Comments on: Forced to pick http://www.mixedmediawatch.com/2006/05/19/forced-to-pick/ Thu, 04 Dec 2008 05:26:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Anonymous http://www.mixedmediawatch.com/2006/05/19/forced-to-pick/#comment-8546 Anonymous Wed, 31 May 2006 17:14:46 +0000 http://www.mixedmediawatch.com/2006/05/19/forced-to-pick/#comment-8546 On http://www.blackprof.com/archives/2006/05/staten_island_interracial_coup.html Tanya Hernandez wrote in regards to this issue: "Given the importance of racial statistics for addressing racial inequality, it does not seem such an imposition to request that individuals treat the race question as an inquiry into the political meaning of how they are racially perceived, rather than an inquiry into the full range of a person’s racial identity." On
http://www.blackprof.com/archives/2006/05/staten_island_interracial_coup.html

Tanya Hernandez wrote in regards to this issue:

“Given the importance of racial statistics for addressing racial inequality, it does not seem such an imposition to request that individuals treat the race question as an inquiry into the political meaning of how they are racially perceived, rather than an inquiry into the full range of a person’s racial identity.”

]]> By: Charlette http://www.mixedmediawatch.com/2006/05/19/forced-to-pick/#comment-7362 Charlette Sat, 20 May 2006 16:23:15 +0000 http://www.mixedmediawatch.com/2006/05/19/forced-to-pick/#comment-7362 Girls I have been forced to identify inaccurately for over 40 years because that is how racism works in this country. You are just now taking offense? While us mixed black people have been taking offense forever, the ones that look almost white, no one helps us, even today. We are brow beaten to make a choice. I won't I will never and no one should be forced. The reality of the world mixtures is finally coming to the surface of supremacist colonial pedagogy. Put out the fire now!!!!! Girls I have been forced to identify inaccurately for over 40 years because that is how racism works in this country. You are just now taking offense? While us mixed black people have been taking offense forever, the ones that look almost white, no one helps us, even today. We are brow beaten to make a choice. I won’t I will never and no one should be forced. The reality of the world mixtures is finally coming to the surface of supremacist colonial pedagogy. Put out the fire now!!!!!

]]> By: Ben http://www.mixedmediawatch.com/2006/05/19/forced-to-pick/#comment-7348 Ben Sat, 20 May 2006 13:16:55 +0000 http://www.mixedmediawatch.com/2006/05/19/forced-to-pick/#comment-7348 (Typo fixed - mods please delete previous) What's so awful about having the principal choose it? Then Ada is not "forced to deny half her heritage," but the principal can satisfy the federal guidelines as s/he understands them. Ada probably won't even find out what category she gets put in. Incidentally, the form is outdated - since 1997, federal agencies are required to separate Asian from Pacific Islander. But the real flaw here is in the legislation. Federal agencies are “strongly encouraged” but not required to incorporate multiple-race identification into their analysis, and NCLB simply declines to do so. Little can be gained from policy for which compliance is neither mandated nor enforced. Interested parties ought to petition the federal government to *require* universal adoption of Directive 15. <a href="http://www.doi.gov/diversity/doc/racedata.htm" rel="nofollow">source</a> | <a href="http://72.14.209.104/search?q=cache:THeY4vwVCLMJ:www.doi.gov/diversity/doc/racedata.htm" rel="nofollow">google cache</a> (Typo fixed - mods please delete previous)

What’s so awful about having the principal choose it? Then Ada is not “forced to deny half her heritage,” but the principal can satisfy the federal guidelines as s/he understands them. Ada probably won’t even find out what category she gets put in.

Incidentally, the form is outdated - since 1997, federal agencies are required to separate Asian from Pacific Islander. But the real flaw here is in the legislation. Federal agencies are “strongly encouraged” but not required to incorporate multiple-race identification into their analysis, and NCLB simply declines to do so.

Little can be gained from policy for which compliance is neither mandated nor enforced. Interested parties ought to petition the federal government to *require* universal adoption of Directive 15.

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]]> By: cornellazn http://www.mixedmediawatch.com/2006/05/19/forced-to-pick/#comment-7335 cornellazn Fri, 19 May 2006 23:19:04 +0000 http://www.mixedmediawatch.com/2006/05/19/forced-to-pick/#comment-7335 wow, a mixedmediawatch article about s.i. and I live in this borough too! wow, a mixedmediawatch article about s.i. and I live in this borough too!

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