MaggieMae
Reality bits
- Apr 3, 2009
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I think Bones probably has given the best response to the OP. Census workers should have IDs and should be able to provide something that says they are a census worker. In any event it doesn't make any difference whether it's a census worker or not, there's no excuse for anybody displaying the type of conduct described by PixieStix if they are on some kind of legitimate business.
I don't care what situation is put out, there's a scam artist at the ready to take advantage of it and do their dirty deeds.
As for "creek creatures," there's a lot of people out there that could fit the description - I've just never heard them called "creek creatures." Pixie, you coined a great phrase there!! I like that!!
At the bottom line on this year's census, the anger is over the evasiveness of the information asked. There are questions that are entirely inappropriate and non-essential for counting heads." Some people are getting short forms and some are getting these long forms. I'm grateful that I got a short form, but even there I had questions. I understand asking for race - perfectly fine. But the next question asked for ethnicity. What the hell does that have to do with anything? Hell, being of Irish, Polish, Greek, Bosnian or any other descent has nothing to do with anything as far as I can tell - they're all generally classified as "white" or "caucasian." "Hispanic" doesn't matter whether you're Mexican, Puerto Rican or Columbian.
I don't believe there was any such thing as a "long form." There was one floating around that was bogus, so perhaps you saw that. But everyone got the same short form.
As for ethnicity vs. race, it does indeed matter, because a Puerto Rican would not appreciate being called a Mexican wetback as just one example. People of Spanish origin are proud of their separate heritages. The same goes for Orientals. If a person is Chinese, s/he does not like to be called a Korean.