So....
Can you believe it happened?
Of course.
Of course, in this day and age this sort of thing would happen.
Imagine this:
It's Monday afternoon and my fiance and I have absolutely NOTHING better to do with our lives than clean the WHOLE apartment. However, in the midst of seperating my "skinny, pre-pregnancy" clothes and my wonderfully adorable "fat pants and maternity shirts" the census beareau comes a-knockin' on our door. Mind you, this is like the sixth time in the past two months....(I was putting off the survey ;D) Anyhow, my fiance who is of both hispanic and caucasion ethnic background answers the door and is filling out this mindless survey for the guy. At the end of the survey, the agent looks at my man and says "Although I understand most people don't appreciate this question it's policy. I'm going to have to ask you to choose a different racial background in order to make this survey count. The Census does not consider people of Hispanic or Latino background to be a valid race for the census"
ARE YOU KIDDING ME????
How on earth could you be a person with audacity to walk around door-to-door in Southern California of ALL places and tell people you need them to complete this survey which is "mandatory by law" and then tell them they need to identify with a different ethnic background in order to be valid?? I, myself, am of Spanish, Irish and Russian descent, I'll admit it. I'm a grade-A white girl, but I was completely outraged by this. Especially knowing that my son will be able to identify with both when he gets older, good thing too, considering he wouldn't be considered "valid". I believe he would be PLENTY valid, thank you very much. This state was founded on the backs of both Native Americans and Hispanics and Latinos. I just couldn't contain my frustration for this. The whole situation definitely left a bad taste in my mouth....
until I went to Taco Bell for one of their new Strawberry Margaritas of course. :)
But really????
Are you kidding me??
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