THE U.S CENSUS 2010.
Many Arab-Americans check "white on the U.S Census. Why community leaders want to change that.
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Some Arab-Americans still neglect about provide racial information on the U.S Census.


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Some Arab-Americans still neglect about provide racial information on the U.S census, even though their answers are protected by the Federal law. Therefore, some Arab-American groups are promoting a campaign, which educates their communities about the benefits of answering the census correctly. They will be counted and assimilated as part of the U.S.


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This article makes me realize that racial question on the census form could be difficult to answer if we don't know what exactly race we allow. As an ecuadorian descendant with multiple races , such as "indigenous" , I was confused.

I had to create a new one since there were not options related to mine. Let's see how many "meztizos" there are in the U.S.

The Health care crisis.

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Obama is working hard to convince Democrats and Republicans pass the health care reform bill. (15 words)


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President Obama is focused on passing the health care reform . It will allow many people can get a health insurance, particulary poor people. Also, insurance companies would be more regulared to be fair with everyone. Even though Democrats and Republicans are still piecing together all the aspects involved, Obama looks enthusiastic about a conciliatory victory.(55 words)



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I am very impressive about the lack of health insurance accessibility in this country. In fact, it is embarrasing if we consider this an industrialized country. Is'n it the land of opportunities?. I agree with President Obama about Natoma Canfield is a good example to determine the importance of a health care reform. I think this should be a priority government. Do you agree ..? (65 words)