United States of America – a most sinister yet attractive place I am now getting accustomed to. Every experience invokes new feelings and thoughts, lots of likes and dislikes, and a great concern that once-a- great country is now moving down the slope, following the path of all great countries of the past.
Sunday, July 31, 2011
Race and Ethnicity
Filling in a banking form, I was asked about ethnicity. I had to options to choose from:
Wonderful irony, Ranfuchs. America is such a strange place when it comes to this subject, a land where if one parent is black and the other white, one is considered black. But if one is part Asian and part white, one is considered Eurasian. Eh? (Seen scratching my head and looking puzzled.)
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Wonderful irony, Ranfuchs. America is such a strange place when it comes to this subject, a land where if one parent is black and the other white, one is considered black. But if one is part Asian and part white, one is considered Eurasian. Eh? (Seen scratching my head and looking puzzled.)
George, isn't irony the only true way to understand our life?
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