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

On Tue, 25 May 1999, Brian Betty wrote:

> 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".)