Class blog for SUNY Fredonia HIST/WOST 359, Meeting TR 3:30-4:50 p.m., Spring 2011. Taught by professor Jeffry J. Iovannone.
Saturday, February 19, 2011
Meaghan Rowland Post #6
The US census has always been a hassle and very few ever want to fill it out. But after really looking at it is it seen how inaccurate and bias the census is. This is surprising since it is supposed to be an official government document and is a way to accurately distribute resources and aid throughout the country. I would like to know how the Department of Commerce and the Census Bureau decided what races and ethnicities to include, why they have a variety of Asian races, no middle eastern races or ethnicities and Hispanic as the only ethnicity. This now seems not only as a bias racial survey but an inaccurate one. It does not look like any good and even distribution of resources and aid can come from a survey like this one.
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