I legitimately don't really know what my ethnicity is, aside from "white," but honestly I don't really care. It doesn't really mean much to me.
I don't like considering black people "Black" because they are literally not the color of this... I also don't like considering white people "white" because they are literally not the color of a marshmallow. I just think that it's better [to me] to refer to people as their "true colors" or "ethnicities." For example, I'm an Hispanic American, but I'm tan. So I'd call myself "tan skin." I would consider a "black" person "brown." I would consider a person like yourself to be a "medium tan." I know this might not mean much to you, like you said, I just really wanted to get that off my chest.
I See what you mean, but it really doesn't matter to me. I could be more specific, if I actually looked into what my true ethnicity is, but I don't really care enough to do that.
My sister was really into this stuff for a while and learned all kinds of things about our ancestry, so I'm sure I could just ask her.
Race is a required question for the USA census. A common response is, "Mexican." To the follow up aclaration that Mexican is a nationality, not a race, and then reading the list of races, the reaction was often a blank stare. After, "I'm not white, I'm not black, I'm not oriental, I'm Mexican," would come another round of negotiations. It was hard not to respond with, "I know what you are. You're awesome. You are colorblind, and that is awesome. I just wish it were contagious."
Thanks. I hadn't read the fine print. So, you compiled all that material yourself? That must have been a job. I am impressed. How do you account for the fact that everyone whose ancestors come from anywhere near the equator is black? Is habitat genetically determined, or is it determining the genes?
