Do you go by the race of your father (black, but very light) or your mother (who is white)? To look at him, he looks white. You would never know that his father is black.
2006-11-24 07:02:53 · 23 answers · asked by mommy cat 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Other - Cultures & Groups
Most paperwork nowadays have the choice of "Other". I was taught that you went by the race of the father, and I have heard that Native American Indians go by the tribe of the fathers father or in other words the paternal grandfather
2006-11-24 07:07:36 · answer #1 · answered by Eye of Innocence 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I looked at the answers you have so far received. READ this one, it is the CORRECT ANSWER! Asking age,religion,sex and especially Race,are Illegal Questions on an Application Form. If this is a medical, that also is unnecessary. By the year 2010, over 97% of the WORLD will be of colour. There is no longer a bi-racial,tri-racial it is now multiracial and with the explosion of the DNA factors - we should all know by now, that on the Inside, we are ALL the SAME, well almost everything, not our personalities,genetic diseases,etc. But you know what I mean. Tell your friend, any company that is still practising that Illegal Law, should be reported and to definitely NOT work for them. Good Luck...
2006-11-24 07:17:42 · answer #2 · answered by peaches 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
"race" as put down on forms and applications is meaningless anyway -- most of the terms used on those things have nothing to do with "race," which itself is an arbitrary and nonsensical term. They're holdovers from earlier times when people thought that if your skin color was different or you had unique facial features that you were a different "race," which DNA and genetics have proven completely invalid. There is no such thing, for example, as a "caucasian" or "white" race. Look it up.
My own children are products of mixed cultures (I'm mostly european and my wife is filipino) -- when I fill out school forms, etc. for them, I always check the "other" box, and put in "human race." Once a school principal called me and said I had to fill in the form properly for them to get certain kinds of federal money -- I told her that she really needed to keep up on genetics and anthropology, and that my answer was the only correct one possible on the form. She gave up and left it as-is. :)
2006-11-24 07:08:06 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-10-13 01:03:03 · answer #4 · answered by Erika 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I work as a social worker and on my intake i have a place that has black\white to check. So most apps should have the same type of spot, but if not just put black\white.
2006-11-24 07:14:39 · answer #5 · answered by Marti G 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
He can choose. He can also select other, or no answer - those are usually options to. But I would recommend that he selects whichever he identifies with - or, for that matter, wants others to identify him with.
It's interesting though. There are so many cultures, and so many people who have mixed cultures, but we are still supposed to check either Caucasian, African-American, Asian-American, Latin-American, and of course "Other".
Maybe we should all check OTHER from now on, since hardly anyone fits into these categories anymore.
2006-11-24 07:10:53 · answer #6 · answered by t433_sd 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
reason y they ask this is to keep a statistic track of the world races,that's why u check other on the app and rep 4 both of ur races.make sense,but were all human just different skin tones.and to California Baby,I'm feeling that answer,u made my ribs tickle.holla at ya boy
2006-11-24 07:07:49 · answer #7 · answered by djsegwon 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If I were your friend, I would simply circle both races and if the employer asks questions, explain it and ask them if there is a problem with that. Its not like he can pick one and ignore the other.
2006-11-24 07:16:35 · answer #8 · answered by Victor ious 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You don't have to choose any race on a job application so why should he feel pressured to choose one now? Equal Opportunity Employers don't require this information so why are you so hung up on it?
2006-11-24 07:08:11 · answer #9 · answered by 07jaggrad 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Anything he wants to!
If it's a scholarship for African-Americans, a school with few African-Americans, or any other place where affirmative action still exists, go black. If "very conservative" (ie racist) people are going to be reading it, go white. Or, go both!
2006-11-24 07:06:23 · answer #10 · answered by newinfiniteabyss 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋