SIGN O THE TIMES

More hyphenated Americans want to be counted:

From PAAIA’s 2010 US Census Project Center:

The 2010 United States Census (the “Census”) provides the Iranian community in the United States the opportunity to stand up and be counted.
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The Iranian American 2010 Census Coalition is taking a proactive role to ensure that our community’s statistics are accurately reflected and that it has access to key services and an enhanced political voice. With that in mind, the Iranian American 2010 Census Coalition has assembled an informational and instructional pamphlet, available in both English and Farsi, to answer questions about the U.S. Census.

File this under “Everybody Else is doing it, so why shouldn’t we?”