BDKJMU wrote:Skjellyfetti wrote:The United States has collected racial demographic data on its population during every census since....
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Census of Population and Housing, 1790
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The census is
mandated by the US Constitution. Clearly, the founders thought racial demographics were a part of collecting census information.
Now, there is certainly an issue with the government amassing personal information of Americans. And, Obama certainly deserves quite a bit of blame for that. But, the issue you need to be bitching about is NSA data collection...
not this.
Its not the Census we're talking about here in regards to the amassing of racial data.

We're talking about far more than that.
There is no valid reason for HUD to be collecting racial data.
There is no valid reason for the Federal Housing Finance Agency to be collecting racial data.
There is no valid reason for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau to be collecting racial data, and forcing banks to report racial hiring data..
There is no valud reason for the Dept of Education to be collecting racial data.
And etc, etc, etc for all the other govt agencies collecting racial data.
An even better conservative argument would be there's no need for these agencies at all.
I google searched "Obama racial database" to see how neutral media sites were reporting on this and went 4 pages in without seeing a single article from a non-partisan source except Real Clear Politics which simply ran the NY Post piece.
This of course means it's another msm cover up.
Thinking back to when my kids first started going to school in 2006, I seem to recall having to check a race box on their annual registration forms. I can think of numerous reasons why the federal government would like that information, but honestly, integrating the Cheney School District with colored folk didn't occur to me.
In my graduating class of 210 kids there was not one single african american. As a result, I never learned to to truly appreciate rap music (other than the Beastie Boys and Blondie), much less how to properly dap. This new program might save a lifetime's worth of awkward interracial social moments for my sons. I hope it's instituted soon!