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Old 01-14-2010, 10:44 AM
suginami suginami is offline
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Originally Posted by Txjake View Post
what is the purpose of asking for race? what does that matter? I could put a number of entries there, as could most Americans whose families have been here a long while. I dont see the need for it, since we are supposed to be a colorblind society. It sounds devisive.
I'm with you on that.

I'm a 13th generation American, and basically white, but I took a DNA test to confirm Native American ancestry. So am I allowed to check Native American?

What about "Hispanic", which is not a race? It just describes people from Latin America. People from Spain would never describe themselves as Hispanic. Hispanics can be any race or mixed race.

Also, my kids are half Japanese. Which box should they check?
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