美國2010年普查 - 華盛頓

今年十年才一次的人口普查，
請記得在 Race 一欄圈選 Other Asian，
然後在下面寫上「Taiwanese」，
千萬別因為找不到 Taiwanese 這欄又覺得麻煩，就直接圈選 Chinese。

這有差嗎？也許有人會問。

當然有差啦。如果你是美國政府，在分配資源的時候，
你會留一小塊給那個普查結果不存在的族群嗎？

如果美國政府以為在美台灣人只有小貓兩三隻，
那各級團體將來在歸類台灣為「Taiwan, a province of China」時，
還需要客氣嗎？
台灣人到時再來抗議，有力道嗎？

最重要的是，我明明就是台灣人，拿著台灣的護照，取著台灣的名字，
為什麼我偏偏得要在普查的時候用別的「代號」？

不需要，不需要。我是台灣人，
I am Taiwanese，這是事實，簡單明瞭。
就像我們在填寫任何文件的時候一定都是據實以告一樣，
寫 US census 時，請大家也誠實地告訴美國政府：I am Taiwanese。

※ 引述《trapezoid (　飽滿)》之銘言：
: to 版上各位版友 :) 關於2010美國全民普查
: http://www.taiwaneseamerican.org/census2010/ (頗可愛的短片~)
: Please tell your friends, family, and anyone else you know that is
: Taiwanese American to check "Other Asian" in Section 9, and write in
: "Taiwanese."
: As some of you may already know, the US Census is taking place this year.
: The US Census counts everyone residing in the United States -- in all 50
: states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the Island Areas-- as
: mandated by the US Constitution every ten years. Forms have began to ship
: out and are due April 1st, 2010.
: Recent projections estimate that there are over 1 MILLION Taiwanese
: in the United States, but the 2000 Census recorded only 144,795 people.
: In order to correct this undercount a national campaign has started to inform
: Taiwanese people to "Write in Taiwanese" on their Census forms.
: Why is this important? Census data is used to distribute CONGRESSIONAL SEATS
: to states, to make decisions about what COMMUNITY SERVICES to provide, and to
: distribute $400 BILLION in federal funds to local, state and tribal governments
: each year.
: Please visit this website for more information and to view a Public Service
: Announcement that was filmed to bring awareness to this undercount.
: http://www.taiwaneseamerican.org/census2010/
: Thank you and please spread the word!!

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