Monday, November 22, 2010

Ethnicity....Race???

This morning mom handed me a piece of paper to fill out before I took Annie to school. It was a "race/ethnicity" census...

Did you know that there are now only 5 RACES - White/Black/Asian/Native American/Pacific Islander

An ethnic group (or ethnicity) is a group of people whose members identify with each other, through a common heritage, consisting of a common language, a common culture (often including a shared religion) and a tradition of common ancestry (corresponding to a history of endogamy).

Apparently Hispanic/Latino is now an ethnic group, a culture so to speak....

So I checked white because I didn't know what else to do - none of the others seemed appropriate... And does that now mean she doesn't qualify for affirmative action? or did she ever?






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3 comments:

Mari said...

That's news to me! It doesn't make sense.

Terri said...

That is crazy!

Jamie said...

We have problems with that question too, because normally they only let you pick one.

Welcome back, btw!