So, hi, I clicked onto metafandom yesterday and found an entire page of discussions about race and I honestly have no idea what STARTED this round of discussions, but there it is, and I'm glad something started it because I'm glad I read your post.
And, actually, I clicked on it because the excerpt they stuck on the metafandom delicious page mentioned filling in forms and checking a box for 'race' and I just went "WHAT?" Because I've never heard of or seen a form that has anything like that on it. (I'm from Australia.) (Well, except some official government paperwork that asks if you're Aboriginal or a Torres Strait Islander, but that's just because there are particular government benefit schemes for indigenous Australians.)
And, and, I don't really know what else to add. Just that I'm amazed that there's such a need to know somebody's race.
I do have forms that ask me to tick a box for 'gender' and sometimes I tick all of them. Or draw another box and write 'other'.
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So, hi, I clicked onto metafandom yesterday and found an entire page of discussions about race and I honestly have no idea what STARTED this round of discussions, but there it is, and I'm glad something started it because I'm glad I read your post.
And, actually, I clicked on it because the excerpt they stuck on the metafandom delicious page mentioned filling in forms and checking a box for 'race' and I just went "WHAT?" Because I've never heard of or seen a form that has anything like that on it. (I'm from Australia.) (Well, except some official government paperwork that asks if you're Aboriginal or a Torres Strait Islander, but that's just because there are particular government benefit schemes for indigenous Australians.)
And, and, I don't really know what else to add. Just that I'm amazed that there's such a need to know somebody's race.
I do have forms that ask me to tick a box for 'gender' and sometimes I tick all of them. Or draw another box and write 'other'.