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> claiming that she "self-identified as black" What's wrong with that? If I understood it correctly, in the US someone identifies as whatever they want, by law
by BrandoElFollito 3y ago
> claiming that she "self-identified as black"
What's wrong with that? If I understood it correctly, in the US someone identifies as whatever they want, by law.
Since such a provision isnin place it is normal that people will use it to their advantage. If I was American and, say, being black have me some advantages at the university I would certainly try to identify as Afro-American despite being white, blond and blue-eyed.
Doesn't this happen often? Who then decides that you are not black/white/whatever enough?
- paxys 3y agoThis has happened before. A white guy originally from South Africa rightly qualified for an "African American" scholarship and got a ton of backlash for it.
- BrandoElFollito 3y agoIs there a measure of "blackness" (or "whiteness" or "asianess" or "whateverness"), or is it decided ad hoc by the committee that provides the scholarship (as an example)? I am not sure how discriminating some people as "minority-enough" can be legal (except if there are some genetic tests I guess)