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Everyone in the US should have their census by now. They want you to send it in the day you get it but it ask about who is living on the premise on April 1. You never know what can happen in two weeks. I am not sending mine in until April 1st.

There is another quirk that bothers me. This census asks about a person’s race. There are several things I don’t like about this question.

First, as long as we keep dividing people into ethnic groups we will continue having separation of people. The ‘them’ versus ‘us’ mentality will still prevail and people who look a certain way will be the subject of various crimes.

Second to what purpose is a question like this anyway? We are getting to be such a mix that the question is obsolete. If I look at my background I find German, Irish, English and who knows what because I had a great Uncle who said he was laid by the buzzards and hatched by the sun. He never would say where he came from. So maybe I am part buzzard, but that is not a “race” option on the census form.

Third is that this division is so misleading. I know people from Mexico who do not look Hispanic but they still abide by the Mexican culture. The Hispanic look comes from intermarriage of the native Indians of the area with the Spaniards who came over. I would think a better question would be ‘What culture do you live under’, or ‘what language do you usually speak at home’.

I am still undecided what to put for race. My husband wants to put American but I feel that still divides us. I want to put Human — that is what I put on all questionnaires that request such information. Maybe I should put buzzard. Well, I still have until April 1 to decide.