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Originally Posted by Urban Sasquatch
If you're meeting someone and they're ASKING you about your race, you should look them dead in the eye and say "Human." And you should move on without looking back.
That's good, it would tell me a lot about them, too. Mainly, that this is a touchy, defensive person. And that's "OK"--for someone else.
My husband is mixed with black, Filipino and white, he is very pale and has straight hair so many people don't realize that he is black. He accepts all sides of his heritage but to me culturally he is mostly black and he has no problem telling people what he is. Never be ashamed of any part of your race. If you are meeting people who have a problem with you being black then they are not even worth your time.
While this is true what do you do with forms with predetermined answers where you have to pick a category. While I think more are identifying mixed I have yet to see one.
And before anyone has a cow over these form type questions one instance of why this may be asked is many businesses are given consideration and a ratio break for contract awards with the goverment if they have a certain amount of minorities also loans and especially project grants.
Honestly, who cares about filling out forms in their day to day life?
Nobody ever discusses any other portion of a form other than race, and the only time people discuss the race portion is when they have an agenda, such as on this thread.
Everyone should self-ID in the manner they want, in accordance with their own needs/views.
When people want to go back and forth about what to call Halle Berry, it's not Halle's problem. She deserves to be able to go on with her day to day life without having to justify her racial status to other people.
Honestly, who cares about filling out forms in their day to day life?
Nobody ever discusses any other portion of a form other than race, and the only time people discuss the race portion is when they have an agenda, such as on this thread.
Everyone should self-ID in the manner they want, in accordance with their own needs/views.
When people want to go back and forth about what to call Halle Berry, it's not Halle's problem. She deserves to be able to go on with her day to day life without having to justify her racial status to other people.
I think you may have missed the point and that is this is and these questions are what is out in society some people have to deal with it- not an agenda.
While this is true what do you do with forms with predetermined answers where you have to pick a category. While I think more are identifying mixed I have yet to see one.
And before anyone has a cow over these form type questions one instance of why this may be asked is many businesses are given consideration and a ratio break for contract awards with the goverment if they have a certain amount of minorities also loans and especially project grants.
I understand what you are saying..at my son's daycare they asked if they could just put Korean for the ratio of races at the facility.
I'm mixed three ways but explaining it is tedious and by the time I'm done most people's eyes glaze over with the "uh-huh" and it's off to a different subject. It is mildly amusing actually as I will tell people (or others will do it for me) that I was born in Saigon, Vietnam. Then the listener will say, "but you look Mexican (or Hispanic)" and I tell them my Dad is Mexican. Then they follow with the "what with your last name?" and I tell them my paternal grandfather was a white guy.
If your eyes have not glazed after reading that then a for you...
I am raising my GD (13) and she self-identifies with being white. If asked, she says mixed race. She said that she either marks "other" or checks both on tests. Then she said that she identifies with the family that she grew up with, so she feels more like she is white and that if she grew up with her black family, she would consider herself black. Until very recently this bothered me, as I thought she was denying half her heritage, but I realize now that it is what it is and I never gave a darn about my Irish heritage until I was well into adulthood.
How great that folks are now "allowed" to self-done identify. Raena- I get the ratio thing with schools and such. And certain programs that rely upon grants need to show diversity, so I mark whatever I think will help their stats.
I've posted this previously, but it's cute- when she was in pre-K, she self-identified as being cappuccino!
Mikeetc- That's funny- two races/ethnicities/etc, folks can follow, but after that, it's "okay, whatever"- LOL!
I'm mixed three ways but explaining it is tedious and by the time I'm done most people's eyes glaze over with the "uh-huh" and it's off to a different subject. It is mildly amusing actually as I will tell people (or others will do it for me) that I was born in Saigon, Vietnam. Then the listener will say, "but you look Mexican (or Hispanic)" and I tell them my Dad is Mexican. Then they follow with the "what with your last name?" and I tell them my paternal grandfather was a white guy.
If your eyes have not glazed after reading that then a for you...
[quote=HIF;11917159]I am raising my GD (13) and she self-identifies with being white. If asked, she says mixed race. She said that she either marks "other" or checks both on tests. Then she said that she identifies with the family that she grew up with, so she feels more like she is white and that if she grew up with her black family, she would consider herself black. Until very recently this bothered me, as I thought she was denying half her heritage, but I realize now that it is what it is and I never gave a darn about my Irish heritage until I was well into adulthood.
I've posted this previously, but it's cute- when she was in pre-K, she self-identified as being cappuccino!
This is too cute...I stated many times that my son is rice cake with muti flavors. haha... A friend of mine that is half black and white said she was an oreo.
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