[DeTomaso] NPC - Census

[Ken Green]

Guys,
 
    I think that the color thing came out of the fact that in Europe 200+ years ago people with dark sun tans were viewed as lower class field workers.  The upper class could avoid the sun.  So the darker your skin was, the lower the class you were put in.
 
    Now we all want tans, but the racial prejudice remains.  
 
Ken

--- On Wed, 3/17/10, GW <gow2 at rc-tech.net> wrote:


From: GW <gow2 at rc-tech.net>
Subject: Re: [DeTomaso] NPC - Census
To: "Larry Finch" <fresnofinches at aol.com>
Cc: detomaso at realbig.com
Date: Wednesday, March 17, 2010, 10:27 AM


This global effort wasn't a socialist, political or other; only that 
people are always dividing people into groups and until people stop 
seeing people as black, white, Hispanic, etc will people will never see 
beyond color. Simple as that. It is a fault of our society. I personally 
think we should drop race categories on every application regardless of 
what it is for.

Gary

Larry Finch wrote:
> On the issue of census privacy and information collected, when you  
> receive your mailed form, there is an insert that states:
> ----------------------------------------------------------
> Federal law protects your privacy and keeps your answers confidential.  
> The answers you give on the census form cannot be obtained by law  
> enforcement or tax collection agencies. Your answers cannot be used in  
> court. They cannot be obtained with a Freedom of Information Act  
> request.
>
> As allowed by law, census data (only) becomes public after 72 years.  
> This information (then) can be used for family history and other types  
> of historical research.
> ------------------------------------------------------------
>
> The census has been an institution of this Nation since 1790. It is  
> not some new nefarious scheme by either Liberal Socialists, Corporate  
> Lackey Conservatives or Big Brother Government.
>
> Either check the little boxes and mail it back or toss it in the trash.
>
> But please stop trying to make it into something it isn't.
>
> Geesh.
>
> Larry - As Buffalo Springfield sang - "Paranoia strikes deep, into  
> your life it will creep".
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