Ready for A Night In? Join Tabby and Kate as they talk about why the Census is important. 

00:45 May you live in interesting times… and an explanation   

02:25 Every vote counts and every count votes… by extension of their votes in the electoral college, which is dictated by census results

03:55 In 2010, over 1 million children under the age of 5 were not counted in the census

05:45 You cannot be deported for filling out the census. Census data cannot be used against you. Ever. 

06:20 Fighting rumors about how your census data can be used 

08:00 The cost analysis of a population miscount 

09:00 History of the census 

10:55 US census of 1790: each state can have representatives, but Native Americans cannot count as people… and enslaved peoples only count as 3/5th of a person… 

11:50 Abolitionists use census data to prove that the populations of enslaved peoples was on the rise, thus furthering arguments against slavery. 

12:40 Imperial England attempts to administer a census in India 

14:30 England influences the Indian caste system 

17:30 Census information helps health providers predict the spread of diseases through communities with children or elderly people. And when disasters hit, the census tells rescuers how many people will need their help.

Additional reading 

https://www.npr.org/2019/06/04/728034176/2020-census-could-lead-to-worst-undercount-of-black-latinx-people-in-30-years

https://becountedmi2020.com/wp-content/uploads/CBAMS_Presentation_MNA_121218.pdf

https://www.nap.edu/read/11727/chapter/6

https://www.prb.org/milestones-global-census-history/

Book:

Ethnography of Alternative Enumeration Among Korean Americans in Queens, New York By Tai Kang 

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