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What is most galling about this is that even if we assume that culture X yields candidates with personality characteristics undervalued by culture Y, _racial ba
by gfaure 6y ago
What is most galling about this is that even if we assume that culture X yields candidates with personality characteristics undervalued by culture Y, _racial background doesn't indicate culture_. How should a second-generation Taiwanese American raised predominantly in American culture answer the race question on their application?
- Consultant32452 6y agoAfrican American. Everyone should answer the race question with whatever they think benefits themselves the most, because race is bullshit.
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- Radim 6y agoThis. I remember an anecdote by Ota Ulč, a Czech writer who escaped communism to emigrate into the USA. When asked to select his race, Ota didn't realize "Caucasian" applied to him – after all he's Czech, not from Caucasus! So he checked "Other" instead. An honest mistake. As a result, he got in no problem.
- charlesu 6y agoRacism is bullshit. Race is a social construct but it’s definitely has real implications.
- Consultant32452 6y agoWhat are the implications of my race?