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thenewgreen · 4650 days ago · link · · parent · post: Affirmative action: Is it a problem or a solution?
I'd like to go a step further and ban universities from asking about race on an application. I know it's cliched, but the only correct answer is 'human'. YES, YES, YES please. I hate this question with all my heart. My grandparents on my father's side came to the US from Germany, my grandparents on my mothers side came from Mexico. I'm 3rd generation US citizen, but still I'm asked to check a box. Which box? The world see's me as "ethnic" because my skin is brown but ethnically, I'm just as much German as I am Mexican.
My wife is predominantly of Danish decent, does this mean we are "intermarried"? What does that even mean? Yes, Human Race sounds about right to me. Fed up with this shit.