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Census 2010: What can 15 letters do for you?

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Iranian American people and organizations are coming together to “trick” the  Census 2010 to count themselves hopefully higher than the 338,000 back in 2000. Although there is no such thing as an “Iranian American” Race, those are the 15 letters you are going to be instructed to write on the form after checking “Other Race”. So what can the Census do for you? Is it worth the trouble? Is it safe? Join us, as we have fun with a sample Census form as well as the Northern California representative for the campaign, Maryam Roberts on this topic.

Related Links: IraniansCount.org, PAAIA: Census, NIAC , Iranian 2010 Census on Facebook , Payvand , Iranian.com

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8 comments

  1. Hey

    What about international students? Are they considered in the Census? If yes, how can we participate?

    Thanks

  2. Behrooz jaan, I believe Maryam Roberts answer this question in the show, and the answer is that YES, EVERYONE living in the United States should be counted, including those that may be here temporarily.

  3. mercy az informations ke gozashtin. hatman tooye sarshomari sherkat mikonam, aslan ta alan azashkhabari nadashtam

  5. @Persian: I personally see absolutely no difference in saying Iranian or Persian. But when the Census Bureau is tallying up the Census, there is a big chance that they won’t group those who put ‘Persian’ and those who put ‘Iranian’ into the same category. As as result, our count may be lower that what it really is. So that’s why the coalition is promoting we all write the same thing, and the Census Bureau has promised us that putting in ‘Iranian’ and ‘Iranian-American’ will get counted properly. After this, we can all go back to the same old never-ending debate amongst ourselves: are we Persian or Iranian? Or Both? Or None?

  6. I have marked race white by mistake and have send it today, can I request it back or can I send 2nd one as well???

  7. Ali jan, if you get a hold of another form, you can send it, but see if any of your neighbors will write in Iranian-American for you 😉

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