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We should really understand what whiteness actually _is_ if we want to parse these kind of things correctly: http://www.ohio.edu/people/hartleyg/docs/abolishthe
by detcader 13y ago
We should really understand what whiteness actually _is_ if we want to parse these kind of things correctly: http://www.ohio.edu/people/hartleyg/docs/abolishthepoint.pdf http://www.ohio.edu/people/hartleyg/docs/abolishthepoint.pdf
- AndrewKemendo 13y agoGreat point. My father identifies as "white" despite being clearly non-white, however because of an adoptive ancestry does not have a clear picture, thus he took the race of his adoptive parents. I also select "white" on the form because I was brought up thinking that was correct. Only recently have I been selecting "Other" where available.
- biafra 13y agoOn what forms do you have to state your "race" or skin color? Ich have never been asked for it anywhere. I live in Germany.
- nyrina 13y agoKlu Klux Klan entry forms, perhaps?
- gosub 13y agoI suppose anywhere there's an affirmative action policy in place.
- mietek 13y agoLots of official UK government or healthcare forms. Still surprises me every time I see it. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classification_of_ethnicity_in_the_United_Kingdom http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Classification_of_ethnicity_in_...
- AndrewKemendo 13y agoSo far for me government and medical forms have been the majority of the forms where it is asked. Funny enough, when I was in Munich, I was denied entry to a bar because I would "cause trouble." My German friend informed me it was basically because I looked Turkish. So in that case, while not on paper, my race was questioned.
- bowlofpetunias 13y agoThis. Never been comfortable with the whole white/black thing, especially in the way it's used in the US. Americans would consider me to be a white European. My father was a black South-American, my grand-father Chinese. To refer to me as "white" and draw any kind of conclusion from that is ludicrous and insulting.