Gay Rights in 2010 : Equal Opportunity and Diversity in the Echelons of Government via Census

[lordalfredhenry]

My job has taught me much in terms of diversity in the workplace. Every 10 years, the U.S. takes a Census. I used to read these things dating back to the 1800s when it was organized by Soundex when my mom was doing geneology for the Mormon church. I like geneology as a past-time but now my interest in the Census is a bit different

Comments

[elvenforever]

Thanks for bringing this up; these are good points.

[kisekileia]

The U.S. census doesn't include sexual orientation?!

[lordalfredhenry]

Here are the questions:

http://usa.ipums.org/usa/voliii/inst2000.shtml

[999kcelfe]

My only problem with any of this is... PRIVACY

[lordalfredhenry]

If you work for the government, if you don't answer the question, they can look at your skin and apparent gender and write it in for you or they use the catchall race. The census takers also do something similar IIRC. Interesting isn't it? The census is a federal law/activity.

[999kcelfe]

I'll pick other then.

Hey... I'm multiracial... I have a great-grandfather,
or something that's Native American. :P

[lordalfredhenry]

I'll do it if it's in private sector...otherwise, they can sometimes call you on it. private HR doesn't like to invade privacy...the government? That's their business isn't it? :P

The government, believe it or not has various tests for being able to claim it if some expensive case pops up..however, the main gist of what this is about is groups as a whole. A lot of people screwing up the government via stretchings of accuracy? Happens all the time.

[bmw_repair]

nice point alfred