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By: Breaking Out of the Socially Contructed Box | Mission & Justice

Breaking Out of the Socially Contructed Box | Mission & Justice — Sun, 17 May 2009 06:53:55 +0000

[...] See: ; http://blog.sojo.net/2009/05/13/breaking-out-of-the-socially-contructed-box/ [...]

By: Catreona

Catreona — Fri, 15 May 2009 18:11:24 +0000

Racial/ethnic labeling seems out of place in the U.S., where very few people are pure anything. It's an archaeism perpetuated (perpetrated?) by beureaucrats and bean counters fixated on diversity. Our country *is* diverse. We don't have to work at or codify that diversity. Nor IMO should we force it. I suspect the reason for the racial identification question on the form is so the school can impliment a defacto quota system. OK, we have enough whites and Latinos. We're short on blacks, so we can't let in any more whites and Latinos till we fill our black quota.

It is true that I have never experienced racial discrimination. Still, it seems to me that race and ethnicity are and should be nonissues. I mean, the government doesn't need for any conceivable reason to know that I'm Caucasion, any more than it needs to know that I'm female, catholic and disabled. None of these attributes have any bearing on whether I can perform in a given academic program, which is the situation here. The school might need to know about my disabilities in order to provide acommodation for them, but the city certainly doesn't have the right to demand that information.

I guess all I'm saying is, I sympathize. It's ridiculous. Complain to your local elective officials and to the press about it. Surely there are like minded citizens whom you can rally to get the question changed or removed.

By: Mestizaje e identidad | Caminando con el pueblo

Mestizaje e identidad | Caminando con el pueblo — Fri, 15 May 2009 04:00:17 +0000

[...] a leer una execelente reflexión sobre las complejidades de nuestras identidades latinas mestizas. “Breaking out of the Socially Constructed Box” fue escrita por Eliacín Rosario-Cruz en el blog de Sojourners. ¿Qué [...]

By: keithsmith

keithsmith — Thu, 14 May 2009 16:32:30 +0000

I wish we would do away with all of these classifications.

Two boxes, human or non-human.

By: Join Us for Read the Other Month. « Godspace

Join Us for Read the Other Month. « Godspace — Thu, 14 May 2009 15:09:09 +0000

[...] the the forefront of my mind as I read this thought provoking article that Eliacin recently wrote: Out of The Socially Constructed Box on Sojo.net and watched this compelling interview dealing with oppression amongst Native [...]

By: WaveTossed

WaveTossed — Thu, 14 May 2009 11:12:25 +0000

During the last U.S. census, I was one of the people chose to get the “long form.” I was asked my race. I put in “other” and wrote in “human race.”

By: 1Grace

1Grace — Thu, 14 May 2009 00:07:10 +0000

I am just glad they have not to the point where they will say push one kid for White , push two kids for spanish ,

By: lomagirl

lomagirl — Wed, 13 May 2009 18:53:04 +0000

I was completely taken aback by this question when my daughter started school as well. There wasn't even an other category, which is what I usually choose, and I was told I HAD to choose one.
There is something important about this- I haven't quite put my finger on what, but I trust that funny feeling I get about it.
While she, judithod, is a US citizen, I am not. That brings up a whole other debate. Should it matter?
I guess if we are all kept in boxes, we can't pass around any diseases we've got. (or any love, or understanding, or knowledge.)

By: Eric77

Eric77 — Wed, 13 May 2009 18:46:26 +0000

This is the problem with strict racial delineation. Very few of us fall only into one category. Why is it important to this educational program what race the student is anyway?

By: judithod

judithod — Wed, 13 May 2009 17:13:22 +0000

Easiest to write in “American citizen.”

By: CTSPC

CTSPC — Wed, 13 May 2009 16:56:33 +0000

Amen, amen, amen! Thank you, Eliacin Rosario-Cruz, for these powerful words of truth.

By: Lord_Voldemort

Lord_Voldemort — Wed, 13 May 2009 16:01:42 +0000

Yup, rigid racial classifications can get kinda silly sometimes…

By: SisterMarie

SisterMarie — Wed, 13 May 2009 15:17:28 +0000

1. The question should not have been on the registration form.
2. Given that it was on the form, you should not have been required to answer it.
3. I can't believe that you got your shorts caught in your butt over something so inconsequential. Come on man, there is serious stuff going on. This isn't.