I ' m not American . I ' m British and we ' re also asked our ethnicity in our census forms , and even when applying to universities . And no , there ' s nothing sinister about asking someone ' s ethnicity . It ' s just a fact of life and most countries ask such questions of their citizens or residents . In fact even Ireland asks such questions in their census so I have no idea why you ' re surprised <| sep |> acronym 15 upvotesspell it out 0 upvotes <| sep |> grab your colleague ' s banana <| sep |> Why do they want the game they don ' t like to succeed ? <| sep |> BJJ is so good for getting laid . Hey , you want me to show you some BJJ moves ? has gotten me laid more than anything so far . 60 % of the time it works every time . They usually don ' t end up learning anything BJJ related though .