Despite a clash over a ban on census sampling included in the bill, a flood relief package to help northwestern states passes Congress . Shimkus and Allen discuss the role of the census in flood relief problems. Outside Links View the U.S. Census Bureau's homepage . Visit Project RACE's homepage . The categories were developed to collect data on groups that historically had suffered discrimination.
Race IS a social construct, yet the census has always identified people by race.
Only one in six households gets the long form. The rest of us do not have the opportunity to identify our ethnic or cultural backgrounds.