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I'm 1/4 Japanese.... ...when does someone cease to be a minority? Is it 100%? Is it half? Is it 25%? | |
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I'm an eighth each of two different minorities, so if i add them together does that count?  | |
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evenstar3 said: I'm an eighth each of two different minorities, so if i add them together does that count?
I don't know... do you get to mark any minority boxes when applying to college, etc? I never have, but maybe I should? | |
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good question. I wonder if the one-drop-rule applies here - or just how you categorize yourself? if you THINK you are a minority, then you ARE a minority? I mean, like, where is the sun? | |
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ReturnofDOOK said: evenstar3 said: I'm an eighth each of two different minorities, so if i add them together does that count?
I don't know... do you get to mark any minority boxes when applying to college, etc? I never have, but maybe I should?  i HATE stupid race boxes, unless they have a decline to state option. hate hate hate. it's like, okay, do i just check white or what?
There's a really good internship in the field I'm interested in, but it's explicitly stated that it's a "multicultural undergraduate summer internship" for "individuals of African American, Asian, Latino/Hispanic, Native American, and Pacific Islander descent." I can't decide whether or not to apply, because I don't know if I'm multicultural enough.  So frustrating. | |
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evenstar3 said: ReturnofDOOK said: I don't know... do you get to mark any minority boxes when applying to college, etc? I never have, but maybe I should? i HATE stupid race boxes, unless they have a decline to state option. hate hate hate. it's like, okay, do i just check white or what?
There's a really good internship in the field I'm interested in, but it's explicitly stated that it's a "multicultural undergraduate summer internship" for "individuals of African American, Asian, Latino/Hispanic, Native American, and Pacific Islander descent." I can't decide whether or not to apply, because I don't know if I'm multicultural enough. So frustrating.You should TOTALLY apply! If you have a little of any of the ethnicities you listed, you should be able to qualify!  | |
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evenstar3 said: ReturnofDOOK said: I don't know... do you get to mark any minority boxes when applying to college, etc? I never have, but maybe I should? i HATE stupid race boxes, unless they have a decline to state option. hate hate hate. it's like, okay, do i just check white or what?
There's a really good internship in the field I'm interested in, but it's explicitly stated that it's a "multicultural undergraduate summer internship" for "individuals of African American, Asian, Latino/Hispanic, Native American, and Pacific Islander descent." I can't decide whether or not to apply, because I don't know if I'm multicultural enough. So frustrating.it's a good idea to check them when they do the census, though.
I check the appropriate one if I feel like it. it's not like they can't tell by my ultra Japanese last name anyway.  [Edited 6/1/06 22:34pm] I mean, like, where is the sun? | |
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ReturnofDOOK said: evenstar3 said: i HATE stupid race boxes, unless they have a decline to state option. hate hate hate. it's like, okay, do i just check white or what?
There's a really good internship in the field I'm interested in, but it's explicitly stated that it's a "multicultural undergraduate summer internship" for "individuals of African American, Asian, Latino/Hispanic, Native American, and Pacific Islander descent." I can't decide whether or not to apply, because I don't know if I'm multicultural enough. So frustrating.You should TOTALLY apply! If you have a little of any of the ethnicities you listed, you should be able to qualify! I'm going to next year, I guess...it's just that the application essay requires you to write about how your multiculturalness has affected your life...meh.  | |
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Do you people actually have to edit what race you are   | |
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Dewrede said: Do you people actually have to edit what race you are
don't be mutt-ist!  | |
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evenstar3 said: ReturnofDOOK said: I don't know... do you get to mark any minority boxes when applying to college, etc? I never have, but maybe I should? i HATE stupid race boxes, unless they have a decline to state option. hate hate hate. it's like, okay, do i just check white or what?
There's a really good internship in the field I'm interested in, but it's explicitly stated that it's a "multicultural undergraduate summer internship" for "individuals of African American, Asian, Latino/Hispanic, Native American, and Pacific Islander descent." I can't decide whether or not to apply, because I don't know if I'm multicultural enough. So frustrating.Our society reaps what it sows. For centuries, in America at least, racial classifications were codified in state law. Anti-miscegenation laws were on the books. Our laws and sciences defined race as a biological characteristic and legal concept. And people suffered for it, to say the very least. We're evolving away from that concept, albeit fairly slowly. This is because were enshrined in our laws.  Good night, sweet Prince | 7 June 1958 - 21 April 2016
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Natsume said: good question. I wonder if the one-drop-rule applies here - or just how you categorize yourself? if you THINK you are a minority, then you ARE a minority?
I'm 1/16 Chinese. All of my cousins from my mother's side are (and there are lots). We joke about China being our 'motherland'. | |
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If you look more like
than 
I wouldn't rush to amend any Census boxes. | |
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