What is your Race?

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Lon

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I thought it would be interesting to know how many people of color participate on this forum. Do we have Chinese, Japanese, Blacks, Just watch now, some of the PC folks will jump all over my ass for posting this, but I think it would be interesting to engage in friendly conversation about one's racial experiences. For example---One of the real travesty of justice in America in my view was the incarceration of Japanese Americans (citizens) during WW2. Sure the U.S. government has apologised and many former internees received modest financial compensation, but it was still a travesty.

For the record---I am a white Caucasian
 

You can't hoodwink me, Lon - I'm not going to reveal my race here. I KNOW what you're up to ... ;)
 

I'm East Indian/African and it's alleged my Great Granny made it with a Chinese laundry owner so? , but I did stay at a Holiday Inn last night.
 
Heinz 57, but I must tell a story about my wonderful DDIL. She is from Indonesia, but 100% Chinese. Her grandparents moved from China to Indonesia. My son met her, Shirley, when she was going to college here in the USA, they fell in love. Well, in Indonesia they don't all ways give girls last names, so on her drivers license it just says Shirley and on her SS card it says Shirley No Last Name.
One day she got pulled over for speeding, she called and the clerk came back on the line and said there was no charge. She protested (not wanting to cause an issue) and the clerk double checked and came back on the line and said, "The officer forgot to put down your last name, so no ticket!" She told the clerk about the no last name, but they just dismissed the charge.
She was so excited when she married our Mike (we were too), for now she has a last name!
But she doesn't speak a lick of Chinese, just Indonesian. I told her she better teach their kids to speak Indonesian so they can speak to the grandparents in Indonesia.
 
Kathy G in MI said:
Heinz 57, but I must tell a story about my wonderful DDIL. She is from Indonesia, but 100% Chinese. Her grandparents moved from China to Indonesia. My son met her, Shirley, when she was going to college here in the USA, they fell in love. Well, in Indonesia they don't all ways give girls last names, so on her drivers license it just says Shirley and on her SS card it says Shirley No Last Name.
One day she got pulled over for speeding, she called and the clerk came back on the line and said there was no charge. She protested (not wanting to cause an issue) and the clerk double checked and came back on the line and said, "The officer forgot to put down your last name, so no ticket!" She told the clerk about the no last name, but they just dismissed the charge.
She was so excited when she married our Mike (we were too), for now she has a last name!
But she doesn't speak a lick of Chinese, just Indonesian. I told her she better teach their kids to speak Indonesian so they can speak to the grandparents in Indonesia.
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Good story--Thank You
 
That's funny, Kathy!

April, love your reply!!

On the UK census it does not use the word caucasian for ethnic group, but I can't say Scottish or other British or other European. I have to say 'white - other'.
 
In OZ we refer to ethnicity, not race. On the census there is a question where you can declare the main ethnic groups of your ancestors. We are a multicultural people with lots of people born overseas or having parents born overseas. People who identify as Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islanders receive special considerations in a number of areas.

My ethnic roots are in the British Isles but like GDAD, I'm true blue.
 
I believe from my mothers side of the family , My Great Great Grandparents came from Cornwell ( They are buried here where I live) , my G/ M was born here ....My grandfathers family ( mothers side) I believe we're of Scottish decent, I have information from the national trust family resource centre here where I live, was given names on grandfathers side but his father married twice( married two sisters) and it's not really clear which sister was my G/F mother as records were not all,that good back then.... The very little I know about my father is they were English..Most of them had reddish hair ..
 

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