How To Fill Out the Census Form

Sandra Rose March 17, 2010

If you’re having any trouble filling out the 2010 census form that you should have already received, this video will explain it all.

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I wish I could see this video. I will not be counted in this Census survey.
tampa813

I was blowed they used negro on the census.
aqtpie

We just received ours in the mail yesterday.
TruGemini

This video is a trip…and I can guarantee that this depiction is accurate of alot of folk in America…HOWEVER…agreeing with #2-“Negro” floored me too…
onlinefan

this clip is funny! christopher walken can be really funny. “i have dual citizenship with the united states and florida”

i got my census and i wanted to know why they needed my phone number also. what do you mean you may call if you dn’t understand an answer? the form is nothing but freaking check boxes!!

ah ah, left that line blank. you ain’t ’bout to start calling me trying to sell no war bonds after you labeled me a damn negro. miss me with all that.
TruGemini

…I will be leaving phone number and full names blank…Hell I might leave the whole form blank and not send the sh’t in at all…just can’t get w/the negro…
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@TruGemini:

I couldn’t believe that statement asking for FULL NAMES AND PHONE NUMBERS. Then it read: “We will call you if we have any questions.” All of the aforementioned and add in the word “negro” and it just made me cast the form to the side for a couple days.

I finally mustered up the intestinal fortitude to fill it out and put it in the mail.

There was an article of them explaining why they chose to put the word “negro” on the form and they said it’s because that’s what the older generation “understands and refers to themselves as”. They account for a small percentage and the Enumerator can explain that to them.
TruGemini

@ yesindeedio

I’ve done the same thing…put it to the side and still contemplating…I really do want to “do my part” but DAYUM!

I read the article about the negro term being on the form but I guess it didn’t really register until I actually saw it…the generation that still uses the term “negro” have GOTS to be damn near 100 now and represent such a small percentage of us that that shouldn’t have even been a consideration …IMO
tampa813

@#7 yeah I remember on the Black in America series a few months back, they said older blacks still identified as negro which I still find hard to believe cuz the oldr ppl I talked to were pissed off about the word negro being used.
Buddafly

I’m still trying to figure out how knowing what ethnicity I am has to do with helping my community out?

I wasn’t too thrilled checking the Black Afro Amer or NEGRO box either.

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