^Hyphenation is ridiculous. I don't refer to myself as European-American, even though the majority of my ancestors were European. I am a human-American, thank you very much!
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Originally Posted by jimrat
I don't get the race thing. I guess I live in a PC country, but if that would be on any form, man, people would rage and it would be all over the news.
Race, WHEN does it even matter? Maybe sometimes in health care (some genes make you more susceptible to different illness for example) and maybe when to describe what a criminal looked like.
Else... it has no purpose mentioning it.
Also I hear white people are called caucasians in USA. Why? Caucasia is like near Russia and the Black Sea. It has nothing to do with being white.
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Huh. Where I'm from, white people are just "gringos." xD
Also, weirdly enough, it's in the name of being "PC" that they put questions like that on forms, because ALL minorities in America are supposedly underprivelaged and persecuted, so they get preference. Maybe. If some race quota needs filling, at least. It's messed up and it only adds to racial tension in this country. I've never seen people as obsessed with race as Americans are. I mean OBSESSED. We really need to move on.