Cba From United States of America, joined Jul 2000, 4530 posts, RR: 3 Posted (10 years 7 months 1 week 5 hours ago) and read 692 times:
I just took the PSAT, and was rather surprised and upset with the racial chices:
- White/Anglo
- Mexican/Hispanic
- Puerto Rican
- Other South/Central American
- African American/Black
- American Indian
- Asian/Pacific Islander
I find it upsetting that any one from America or Europe is consider as white/anglo. Just because I am white does not mean that I am anglo. Not everybody from Europe has the typical anglo look. Also, Asia only has one race. An Arab from the Middle East is in the same racial category as a person from China, or an inhabitant of Figi. Meanwhile, a Puerto Rican is not in the same category as a Mexican, or someone from, say Panama. Though I know that these nationalities are different, it just makes no sense that a vast Area covering half of the globe (Asia & Pacific Islands) are considered one race, while there are three separate races for Latin Americans of Spanish descent. It just makes little sense to me.
JetService From United States of America, joined Feb 2000, 4798 posts, RR: 13 Reply 2, posted (10 years 7 months 1 week 5 hours ago) and read 674 times:
Cba From United States of America, joined Jul 2000, 4530 posts, RR: 3 Reply 3, posted (10 years 7 months 1 week 4 hours ago) and read 660 times:
Problem is that if you don't check it they know you're white, as if you were any other race, checking it would benefeit you. I think the whole system should be abolished.
PROSA From United States of America, joined Oct 2001, 5439 posts, RR: 5 Reply 4, posted (10 years 7 months 1 week 4 hours ago) and read 655 times:
Cba,
As you've now seen, racial categories in the United States make very little sense. In fact, they make even less sense as time goes on, thanks to immigration from more and more countries whose people can't easily be pigeonholed, and the increase in the number of people with racially mixed backgrounds. I'm pretty disgusted with the whole thing.
"Let me think about it" = the coward's way of saying "no"
Cba From United States of America, joined Jul 2000, 4530 posts, RR: 3 Reply 6, posted (10 years 7 months 1 week 4 hours ago) and read 638 times:
Any person who is half black, a quater black, or hell, even a tenth black would check African American because of extra scholarships and financial aid options available.
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