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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All else being equal you're right: it's none of their business.
20 years ago the right tried to make it illegal to collect this sort of data because it was "none of their business". The left screamed bloody murder about that, so it never happened.
Now your best bet is to make the data and categories meaningless. For everything else they want you to be able to choose your own identity, so if you most identify with your African ancestors from 50,000 years ago then who are they to say otherwise?