All of Me
I'm usually a laid back, easy going person, but there is something that has always annoyed me since I was a child. That darn question on job applications about race. I come from a family with mixed heritage so I always put 'other.' Yet when I went to get my state ID the ignorant clerk automatically put African American. That pissed me off. That's totally disregarding the rest of my family. They do my fiance the same way. He's part Cuban, Trinidadian, and Japanese. But people take one look at him and assume off the bat...African American. I think you should be allowed to decide how you want you to be identified. It's annoying that people assume certain things just because of how I look. And it's always hilarious to see people's reactions when they ask me where I'm from and I say Okinawa. People forget wherever Mama-san is at the time that's where the baby will be born. She happened to be living in Okinawa to give birth to me and then my baby brother 2 years later. What's so hard to comprehend about that? Anyway, that's just my rare rant for the day. Very few things get me worked up but this is just one of those few things.
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Permalink Reply by Hitomi-chan on -
O.O really?
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Permalink Reply by DeadlyCreamPie on -
Yeah. Really.
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Permalink Reply by Hitomi-chan on
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P= Well that's kind of stupid~
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Permalink Reply by MegumiKayou on -
I have no problem with putting 'other' on job applications and such. If I had the chance to tell the clerk it would only take a second to tell him or her put me down as 'other'. They ask me for every other bit of info, like date of birth, height, wieght, and such. But when it comes to the space labelled 'race' they don't bother asking. That just annoys me.
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Permalink Reply by Hitomi-chan on
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>>Hm thats true~
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Permalink Reply by MegumiKayou on
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*sigh* It happened again. I renewed my state ID and waited to tell the clerk to put my race down as other. She went threw the application at lightning speed and didn't even bother to ask me what I wanted on my ID. She automatically put African Amercian. I give up. However when I fill out a census form I do put other and fill in the space that asked what eithnic groups my heritage is comprised of. I think the lady was just in a hurry to get to the next person and blew on through it. Ah well. At least I know who I am and where I come from.
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