11.   He loathes the mind-set that sorts human beings into racial categories.

12.   Hispanic origin is considered an ethnic category and not a racial category.

13.   In addition to the four racial categories, federal forms ask people whether they are Hispanic.

14.   In addition, state reporting often miscodes Latino children as Caucasian, African-American or other racial category.

15.   In the past, Americans have been asked to pick just one racial category listed on U.S. Census forms.

16.   Last year, the Census Bureau gave American residents the first opportunity to check off more than one racial category on the census form.

17.   Now, while strict racial categories are not being abandoned altogether, censuses will permit people to list themselves in several races if they so choose.

18.   Other blacks in Herndon, both Hispanic and non-Hispanic, took advantage of the new option to check off other racial categories to which they said they belong.

19.   Racial categories, especially in the United States, are often more poetry than science.

20.   Rather than listing numbers, can you list percentages of the people in the various racial categories who are on welfare?