Tom G. Palmer Quotes

We know the point of the 2010 Census is to count us, one by one, to tally every last resident, but the massive project of course has more prying, if limited, interests.

Certainly, last year we did an episode about the census and sampling versus a direct statistic. You just said the word 'census,' and people fall asleep.

From disaster relief to representation in Congress, the census plays an important role in protecting Iowa's future.

To really know what progress we’re making for children, we have to know how many children we have to begin with. The simple act of counting is an expression of a country’s intent to take care of its people.

The real unifying force in American political life is whiteness, no matter its party, gender, region or, at times, even its class.

Much of the professed concern about the white working class is a cover for the interests of white elites who evoke working-class solidarity to combat racial, sexual and gender progress.

One very plausible reaction would be the emergence of exclusivist sociopolitical movements, composed largely but not only of white males, primarily working-class and middle-class, protesting and attempting to stop or reverse these changes and what they believe, accurately or not, to be the diminution of their social and economic status, their loss of jobs to immigrants and foreign countries, the perversion of their culture, the displacement of their language, and the erosion or even evaporation of the historical identity of their country. Such movements would be both racially and culturally inspired and could be anti-Hispanic, anti-black, and anti-immigration.

The census should not be political.

The government is keeping detailed records on how many Americans have carports. How many Americans have mold in their bathroom.

We owe it to the audience to put more characters onscreen that reflect them and that speak to issues of race and gender as well as to a character's sexual preference.

I'm black, and I'm human. I'm a woman, and I'm human. I believe in God, and I am human.

Crazy old people are our entire source of polling information.

It was never easy being Cicely Tyson. And it will not be easy being Octavia or Viola Davis.

Every country needs to know how many citizens it has.

We provide comedy for everybody, no matter what your race or gender. We just want people to come out and have a really good time.

I perform at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre, where my race and gender are rarely pointed out.

NASA didn't give a crap what gender you were or what race you were. If you could do the math, you were valuable.

I first wrote about Michael Jackson in the 1980s. His skin was growing paler, his features thinner, and his aura more feminine. Some called him a traitor to his race. Some fussed about his gender fluidity. I saw him as a post-modern shape-shifter. But the shifts grew more extreme and mysterious.

Objecting to someone because of his religious beliefs is not the same thing as prejudice based on religious heritage, race, or gender.

In my view, the government has ample justification to inquire about citizenship status on the census and could plainly provide rationales for doing so that would satisfy the Supreme Court.

I can always tell the demographic that will probably recognize me - white dudes, sort of skater-y hip hop white dudes, and working class black dudes.

I happen to be black and a woman and unapologetically proud to be both, but that is not the totality of my identity.

When people think what is the most simple sort of human, it's a white man, and anything else that is added to that complicates it for people. It comes with all kinds of meanings and connotations. If they have a different skin color, that comes with a connotation. If they're a woman, 'Oh well, what do I feel about that?'

When I feel risk-averse, I am much more likely to surround myself with middle-aged, professional, southern females; I just am.

I am a black woman who has been given this character called Hermione to play on the stage. But actually, we've all grown up with the books, with Emma Watson playing her in the films. Imagery is so strong.