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**Ggskbpbz** · 05-20-2012, 09:16 PM

It seems there are two different definitions of 'white' in the US. The official government mandated one used for census reasons and the one actual white people use to identify themselves. I put no stock in the census one because as far as I am concerned the government doesn't get to say who is or isn't in my ethnic group. So in the census a lot of people are considered white that actual white people will never see as being white. They can try to alter the meaning of the word all they want but it is not going to affect the reality.

I am not a supporter of the ODR though. Who cares if someone had a non-white ancestor hundreds of years ago or whatever.

05-20-2012, 09:16 PM	#18
Ggskbpbz Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 480 Senior Member	It seems there are two different definitions of 'white' in the US. The official government mandated one used for census reasons and the one actual white people use to identify themselves. I put no stock in the census one because as far as I am concerned the government doesn't get to say who is or isn't in my ethnic group. So in the census a lot of people are considered white that actual white people will never see as being white. They can try to alter the meaning of the word all they want but it is not going to affect the reality. I am not a supporter of the ODR though. Who cares if someone had a non-white ancestor hundreds of years ago or whatever.
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