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Does it even matter what race someone puts down on those? On the last US census I put my race as human, although technically (and visually) I am white, but my background is such a mutt, or not traced, that it doesn't really matter anyway. On top of that I grew up in a city thats over 60% (south Texas) Hispanic. That will change my views to be more "Hispanic like" vs someone with the exact same racial qualities living in, say, NY. Hell when I go to home depot they say things in English then Spanish on the intercoms.

It also seems lately that half the people I meet are half Mexican and half white. What should they put? Every one I have asked puts Hispanic because in general they get more that way.

I guess it comes down to an obviously flawed system. Possibly "diversify" based on income, or location over race.

I'm not sure you get the point of 'diversity'. The U.S has a class-based system that is very very strongly correlated with skin-color. Dark skin -> lower class, worker. White skin -> upper class, college educated. The system is there to spread dark skin across all strata of society, breaking the stereotype that a particular skin color belongs in a particular lower strata.

The system is there to spread dark skin across all strata of society, breaking the stereotype that a particular skin color belongs in a particular lower strata.

The problem with this though is that whites have to pretend that the system doesn't exist for it work. If dark-skinned students are allowed in because of a well known preference program the stereotype is in fact reinforced.

In the short term it is reinforced. But on the longer term, you create a wide array of dark skinned college educated people who have college level jobs. College educated tend to breed college educated, and family/relatives will tend to be college educated.

So in the medium term, the current state that the black community is in will change towards a more intellectual and educated one.

I'm not sure about this. Pale skin color means you spend more time indoors (a job) and don't have much free time. Dark skin means you have enough free time to have a tan. In fact I think that the rich have darker skin and the poor have paler skin.

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