Racial data will influence policy making and often also

送交者: james_hussein_bond 于 2010-03-17, 08:39:27:

回答: Chinese不是一个种族由 eddie 于 2010-03-17, 08:12:38:

politicians' attitude towards minorities.

Hiding one's own racial/ethnic category will tend to reduce that group's political influence. Not a good idea.

OTOH, if your political view is different than the majority of the people who would categorize themselves as "Chinese", you may prefer not to answer the question just for that reason.

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That is exactly the point - eddie (123 bytes) 2010-03-17, 08:41:29 (422566)
- that is stupid - tom_cat (229 bytes) 2010-03-17, 10:01:31 (422593)
  - The process of selecting Sotomayor is a disgrace to democracy (无内容) - eddie (0 bytes) 2010-03-17, 10:24:21 (422596)
    - No, eddie. It may be a disgrace to Obama when he - tom_cat (644 bytes) 2010-03-17, 10:59:59 (422608)
- Special interests are a necessary part of democracy - james_hussein_bond (269 bytes) 2010-03-17, 08:51:02 (422571)
  - True. But nobody should be compelled to participate in it (无内容) - eddie (0 bytes) 2010-03-17, 08:52:22 (422573)
    - what's your conern if you fill in "Chinese"? (无内容) - fuzzify (0 bytes) 2010-03-17, 09:45:52 (422586)
      - Two concerns - eddie (180 bytes) 2010-03-17, 09:50:56 (422588)
        
        If we want to know how many Chinese are in US, - fuzzify (122 bytes) 2010-03-17, 10:00:47 (422591)
        
        I just don't want to answer that question to the government - eddie (121 bytes) 2010-03-17, 10:22:09 (422595)

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