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

Mathias wrote, "In France it is forbidden to require people to tell their
racial or religious  origin in any forms. I guess these American forms are
used for "affirmative action" procedure ?

Well, it ranges from school aptitude tests to college admission
(theoretically optional there, though not marked as so), but mostly I was
talking about required forms like tax forms (Americans tax themselves, and
you can't afford to piss off the IRS, which requires you to fill in a race
box which is highly limited in choice) and US Census forms (which are rare
enough, admittedly).

BB
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