Posted on 09/25/2018 1:48:33 PM PDT by Behind the Blue Wall
When I was in college I filled out the form for a Pell Grant stating that I was African American. I’m Irish. I received the grant and nobody ever checked.
Go for it! minority set-asides are illegal and unconstitutional.
Race is a social construct, just like sex, just like your pet dog or horse. :)
I am 1/16th Blackfoot. Woo hoo.
It’s not false, exactly.
Full disclosure: I’m an amateur genealogist and, as part of my family tree work, I use FTDNA.
But Ancestry.com has made a MINT by selling these “where are you from” packages, so they all do it now. If you run an ancestry report, your first report will almost surely be reported out at the 50% confidence level. “Oh, look! I’m Jewish! You’re African!, etc., etc.”
The better companies give you a slider bar so you can dial up the confidence level. Usually, once you’re at 80% or above, all the “surprises” go away.
We have to fill out a paper for all of our CE classes. Under the section that asks for “race”. I have started writing “car.”
I think he's a macaroon: all white ingredients with just a little browning from the oven.
Ha!
He can't. You have to be on the tribal rolls or be able to prove you are close enough blood descendant of someone who was.
It is actually very hard to claim American Indian status legally.
Unless you work in academia. I understand they do not let little things like legalities stand in their way.
I know I am 1/16th blackfoot. I am on ancestry.com and have only been able to trace my great great grandmother to her first name only. She was given the name Miranda. It is noted in records from another family member who has since died that she was one from the one of the Dakota’s. Someday I need to try and get the marriage certificate of her and my great great grand-mother to find her maiden name. I may be able to then find out what tribe and location etc for sure.
Would .02% sub-Saharan African qualify?
Why not? There’s literally no current standard, and historically, it was any identifiable black ancestry.
In 1974 I applied for a position with a governmental entity, and was told I was being recommended by the head administrator. The administrator who wanted to hire me was told by the local governmental authority, that since a Black female had resigned the position, for which I was applying, she must be replaced by another Black.
About 5 years ago I had a DNA test done, which confirmed ancestors who came from the area just above Liberia in sub-Sahara Africa, who then ended up in South Carolina in the 17th Century. It did not confirm my lineage from a great, great grandmother, who was half Cherokee and half Choctaw.
Retroactively, shouldn’t I be able to go back and demand restitution for the governmental employer not hiring me? I know at the time that my ancestor was Black.
LOL
That doesn't mean it's true.
He or she said they did it to mess with people who really wanted the test to prove something.
But really, does anybody send their DNA sample in with a letter saying, "Gee, I hope -- I really hope and pray -- that you find out that I am 100% Irish and not at all Black"?
Are they really going to know if you are a racist -- or at least someone who would be a racist in their eyes?
I don't think so.
From a leftist DNA tech’s perspective, all white people are racist; therefore, it is acceptable to punk them.
Yep. When you take everything to their logical conclusions, it all becomes absurd.
“not lately”.....................
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