I used to just check White and that was it. Now I will mark other and list my predominant cultural heritage English and Norwegian. Do you think this is a mistake? Should I be broader and say European heritage? Should I just mark the White box?
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I'd probably just put Native American. I was born here, and my family has been here long enough I'm not eligible for birthright citizenship anywhere else.
I always tick African. I’m an Elon-type African BTW. It’s where I was born and grew up, there’s no lie there 😆🤷🏼♂️
It’s fun seeing their faces when a white dude shows up to the job interview
African would also work in the Richard Dawkins "we are all Africans" sense the New Atheists tried to push 20-ish years ago to "debunk" racism.
Noice.
I agree with you, but not 100%.
I'd say about 1/1024th, tops.
The government asks if you're American Indian, which has a specific meaning (to them). Now, this is all self-identification, so you can say what you want, but you're probably not an American Indian.
If something actually says "Native American", well, that's dumb; check which box you want.
I honestly don't know a better term than American Indian. Canada's term is dumb because the tribes that are recognized weren't the First Nations, obviously. They were the last ones before white people got there. Should be called Last Nations. We already covered Native American. Maybe Bering Strait-American. Bering Land-Bridge American. That at least makes sense.
Yes, it is. So in addition to it being dumb I'd also like to make it meaningless and useless.