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Why is that a problem? Self identification is a good thing. The real problem is people using the box you check for real world decisions like college admissions,
by paxys 1y ago
Why is that a problem? Self identification is a good thing. The real problem is people using the box you check for real world decisions like college admissions, jobs and scholarships.
Re: the bone marrow thing, no one is using self identification as a way of doing blood or organ transplants ("you say you are black so your marrow will probably work for him"). There are real medical tests to check for all this.
- mrguyorama 1y agoThe problem comes when, well, did anyone ever verify Ancestry data? My understanding from the sidelines was that the reported ethnicity of "oh you have a little french in you" had no meaningful basis, and was absurdly inaccurate. People treating it as anything more than fiction were making a mistake.