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Racial Identity -- Who determines minority status?
Posted on 12/27/16 at 10:26 am
Posted on 12/27/16 at 10:26 am
Obviously, as we know, you can identify as what you want.
But with things ranging from scholarships to government contracts based on race, how is one's race determined and proven if challenged?
With interracial relationships becoming increasingly common, this issue will get continually clouded in years to come.
Just from personal experience, I have friends with the following marriages:
White-Indian (red dot)
White-Mexican
White-Japanese
White-Chinese
White-Black
All but the White-Black identify as white. (Side note: The black guy in this relationship is a solid, conservative dude and the white chick is pure trash. They are divorced, not surprising. He only dates white chicks)
But with things ranging from scholarships to government contracts based on race, how is one's race determined and proven if challenged?
With interracial relationships becoming increasingly common, this issue will get continually clouded in years to come.
Just from personal experience, I have friends with the following marriages:
White-Indian (red dot)
White-Mexican
White-Japanese
White-Chinese
White-Black
All but the White-Black identify as white. (Side note: The black guy in this relationship is a solid, conservative dude and the white chick is pure trash. They are divorced, not surprising. He only dates white chicks)
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Posted on 12/27/16 at 10:33 am to Bjorn Cyborg
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But with things ranging from scholarships to government contracts based on race, how is one's race determined and proven if challenged?
When a lot of this foolishness on college campuses came into the forefront, I said that I identified as a female native American. Can I get a scholarship now?
Posted on 12/27/16 at 10:34 am to Bjorn Cyborg
The racists in the Government determine minority status by policy.
Posted on 12/27/16 at 10:35 am to Loserman
But how? And using what data?
Posted on 12/27/16 at 10:35 am to Bjorn Cyborg
quote:
(Side note: The black guy in this relationship is a solid, conservative dude and the white chick is pure trash. They are divorced, not surprising. He only dates white chicks)
Sounds like a cornball brotha
Posted on 12/27/16 at 10:36 am to Bjorn Cyborg
I would like it if we were never asked our race on job or academic admissions applications.
Basically the census should be the only time we check that box.
Basically the census should be the only time we check that box.
Posted on 12/27/16 at 10:37 am to Bjorn Cyborg
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Who determines minority status?
Rachel Dolezal
Posted on 12/27/16 at 10:39 am to Bjorn Cyborg
Status is based on which lobbies are working hardest.
Posted on 12/27/16 at 10:42 am to Bjorn Cyborg
The 1964 civil rights act gave official minority status to several groups, Acadians being one.
Posted on 12/27/16 at 10:45 am to FutureRATeammember
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The 1964 civil rights act gave official minority status to several groups, Acadians being one.
I've got my family tree traced back to Nova Scotia. What benefits am I entitled to?
Posted on 12/27/16 at 10:48 am to Zach
No idea. Preference in college applications and hiring?
Posted on 12/27/16 at 10:49 am to Bjorn Cyborg
Good question. Can anybody just say they are Hispanic? How would they know if you are or aren't?
Posted on 12/27/16 at 10:51 am to FutureRATeammember
The issue is who makes the determination and what info they use.
We can all generally agree on what broad group is considered a minority, but who is a member of that group can get murky.
We can all generally agree on what broad group is considered a minority, but who is a member of that group can get murky.
Posted on 12/27/16 at 10:51 am to PrimeTime Money
quote:Does it matter if you are or aren't if that's what you identify as?
Can anybody just say they are Hispanic? How would they know if you are or aren't?
Posted on 12/27/16 at 10:53 am to Bjorn Cyborg
Liberal progressives have used identity as a political strategy to literally divide and conquer. Prejudice will no longer be an issue when people are just people and no longer categorized into social distinctions.
Posted on 12/27/16 at 10:59 am to PrimeTime Money
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Can anybody just say they are Hispanic? How would they know if you are or aren't?
My grandchildren are registered in school as Hispanic because their mother is Mexican. The proof is the mom's birth certificate and continuing Mexican citizenship. But they've never asked to see those documents.
Posted on 12/27/16 at 11:02 am to GurleyGirl
What got me thinking about this is that supposedly minorities don't get opportunities because they are discriminated against:
I know a kid, hispanic mother-white father. Very handsome young man, dark complexion, very ethnic looking.
However, he was raised in white household, very popular at a mostly white school, identified as white, went to college joined white fraternity, dates white girls.
If my daughter married him, I would not consider that to be an interracial relationship. I don't even consider the parents to be in an interracial relationship. I know they don't.
How do we have laws, rules, etc., regarding such a cloudy situation?
I know a kid, hispanic mother-white father. Very handsome young man, dark complexion, very ethnic looking.
However, he was raised in white household, very popular at a mostly white school, identified as white, went to college joined white fraternity, dates white girls.
If my daughter married him, I would not consider that to be an interracial relationship. I don't even consider the parents to be in an interracial relationship. I know they don't.
How do we have laws, rules, etc., regarding such a cloudy situation?
Posted on 12/27/16 at 11:05 am to Bjorn Cyborg
Every company I worked for used self identity on applications. You could fill out the section or leave it blank. If someone did fill it out you took them at their word and identified them as what they checked. Yes I even had an employee who identified as Cherokee. He was one quarter and it saved him in a couple of downsizing
Posted on 12/27/16 at 11:08 am to lsuoldft
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He was one quarter
But what if he really wasn't?
What if someone lost their job, but he kept his, because of some unproven racial identity?
This is my point.
Posted on 12/27/16 at 11:17 am to Bjorn Cyborg
No company can ask "race" on the employment application.
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