count day

So, filled out the census yesterday, it being count day and all.
But something that really struck me everytime I had to fill out "race". Good grief! We're still hung up and classifying by that. The only thing it's used for is affirmative action these days to keep deserving kids out of good colleges and give other kids scholarships based on their race that don't care to go there and didn't work for it. Don't get me wrong, everyone deserves help but those that need it shouldn't be segregated against because they "aren't" on a certain list of diversity.
Every time I saw the blank to fill in race I was tempted to write "HUMAN".
I mean, the term "race" has been up for debate since like forever
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Race_(classification_of_human_beings)

I also don't recall seeing Caucasoid, Congoid, Capoid, Mongoloid or Australoid listed as choices either.

OK, done ranting. Something I try not to do here.