Newsgroups: ut.general
Path: utzoo!henry
From: henry@utzoo.uucp (Henry Spencer)
Subject: Re: "Joining the count"
Message-ID: <1989Mar24.223458.17560@utzoo.uucp>
Organization: U of Toronto Zoology
References: <8903232049.AA29714@yorkmills.csri.toronto.edu>
Date: Fri, 24 Mar 89 22:34:58 GMT

In article <8903232049.AA29714@yorkmills.csri.toronto.edu> clarke@csri.toronto.edu (Jim Clarke) writes:
>Just because question 3 refers to "visible minority groups" doesn't mean it
>isn't talking about race.  I certainly won't answer.

In fairness, compared to Les Earnest's experiences, this questionnaire
has a couple of mitigating factors.  First, it does have an "Other" box.
Second, it quite carefully explains that it's not asking who you are
descended from, but who you "identify with".

I haven't quite decided what I'm going to do about that question yet.
I concur that it's disagreeable.  I suspect that ticking "Other" and
filling in the blank with "human" (or "Martian" -- they *are* asking who
you identify with, not who you are descended from...) will give them
more trouble than just refusing to answer.
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