Hello pple,
Me have a question: Whenever I fill out a form (either on campus or at a job), I am asked my race, which is fine -- except that the options are always WHITE, BLACK, HISPANIC, NATIVE AMERICAN, etc, etc.
As we try to deal with the ssue of race (i.e. discrimination due to skin COLOR), why, for goodness sake, do we keep referring to prople as white and black? White and black are colors!!! So why do we refer to people by color in our every day speech?
Why can't we say Caucasian and African American -- JUST like we say Hispanic?? Why say Hispanic, Black and White?
Please help me man, help me --- and please don't tell me that we do so because it is easier (although that may be true) cause I'd say it is easier to get lotsa money robbing a bank than working but yet most of us choose to work instead (....and do so after several gruesome years syudying hard in school).
Some say that some caucasians don't like the word -- so then let's find another one or somethin'!
2006-12-04
11:39:11
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JiveSly
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