Re: CHAT: American Racism [was: Star Wars]

>> Would that be 'ethnic dirtying'? *irony*Here in the US, I always have to
>> fill out forms and mark my race as Caucasian, African-American-not-Latino,
>> Latino, Native American, or Asian-Pacific Islander. I fall into three of
>
>Heh.  I check virtually everything, myself.  When they complain, I tell
>'em that this is what the truth is.  Then they take one look at me and
>decide that I'm "really" white, because that's how I look to them.
>(Under the old South African racial code, though, I would have been
>"mixed" or "coloured".)
When asked for "race" on a form, I usually fill in "Scandinavian" or
"European American".  Hell, I've never even *been* to the Caucasus!

Matt.

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Matt Pearson
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UCLA Linguistics Department
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