Charles Schumer, Barbara Boxer, Nancy Pelosi and John Edwards singing backup vocals...

DAMN...I LOVE this car!

[Kee]

Robert Hell will freeze over first. Too many dollars chase the issue for it to go away.

[EL]

Great idea
Even better let's drop cancer from medical forms and it will go away too.