eye95
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Thoreau wrote:
As to the constitutionality, that has already been answered. For details, check the above posts. In summary, the Census is mandated by the Constitution. The manner in which it is conducted is, per the Constitution, up to the laws passed in the matter. Courts could, of course, find that the manner violates the intent of the Constitution, making that manner unconstitutional. However, that has not happened.
Thoreau wrote:
First of all, the overwhelming majority of respondents answer (actually, EVERY respondent, in my experience, answered) precisely the way I would have, had I guessed. So the information is far from "zero real value." The point behind taking one's word for his race is that we should not make assumptions. Some black people look white. It would be insulting for us to make an incorrect assumption. It would be rude to question someone's answer based upon our visual impression of what the answer should be.eye95 wrote:Thanks for proving how worthless, pointless, and UNNECESSARY some of those questions are. Please state again why they feel that it is constitutional to ask them in the first place since you've shown us how it is of zero real value?I could be looking square at Diane Chambers' alabaster skin, and if she said, "African American," I would put the X in the box next to "African American."
As to the constitutionality, that has already been answered. For details, check the above posts. In summary, the Census is mandated by the Constitution. The manner in which it is conducted is, per the Constitution, up to the laws passed in the matter. Courts could, of course, find that the manner violates the intent of the Constitution, making that manner unconstitutional. However, that has not happened.