Tagged: Abolition of Racial Classifications

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 – Starboard CFC.

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.

June/July in The Abolitionist Examiner: Groundbreaking Proposal Launched in California to Free People from Boxes by Kevin Nguyen

Drop racial categories from census (The Tampa Tribune) (May 15, 2001)

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 that I am black....

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 a thermometer to gauge...

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. There needs to be...

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 has for the past...

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 aware that there are...

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.” I do, however, care...