While people certainly have and should enjoy the right to call themselves what they want, no agency at any level of government should be in the business of imposing a “racial” or “ethnic” identity upon anyone. – Charles Michael Byrd
Scrapping the racial paradigm would be giant step toward ending racism by Charles Michael Byrd (The Augusta Chronicle) http://augustachronicle.com/stories/080101/opi_UE0213-6.shtml (August 1, 2001) This entry also posted at Yahoo! Groups – […]
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August/September 2001 in The Abolitionist Examiner: Let’s Rid Ourselves of Those Silly Race Boxes by Ward Connerly This entry also posted in Yahoo! Groups – Starboard CFC.
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June/July in The Abolitionist Examiner: Groundbreaking Proposal Launched in California to Free People from Boxes by Kevin Nguyen
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Drop racial categories from census (The Tampa Tribune) (May 15, 2001)
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From a discussion group I participate in: Race will always be a descriptive term in my opinion. I see no problem with recognizing that you are white and you recognizing […]
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From a discussion group I participate in: I think it is premature because a rose by any other name is still a rose. Let’s look at an analogy. We use […]
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From a discussion group I participate in: I think scrapping the racial categories is a bit premature. I think we have a lot of educating to do before this happens. […]
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From a discussion group I participate in: Why do you feel that the government’s position will change the hearts and minds of people in this society. For instance, the government […]
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From a discussion group I participate in: While I agree with you wholeheartedly on the fact that race is a social construct and not a biological one, I also am […]
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I am not interested in Race Relations as I don’t believe in the concept of “race.” For me to delve into “race” relations would require me to believe in “race.” […]
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