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When it comes to racial identity, many couples feel that a child should never have to "choose" between parents. The 1990 U.S. census form, with its "Black," "White" and "Other" boxes, particularly grated. " 'Other' is not acceptable, pure and simple," says Nancy Brown, 40. "It is psychologically damaging to force somebody to choose one identity when physiologically and biologically they are more than one." Nancy, who is white, thinks the census form should include a "Multiracial" box for her two daughters; her black husband Roosevelt, 44, argues that there should be no race box at all. Both agree that people...
...agree that Perot's discourse on NAFTA has been, in general terms, incoherent and full of inaccuracies. He said, for example, that 85 million Mexicans live in poverty, when according to the last census Mexico's population is only 83 million. I also agree that the positive and negative impact of NAFTA on the U.S. economy was disproportionately assessed by both Ross Perot and Al Gore. Mexico's economy is too small (Mexico's GDP is only 4 percent of U.S. GDP) to have as enormous an effect on the U.S. economy and labor market as the two speakers implied...
...analysis of Census Bureau data indicates that in Los Angeles County, the gap between women's and men's wages shrank significantly between 1980 and 1990 among workers under 65. Most surprising, women between the ages of 19 and 24 earned 4% more in 1990 than men of the same...
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Scientists have such a tough time studying whales, however, that it is hard to say when a species is out of danger. Blue whales, for instance, live in deep water far away from coasts, making it impossible for census takers in boats or planes to get an accurate count. In the North Atlantic the U.S. Navy is helping biologists track blue, finback and minke whales by using submarine- detection systems that pick up whale sounds...