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From: Marilyn Underwood <>
Subject: Re: Census 2000
Date: Sun, 19 Mar 2000 10:59:44 -0500
References: <42948BF.1511@ubtanet.com> <001301bf9154$75c09920$6d25d4cc@bob>


Bob:
I agree!! I am so disgusted with this stupid census I could scream!! As you
know, census (previous) are one of our biggest sources and this crazy one they
have now isn't worth a ..........flying leap! All mine asks is the name, and
all those in household, age, sex and what race you are! As for race - you
would have NO idea where someone came from just because they mark spanish, lato,
etc. What will happen 100 yrs. from now when the new generation begins looking
for information - "Wow, they were black, white, poka-dot, etc - now where do we
go".

In fact it's a shame they didn't add more columns to the old ones requesting
parents names and TOWNS + STATE they were all from - THAT would have made a good
census. As I was told, this is merely to appropriate money to various regions
of states toward schools and highways and number of representatives to elect!
Big hairy deal - there are plenty of other ways to distinguish this!

Sorry for the 'venting' rage, but this has really upset me.

Mick

Robert Stewart wrote:

> I agree, my form did ask about race but no mention of my origens or that of
> my parents. Seems like a pretty vague census.
>
> Bob Stewart
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Lloyd Neilsen" <>
> To: <>
> Sent: Saturday, March 18, 1972 4:54 PM
> Subject: Census 2000
>
> > Hi everyone. I got this message from another list and am passing it
> > along. My brother in California, just got a short form apparently
> > because all it asked for was name, address, age I am not even sure if it
> > asked what nationality or race he was. That won't be a very good census
> > to look at 100 years from now!!! So here is something that maybe we
> > could all copy and use personally. Hope it works out for everyone.
> >
> > Lee in Eastern Utah
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > >
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