census
David Morris
fqmorris at hotmail.com
Wed Jul 26 23:27:01 CDT 2000
>From: Terrance
>
>The minimum categories for race are now: American Indian or Alaska Native;
>Asian; Black or African American; Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific
>Islander; and White. Instead of allowing a multiracial category as was
>originally suggested in public and congressional hearings, the OMB adopted
>the Interagency Committee's recommendation to allow respondents to select
>one or more races when they self-identify. With the OMB's approval, the
>Census 2000 questionnaires also include a sixth racial category: Some Other
>Race.
This reminds me of a rather funny on-line registration for free software
which asked for name, address, etc. When it got to sex, the box allowed
these choices: Male, female, blend.
DM :)
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