I was reading a blog post recently on one of the controversies with the 2010 U.S. census. The issue is that census officials decided to include the word Negro as one of the ethnicity choices on the census form. The first comment on the post was by a person who was adopted as a child. This person discusses an issue that some adopted people have - they are not sure of their ethnicity. I have to admit that I never imagined this kind of issue. The problem is that some adoption records are sealed by court order, which prevents the adopted person from knowing anything about their real parents. You can see the blog post here:
It's an unfortunate predicament that adopted children are put in when it comes to completing the Census. I understand that it is important to know the ethnicity of our U.S. citizens, and hopefully changes will soon be made that will assist adopted children to find out what their ethnicity is.Reblog U.S. 2010 Census
Well I feel as if everyone should do the census because its important to keep record of anyone who lives in the United States. It proven that statitics that are kept is a big issue because years from today people will need information that maybe will be needed.
Posted by: -( a J )- | 04/27/2010 at 11:26 AM