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What has "race" become?
How do I determine and prove I am this "race" or that "race"? Because my parents told me I was? By looks? By DNA? By name? By language? By one root on my family tree? What percent of that one line/root is needed to be called a member of that "race"? Who checks these things?
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Go with your gut.
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Yes, go with your gut. Put a mirror up to your navel and look at the serial number. It's usually a 17 digit VIN after 1982, 14 digit before that time.
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Hah! Have you ever tried to read your V.I.N.? Mine used to be easy to read when it was a nice flat surface but now...
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I want a check box that says "HUMAN" under race!
I never check those boxes - it is none of anybody's damn business what I am
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Race has become whatever it is you want to call yourself.
Let's look at Obama. The White House released to the public how he filled out his census form, and he decided to check off the box for "black, African American", and nothing else, even though you could check off more than one box. What is ludicrous about this is that he is exactly half white, and everyone knows this. He is denying or ignoring exactly 50% of his genetic make-up. And the sad irony of this is that every person in his life who was there for him and loved him every day was white. He met his dad twice in his entire lifetime, and they were both negative experiences.
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In that case what stops someone from calling themselves "X" race when it benefits that person?
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even the Reverend Al Sharpton and Jesse Jackson have stated that he is NOT black. and that's coming from two black men who ought to know what they are talking about....
white momma + black daddy does not equal black child. kinda like German Shephard + Poodle does not equal Poodle |
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Determining race is the basis for this thread- how do you prove a person is "X" (insert race of choice)?
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Sounds like we are going back to the "one drop" test. I thought we got rid of all that crap. Face it: most of the people in the world including me are of somewhat multiracial makeup. So what? It is long past time for everyone to get over it. Those little check boxes are really just for people who make money counting them, in one form or another.
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by what standard? sounds like racist drivel to me...
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