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I'm not sure you understand how governments work. That's ok. On a census, there's no box to check off every strain that makes up my ethnicity. There's a box tha

I'm not sure you understand how governments work. That's ok. On a census, there's no box to check off every strain that makes up my ethnicity. There's a box that says "Hispanic". I'm being descriptive, not prescriptive.

stavros 5y ago
I'm not sure I understand how the US government works. Your experience is far from universal.
- nefitty 5y ago
  You're right. My comment was uncharitable and US-centric. Sorry. I found it hard to not react because of the personal stake I feel I have in this sort of conversation. I'll try to do better.
  - stavros 5y ago
    That's OK, we're just used to different systems.