#racial classification

[kurdishrecognition]

hey, do you know if Kurds are considered to be white or brown when it comes to their racial classification? have a nice day!

hey! most kurds consider themselves to be brown in terms of racial classification, however, different censuses around the world classify kurds and middle easterners differently. for example in the US, middle easterners are classified as white (wrong for many reasons).

The U.S. Census Bureau must adhere to the 1997 Office of Management and Budget (OMB) standards on race and ethnicity which guide the Census Bureau in classifying written responses to the race question:

White – A person having origins in any of the original peoples of Europe, the Middle East, or North Africa. (x)

in canada, the following categories are used in terms of classification:

White, South Asian (e.g., East Indian, Pakistani, Sri Lankan, etc.), Chinese, Black, Filipino, Latin American, Arab, Southeast Asian (e.g., Vietnamese, Cambodian, Malaysian, Laotian, etc.), West Asian (e.g., Iranian, Afghan, etc.), Korean, Japanese, Other – Specify

more info here and here

[selfdiscoverymedia]

TSM22-37. David E. Bernstein. American Racial Classifications

TSM22-37. David E. Bernstein. American Racial Classifications

Their Story Matters with Sara Troy and her guest David Bernstein, on air from September 6th Classified: The Untold Story of Racial Classification in America By David E. Bernstein. American racial classifications A call for the separation of race and state, backed by a deep dive into the surreal world of racial classification in America. Americans are understandably squeamish about official…

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[jacquesrousseau]

Bungalow, racial classification, Zille and Twitter outrage (again)

Earlier this month Mike Dzange, a waiter at a Camps Bay restaurant called The Bungalow sparked a Twitter debate and quite a few columns when he opted to include “2 BLACKS” on the docket of a couple he was serving. The couple was black, as was the waiter – and while that doesn’t preclude the possibility of the waiter himself having internalised some racist attitudes (here, simply meaning that he…

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[feministdragon]

A Taxonomy of Social Categories in Taiwan Society

Chinese term => translation => what they really mean

本地人 = people from here = Minnan immigrants 客家人 = guest people = Hakka immigrants 原住民 = people originally living here = Aboriginals 外省人 = mainlanders = people who fled to Taiwan with KMT in 1949 華僑 ＝ overseas Chinese = people who grew up in diaspora regardless of country of origin 外國人 = foreign people = white foreigners 外勞 = foreign workers = brown foreigners 華人 = Chinese people = racial category that transcends nationality, good for getting around sticky political designations, a blanket “brotherhood of Chinese man”   (sexist term deliberate, because that's the intention there, women are included as afterthought)

[absolute-discovery-blog]

The Supreme Court Punts: What's the value in a race-neutral alternative?

So, I’m finally reading the actual text of the Supreme Court Decision in the Fisher case — for class, obviously (I’ve got to get better at reading important things fully not just because I have to teach them) and I’m shocked by the incredible desire of the court to find a “race-neutral alternative." The problem with all of these decisions by the court rest not on any one decision, but on this idea that race is a bad quality to use to identify and classify people.  At one point, Justice Kennedy cites an earlier case discussing race, "[B]ecause racial characteristics so seldom provide a relevant basis for disparate treatment" Richmond v. J. A. Croson Co. quoting the dissent of Stevens in Fullilove v. Klutznick. 

I’m sorry, WHAT?!  Since when is that true?  Certainly it wasn’t true in 1980 when Fullilove was decided.  It’s also, however, not true now.

Race-neutral alternatives to promote racial diversity are not the answer.  In fact, they don’t make any sense.  Let’s make up for the lack of racial diversity by acquiring racial diversity through other means?  No. Let’s make up for racial diversity, by seeking it. And socio-economic diversity by seeking it. And religious diversity by seeking it.  Actively.  

Why do we want to hide the truth so badly?

[blackmexico]

A painting depicting the various racial classifications in the 18th century.

[chantalnguyen-blog-blog]

"I was on my way to a conference in London and there was this guy getting on the plane in front of me, dressed in all white, had a turban on and everything. EVERYONE turned around and stared at him...including me. Like OH my God, it's Osama Bin Laden's brother...and THEN, he turned around and talked in a British accent." I love my Anthropology prof.