McNorman asks a great question. Essentially, if America is a post racial country, why does the Census form devote so much space to race? Races are so mixed now, it is difficult to find one person who does not fit into more than one racial category--and that is a vital part of the American experiment.
This census, don't contribute to racial stereotypes and divides. Be an American. Under race, chose "other" and in the description, write "I am an American."
Spice it up. Write it in another language if you want. I went to Google Translate and came up with these variants:
In Afrikaans: Ek is ‘n Amerikaanse
Albanian: Unë jam një amerikan
Arabic: أنا أميركي
Belusarian: Я амерыканец
Bulgarian: Аз съм американец
Catalan: Sóc un americà
Chinese: 我是美國人
Croatian: Ja sam Amerikanac
Czech: Jsem Američan
Danish: Jeg er en amerikansk
(suddenly I am hungry for a pastry)
Dutch: Ik ben een Amerikaanse
(you pay for yours and I will pay for mine)
Estonian: Ma olen Ameerika
Filipino: Ako ay isang Amerikano
Finnish: Olen amerikkalainen
French: Je suis un Américain
Galician: Eu son un americano
German: Ich bin ein amerikanischer
Greece: Είμαι Αμερικανός
Haitian Creole: Mwen se yon ameriken
Hebrew: אני אמריקני
Hindi: मैं हूँ एक अमेरिकी
Hungarian: Amerikai vagyok
Icelandic: Ég er bandarísk
Indonesian: I am an American
(wow, that looks familiar)
Irish: Tá mé ar Meiriceánach
Italian: Io sono un americano
Japanese: 私はアメリカ人
Korean: 나는 미국의
Latvian: Es esmu amerikāņu
Lithuanian: Aš Amerikos
(short and sweet)
Macedonian: Јас сум Американец
Malay: I am an American
(Coincidence or laziness? You decide.)
Maltese: Jiena Amerikana
Norwegian: Jeg er en amerikansk
Persian: من در آمریکا
Polish: Jestem amerykański
Portuguese: Eu sou um americano
Romanian: Eu sunt un american
Russian: Я американец
Serbian: Ја сам амерички
Slovak: Som Američan
Spanish: Soy un americano
Swedish: Jag är en amerikansk
Thai: ฉัน เป็น อเมริกัน
Turkish: Ben bir Amerikalı
Ukranian: Я американець
Vietnamese: Tôi là một người Mỹ
Welsh: Yr wyf yn America
(That's how CZJ would say it)
Yiddish: איך בין אַן אמעריקאנער
