Saturday, September 8, 2012
Race
Race is a term used to describe someone based on their
ethnicity and appearance. It is a huge factoring in deciding ones identity.
Race is used to classify people, though it is not always helpful. Since the
United States is considered a melting pot of many different cultures and
heritages, it is extremely common for someone to come from multiple
backgrounds. When this occurs, how do you classify this person? Say an Irish
woman and Chinese man were to have a child, is this child considered white or Chinese?
This is where the debate starts. I believe the US Census Bureau should allow
people to check more than one race for themselves. Race is something unique to
every individual and I think people should be allowed to show this. In the US
we encourage acceptance and diversity, therefore we should allow people to own
their diversity. Allowing people to do this would make people feel more confident in who they are and really allow them to accept themselves.
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I agree one hundred percent about what you are saying here. There are so many diverse races here in the United States and many families are interracial. By having the majority of the country be from interracial backgrounds I think it would absurd if the United States Census Bureau were to not allow people to check more than one race for themselves. I love how you put it when you said that race is something unique to every individual. This is so true and I never would have thought to put it that way because so often we are grouped into this race or that race.
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