What is your race?

[Frankychan]

Asian means all Asians (yellows?)

I don't know about you, but I find this comment a bunch of horse s***. This is really fr**ken offensive to a mixed Asian.

[Uncle Sparky]

"Race" is a term long used by governments to seperate us from them. What constitutes a "Race" are generally visible characteristics proscribed by psudo-scientists. These may include skin colour, hair colour, hair curliness, shape of head, shape of nose, shape of eyes, shape of forehead, etc.

Many governments including some that claim to be democracies, use racial profiling (once again, defining "race" solely for ulterior purposes), to seperate us - the good guys who must be protected from them - the bad guys - who should at least be treated with polite suspision.

I'm sure your poll is perfectly innocent, but I have no interest in participating.

[orange]

where's Winston?

[Asher]

I am obviously African-American.

[Dis]

no native american?

OK so I'm only like 10% native american, but I still consider myself native american

[Winston]

I'm here alright. Just didn't think it necessary to post what I think.

Let this slip into oblivion quietly.

[Asher]

Am I missing something?

[Shi Huangdi]

Originally posted by paiktis22
Human.

Liar, you are much less then that.

[Winston]

Asher,
I kind of raised a bit of Hell when orange posted a similar thread or poll a year or so ago.

I still think it's an immensely bad idea to have people categorized like this, but since Ming gave it his stamp of approval, there's not much point in arguing on about it.

[Ming]

I'm not thrilled with the thread... but it really doesn't violate any rules. I see most people aren't voting...

A good sign

It will slip to the second page soon enough if we all ignore it...

[H Tower]

can't sleep tonight ming?

[Skanky Burns]

Originally posted by Ming
It will slip to the second page soon enough if we all ignore it...

You do realize the irony of posting that?

[Wernazuma III]

I'm human, that gotta be enough. Human sub-races are inventions, there's no way you can draw a clear line between humans, only vague guesses by skin color or other features, but nothing substantial.
The "Hispanic" (Mestizo btw., not Metizo...) "race" e.g. is an invention of the US, no one else has this concept - and what should the hispanic race be? A "mixture" of the "pure" races Caucasian and American? - Don't be ridiculous.

Your whole cateogries show how voluntarily races are defined.

This poll should definitely have had a banana option.

[Viking Berserk]

You miss two races... the southern european and the middle eastern.

anyway, look at my flag and u see my race.

[Viking Berserk]

umm, by the way, it isnt just hispanic, its divided in those with spanish heritage and those of indian (aztecs, etc). spanish is a part of southern europe.