isn t the question "what ethnic background are you" (in any sort of phrase) a RACIST question?

i am so OFFENDED when i partake to answer the questions in a survey, and one of them is constantly related to what race/color/ethnicity i am.

i submit that this RACIST question in itself should be taken out of the census and all questionnaires of any type.

it can be: "are you homo sapiens?" isn t that enough?

(when i worked the 1990 census, the people could say they were martians or vampires. they could say that they came from the moon, so long as the COUNT of "people" living in the residence was correct).

i am utterly offended whenever anyone asks me what race i am! aren t you? i propose that you never answer that question, and that it is so offensive that it be removed from anything, including surveys for marketers and ad executives.

what do you say to that? please EXPLAIN. (you DO have a brain in your homo sapiens head, don t you? so elaborate! all one liners are either ignored or thumbed down. it will take me some time to award the coveted best answer because the only answers i will pay attention to are those that are backed up with the reasoning that your brain SHOULD do for you! and do not fall back on the current movement that children should no longer even be taught SCRIPT HANDWRITING to pass school!, e.g., an example of how you are getting so dumbed down that no wonder our business is sent to malasia!