hmm, yes, well, government remains the single most pervasive, prejudicial institution of racist --national-- ideology and political economy. The history of the census instrument, its design and purposes, is pretty ... interesting. I think you and I have touched on this subject before.

But I have encountered many a UID in my journeys who are incapable of relating the form to the substance of their race-and-ethnicity preferences and "empowerment."

Diversity is the key to economic and political evolution.