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There is noticeably a bundle to know about this. I assume you have made specific nice points in functions also.
One of the questions asked on the census form concerns “race”. We are required to declare our race, a concept that the American Anthropological Association has declared meaningless. Here is their 1999 statement:
“With the vast expansion of scientific knowledge in this century, … it has become clear that human populations are not unambiguous, clearly demarcated, biologically distinct groups. Given what we know about the capacity of normal humans to achieve and function within any culture, we conclude that present-day inequalities between so-called “racial” groups are not consequences of their biological inheritance but products of historical and contemporary social, economic, educational, and political circumstances.”
In a similar statement, anthropologist Jonathan Marks has stated:
“By the 1970s, it had become clear that (1) most human differences were cultural; (2) what was not cultural was principally polymorphic that is to say, found in diverse groups of people at different frequencies; (3) what was not cultural or polymorphic was principally clinal that is to say, gradually variable over geography; and (4) what was left the component of human diversity that was not cultural, polymorphic, or clinal was very small.
“A consensus consequently developed among anthropologists and geneticists that race as the previous generation had known it as largely discrete, geographically distinct, gene pools did not exist.”
Given the above statements by scientists in the field, how can any layman reliably report his or her “race”?
Sounds like good plans all around. I could see a lot of people out there really enjoying a game like this. It’s a game that creates a totally different playstyle than most other games. It meshes video gameplay with real tangible items and I think the world is really ready to embrace games like that. Just look at Skylanders for example.
Why does the census track Race and not Culture? For what purpose?
Why are all white people white, while you make detailed distinctions between Asiatic peoples?
I find these questions to be deeply troubling. It is scientifically ignorant and backwards.
Is the census such a slow moving bureaucracy that it’s just 30 years behind the times in terms of understanding race and culture? Perhaps it is a political tool for creating a fear that “Hispanics” are overrunning the pure white race.
I would wager solid money that a census like this won’t exist in the future; not once more people are informed as to the realities of the world. This race based approach was fuel for untold evils, from slavery to the holocaust. It is not something to perpetuate. If you want to track population growth, ask people’s origins. If you want to track cultural flux, ask which culture people self identify with. By tracking “Race” you only continue an ignorant mistake as old as the species. As educated people at the helm of the census, I hope you too are deeply troubled by the situation.
As an American of German heritage (who’s grandfather was a German soldier,) I am ashamed the lesson has not been learned.
I hope you never stop! This is one of the best blogs Ive ever read. Youve got some mad skill here, man. I just hope that you dont lose your style because youre definitely one of the coolest bloggers out there. Please keep it up because the internet needs someone like you spreading the word.
Hi Karen thanks for your question.
I have already met four celebrities – Jordan Knight (twice), Donnie Wahlberg, Joey McIntyre, and Hillary Clinton! I was also sang to and kissed by Clay Aiken! I would absolutely die if I could meet John Mayer or Leonardo DiCaprio!
It is wonderful to see China this way and to see what you are all doing. Looks fantastic. Enjoy!
It is very impressive that they were able to create those topiaries of Andrew and Dan so quickly!
Very interesting details you have mentioned , thankyou for putting up.
That’s the idea; you use the touch screen for interaction. It really only scratches the surface of what would be possible with this approach, but I think it’s a fun example.