This year you may have already filled out or about to fill out the 2010 US Census. Just like 10 years ago, the question about what race we are comes up. The options for race are White, Black / African American, American Indian / Alaskan, Asian (several options) or other race.
Read the article "Puerto Ricans: US Census Does not Reflect Island's Racial Reality" in the Puerto Rico Daily Sun. Click on the link below to access the article. Then answer the questions that follow.
http://www.prdailysun.com/news/Puerto-Ricans-US-Census-does-not-reflect-islands-racial-reality
Questions:
1. Have you already filled out the census? Yes or No?
2. What race did you mark or write down? Why?
3. What do you think most Puerto Ricans will mark as their race?
4. How do you think this controversy can be solved?
5. Do you think it makes a difference or that it is important? Why or why not?
6. What did you learn from reading the article?
TASK: Read the article and then answer the questions listed above.
DATE DUE: April 14, 2010
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1. Have you already filled out the census? Yes or No? NO i did not fill out the census. my father fill down the census.
ReplyDelete2. What race did you mark or write down? Why? my father put us while. because my father is while and has green eyes. but he prefer put ous while.
3. What do you think most Puerto Ricans will mark as their race? I do not know what the people put but I think while or other because the confusion of what race is better mark.
4. How do you think this controversy can be solved? defining a specific race of puerto rican people because we are for three race the spanish the african and the taino.
5. Do you think it makes a difference or that it is important? Why or why not?
YES because we are not the same color skin.
6. What did you learn from reading the article?
the article talk about the changes the census need to do about the race to ¨mestizo¨ or ¨mulato¨ because is reflect different skin tones and thei not consideret the hispanic as a race.
Dis this a problem to Puerto Rican people because they ask: What race I put in the census?
1. Have you already filled out the census? Yes or No? YES
ReplyDelete2. What race did you mark or write down? Why?
White why I am Puerto Rican
3. What do you think most Puerto Ricans will mark as their race?
Be sure that these setting.
4. How do you think this controversy can be solved?
Good for me can be fixed not to go agoinst the race descrimen.
5. Do you think it makes a difference or that it is important? Why or why not?
If that does help us to our island is full population and know there is no longer so much racism as in the old days.
6.What did you learn from reading the article?
I thought about everything asit is the cencus and must befilled and also. I learned how important it is forall Puerto Ricans.
1. Have you already filled out the census? Yes or No? Yes
ReplyDelete2. What race did you mark or write down? Why?
white I considerate I am white...
3. What do you think most Puerto Ricans will mark as their race? white
4. How do you think this controversy can be solved? To add another types of race
5. Do you think it makes a difference or that it is important? Why or why not?
For my is not important, because I am not racist.
6. What did you learn from reading the article?
Fodder that did not have to do it of that way because they give to understand that there is descrime..
1. Have you already filled out the census? Yes or No? YES
ReplyDelete2. What race did you mark or write down?
Why? because I'm white America
3. What do you think most Puerto Ricans will mark as their race? if we already have Latinos and Caucasians
4. How do you think this controversy can be solved? making changes to the questionnaires
5. Do you think it makes a difference or that it is important? Why or why not? yes, because we all have the same right
6. What did you learn from reading the article? I learned to do change it that all must be equal
1. Have you already filled out the census? Yes or No? No I dont fillout the Census.
ReplyDelete2. What race did you mark or write down? Why?
I dont fill any race.
3. What do you think most Puerto Ricans will mark as their race?
I think its a perfect idea bacause we will have our own race
4. How do you think this controversy can be solved?
when they legalase the oportunity of own race.
5. Do you think it makes a difference or that it is important? Why or why not?
its have a diference, because we will have a puertorican race.
6. What did you learn from reading the article?
I learn about the changes in the census to do in the race, because a dificulty for use when we fill them.
Questions:
ReplyDelete1. Have you already filled out the census? Yes or No?
Yes
2. What race did you mark or write down? Why?
White
3. What do you think most Puerto Ricans will mark as their race?
White
4. How do you think this controversy can be solved?
Putting all the races or the colors in the Census.
5. Do you think it makes a difference or that it is important? Why or why not?
For my no, because all we are equal.
6. What did you learn from reading the article?
I think that in some aspects these people interviewed are right, since were other countries like for example Alaska that asked to him if he were Indian or natural. Why for the Puerto Ricans they could not do the same. Since in Puerto Rico there are diverse mixtures of races.
Have you already filled out the census? Yes or No?
ReplyDeleteno
2. What race did you mark or write down? Why?
white
3. What do you think most Puerto Ricans will mark as their race?
4. How do you think this controversy can be solved?
adding a new race
5. Do you think it makes a difference or that it is important? Why or why not?
is important because we know how is the population of Puerto Rico
and q which is more predominant race in Puerto Rico.
6. What did you learn from reading the article?