working class stiff wrote:
The only folks who are mentioning 'white suburbs' are you guys. The rule only establishes that the fed gov't will help local gov'ts develop data for making decisions on local housing policies.
For those curious:
http://www.huduser.org/portal/sites/default/files/pdf/AFFH_Final_Rule.pdf
Says nothing about white suburbs, or forced migration. It's an effort to help local gov't make housing policy decisions based on accurate data.
But I know....Obama is a tyrant.
I have not been on this site in quite some time.
this issue regarding H.U.D.
personally affects me and my family as we were selected to be part of this study.
we live on a quiet road Farm to Market Road actually surrounded by horse farms near historic district.
our home is moderate in size about 2100 square feet on an acre of land.
our home being in the middle of a larger horse farm is a separate parcel of land taxed individually yet owned by the business owners of the horse farm.
my husband is employed by that horse farm.way for all intents and purposes rent our dwelling.
this study is being conducted by the United States Census Bureau.I mention this because I returned home one day to find a note stuck to the door.business card attached to it and it informed me that I had failed to complete a study.I had never received a study or questionnaire.I looked into what possible study or questionnaire I might have received had I in fact received it.it became clear that it was the HUD study.
it also became clear while investigating that you can be punished or find or imprisoned for failing to provide or participate with United States Census Bureau.
we had 10 days to respond.that was a Thursday with every intention of making it last the full 10 days and begrudging having to participate against my wishes to be included into a study. We as a family had decided that we would not respond until the full 10 days. However Saturday just after noon a man arrived and got out of his car and let us know that he was with the United States Census Bureau. he had many questions and a computer the questions were on race well. I had been answering most of the questions about the size of the house ,the number of bedrooms ,whether or not the kitchen has separate dining how many bathrooms, were they full bathrooms were there additional living area is the square footage of the house the approximate size of the lot.whether or not we had hot and cold running water which appliances were in the house and in fact operational to include a refrigerator washer dryer stove hot water heater. what type of electricity we were receiving with house entirely on electric what type of heating how, many fireplaces, whether or not we were on city sewer or septic system for sewage.eventually the question came around to how many people we had in our home the ages of the people that we had in our home the race of the people that we have in our home. and on the question of race, the gentleman taking the survey looked to my husband and stated white. he then glanced at me and sort of nodded his head or tilted his head as if to inquire? I simply shrugged and he recorded the answer as white. additional questions that were asked during the survey or whether or not the occupants of the home at any time experience discomfort or became cold during winter.whether or not we believe that our neighborhood was a good neighborhood or if it had any crime.we were asked to give our neighborhood a rating 1 to 10 10 being the best and are dwelling rating.finally the gentleman from the Census Bureau asked about geographical features in our area how close we were to any standing body of water. he briefly asked about any wildlife that may be in our area.he asked about the employment of my husband and even remarks that he hesitated to ask me about whether or not I was employed.
I would like it noted that while this man was quite jovial , kind , , and generally just pleasant. I felt nauseous,ill and a general feeling of things were just not right. this is not right.weekend declined to answer questions regarding other children who are not living in the home and our wages to which are interviewer from the Census Bureau let us know that you could just find that out easy about anybody you could just google anybody. before he left he said that our names and our address were not going to be discussed but that our names and all of our personal information would be somehow correlated to a number but that it wouldn't be available to people using or reviewing the data. He also stated that our home would be representative of 1200 homes.
Now you should be aware that I am part native American or mixed race.
Of the nine homes on this 1.5 mile stretch of rd. There are 3 Hispanic families in 3 of those homes. Metre blocks from there we have an African American male household I have yet to meet his wife so I am uncertain of her race.
It has been weeks since this participation in the HUD study and I still feel as though it was invasive, and un american.
I immediately told my husband that it was reminiscent of DR.Zhivago. and quickly explained the movie plot and politics of smuggling the book out to Italy. He had never seen it. Coincidentally the producer of that movie has passed in the last few days.
I then shared that quite possibly we may have to quarter in our lifetimes.
Yes it does have to do with Race.