Surveys that question ethnicity

[Skoob]

A while back I dedcided that I would never again truthfully answer any ethnicity questions that are on any surveys/warranty cards, etc.

My favorite answer, if available, is the eskimo/inuit answer. Otherwise I just randomly pick some obscure race on the form.

I mentioned this to one of my jag-off coworkers (of which I have many) and she went ballistic. Something about messing up demographic statistics and how accurate information is so important full a bunch of bull-hockey reasons, blah blah.

I never thought much of it because that's just marketing crap anyway. That info doesn't go to the government.

So am I the only one who does this? Am I causing some sort of injustice to minorities out there by doing this?

And if not, I encourage everyone else to do this.