Do you find it offencive when you have to fill in a section giving your race on an official form?

mazzo2001

actually, sorry but im white and i find it very offensive because it seems like they are looking for a particular race, personally i also get angry when they reject you because of yr race of course im from the uk i have never been rejected like that because it is illegal in the uk but anyway just to let you know yr not alone,

PATRICIA MS

Actually I would like to mark Mexican because the are getting the benefits of our country and I may as well have some.

Sweetpea

What I found interesting was looking at SAT scores and it showed how you rated amongst your race. We will never have equality as long as there are special rules for some.

mstr_gekko

I am not offended, but I am offended when I have to push 1 for english......

Del Piero 10

Also the form doesn't cover all possibilities. I remember a South African getting all worked up because they had to tick White because there was no White African choice. She wibbled on about it so long and loud in the end I told her to find the Pedantic African box and tick that instead.

Without-style

I dislike the categories, I also don't see how my race changes anything.

I would of assumed the ethnic minories would welcome the labels as it is essentially entirely for their benefit afterall and are essentially fast tracked through most things due to the nature of the policies set forth to encourage these minorities, ie. Police welcome all 'minorities' including British people with a heritage from the east, gay people and women. I'd say only the male Britain has to be afraid of these forms (for the record, if it counts I'm a female)

You now days have "British Indian, British Asian (Pretty much the same thing?, British African, British this and that.

Should we also have "British Scottish, Brittish Welsh" Surely these sub-categories also deserve to have their place? (Yes I realise Scotland and Wales make up Britain but they're entirely different 'countries') In turn British English, but the majority of these people are white, and don't fill anyones targets unless they are women.

203

I don't find it offensive but I do fail to see what relevance it has to anything when it is quite aboviously just pandering up to the political correctness nazis who like to count these things and then use the information for their own agendas.

Whatev' Yo'

I am white and I do not like filling in that block either. I think it is something non-important... and yes it makes me uncomfortable. It is like they are saying "what race are you so we can get a preconcieved notion about the type of person you are."

The woman who told you only minorities seem to get offended over it is wrong as well... many of my co-workers from my last job would always gripe about that part of any survey, application... ect. that they had to fill out. Of course, I was in the Air Force, and diversity was one of the things I liked about it.

Duffer

Not offensive so much as intrusive. I always refuse to answer, likewise the questions on religion. It is no-one's business but mine.

i dont find it offencive, i just think its stupid, it doesnt make a differnce to how you will work-its unnecessary.

Maggym

I who is Hispanic and a proud American, find it offensive. It make me feel that I am only half American.

When my children where in school and had to fill out those school form, I would mark other and put in American. I taught my children the they are NOT hyphenated American, just simply and proudly an American.

I feel that having to answer what race a person is only divide us as a nation.

tamia

yes i find it a bit offencive, because what has my race got to do with getting a job, or going for a school trip.

i am proud of my race n alwayz will be brown n proud!

hemihead_38

I hate that also and I'm white. Gives you the feeling that they are being racist.

archkarat

Sometimes I mark African American. Simply because if you be believe in evolution and the out of Africa theory then eveeryone on the planet could mark Africa.

No, I've got far too many serious things to worry about.

pacer

It has never bothered me. There usually is a place where you can just choose "other" if it bothers you that much.

Just here.

i dont really care. You have to be proud of your race. Just mark the answer with pride.

Crazybird

I'm more offended by white-non-hispanic. Can't be plain ole' caucasion anymore.

firefly

I am white, English, and find it offencive to be told I'm 'racist' for wanting to put 'English' "It must be British". This to me is a long way round to all the PC brigade stating that we are racist, because we've had to put British with its association to the BNP. rather than English.

But surely it shouldn't matter what race Creed colour YOU are, all Britains are treated equally. As far as I can surmise the race relations act is a do-gooder petty muck stirring organisation, that occupies all with trivia, ie. 'black coffee' and misses the more dangerous quite occurrences.

I work for a County Council, quote:"If you are an ethnic minority, female, or have a disability then you are guaranteed an interview." It is this type of "ISM." that adds to the ill will of most decent people, and the sooner the moronic PC brigade and race relations idiots realise this then ENGLAND will start to become a much happier country.

vdv_desantnik

yes its true im white and I find it offensive

JOHN F

I dont find it offensive,I do find it curious even irrelevant most of the time but I suppose as long as the information is not used in a detrimental way ,its not aproblem

ChaChing

Hell NO! I'm WHITE AND PROUD!

Flying Hawaii

I can't remember the last time I ever had to do that. I would find it offensive. Actually, race is just a concept. There isn't really such thing as race.

rebel

im english and i dont like it

spannerbox

No i don't find it offencive, I'm proud to be British and if others don't like it, then leave.

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