Police and race identification?

I recently got a ticket and the police officer put "A" in the race box. Does this mean Asian or African American? I say this for two reasons:

I am mixed with both, but especially have my hair straightened, I look Hawaiian or Samoan but my last name screams Irish. Also, for some odd reason, I associate B with Black but in a lot of cases, W is for White/Caucasian but apparently it is not PC to say Black, thus using A with African American and some random letter for Asian.

Sorry if this is too trivial for your taste, I just wanted to know. You'd be surprised how many people start throwing "Yo" around when they find out I'm Black.

Salamat po!

Police and race identification?

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Actually ---- contrary to common assumption --- not

every "racially" Black person who lives in the United

States is of the 'African-American' (AA) Ethnicity and

not every member of the AA Ethnicity is "racially" Black.

This is essentially because the group that is

known as the 'African-Americans' (AAs) are

a "very specific" 'Ethnic' (*not* 'Racial') group.

Our society really needs to try to begin to

understand that the 'African-American' (AA)

'Ethnic' group is *not* the same group as the

閳ユlack American' (BA) 'Race' group; that the

two (2) terms are *not* synonymous;

and that the two (2) terms should

*not* be used inter-changeably.

We are *not* speaking of 閳ユΞemantics閳?here 閳?but rather

閳?the BAs %26amp; AAs are two different groups of people.

The AAs are the (largely Mixed-Race) ETHNIC group.

The BAs are the (Mono-Raced) RACE group.

As confusing as it seems -- the U.S. government

[due to racism %26amp; wanting to stigmatize the part

of their lineage that was from Africa which, by

the way, is only one part of their lineage] ---

has labeled those individuals who are the known

"descendents of the survivors" of the system of

chattel-slavery found in the USA as being AAs

(the hyphen is used in reference to acknowledging

the fact that most of them are Mixed-Race,

with African %26amp; non-African blood lines)

AND

has labeled those people who are "volitional immigrants"

who are directly from places such as the continent of

African, the West Indies, etc. -- as being BAs

(with the word 'Black' used in reference to acknowledging

the fact that they are of a Mono-racial full-Black lineage).

In addition, it should also be remembered that 閳?although

some AAs adhere to a socio-political 閳ユdentity閳?that is

often described by the slang term of 閳ユ競lack閳ユ績鈧敄he AAs

are actually *not* a "Race" group at all -- but rather

they *are* a largely Mixed-Race 'Ethnic' group

(and the socio-political 閳ユdentity閳?that a person chooses

*does not* change their racially-mixed ancestral lineage).

Most (+70%) of the people born to two (2) parents who

are of the AA 閳ユエthnic閳?group are are of a Multi-Racially

閳ユコixed閳?(MGM) lineage 閳?while the people to two (2)

parents who are of the BA 閳ユセacial閳?group 閳?on the

other hand 閳?are of a Mono-Racially 閳ユイlack閳?lineage.

There is a big difference between a largely Multi-racial

'Ethnic' group and between a Mono-racial 'Race group.

In addition, there is also a big difference between

one's socio-political 'identity' (ex. "black") and

one's ancestral racial 'lineage' (ex. 'Mixed').

Just because a person adheres to a given

socio-political 'identity' does *not* change

the composition of their ancestral 'lineage'.

Also -- the 'One-Drop' Rule (the false teaching that

'any amount' of Black ancestral lineage make a

person "full black") is nothing more than pure-racism.

The racist 'One-Drop Rule' (used only by the United

States government, by the way) was created during

the antebellum, chattel-slavery era by White racial

supremacist in order to get people to believe the false

racist myth that the so-called White "race" was "pure"

and to falsely view the Black "racial" admixture

(even the slightest amount) within someone's

ancestral lineage as being "tainted".

To embrace the 'One-Drop Rule' is the equivalent of BOTH

embracing "racism" and embracing the false teaching

that a Mixed-Race person's Black lineage is "tainted".

My advice is that a non-Racist should *not* embrace

the concept of the 'One-Drop Rule' -- as "Black blood"

is *not* "tainted" -- and should never be perceived

or embraced as being so (not even in the

name of so-called "pride" and "unity").

In addition, legally-speaking, attempted forcible

application of the racist 'One-Drop Rule' -- against

any individual or group -- was made illegal and ruled

as unconstitutional by the United States Supreme Court

in 1967 via the case of 'Loving vs. The State of Virginia'.

Through the 'Loving vs. Virginia' case, the U.S.

Supreme Court, ruled against both all of the laws

banning Interracial marriage -- and -- also ruled

that any so-called law which forcibly applied the

'One Drop Rule' -- was racist, discriminatory,

illegal, unconstitutional, and non-enforcible.

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Generation...

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Generation...

Related Links:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Generation...

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/MGM-Mixed/

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FGM-Mixed/

------------------------PLEASE NOTE---------------------

--- Dr. Luigi Caveli-Sforza, who is the Executive

Director of the Human Genome Project and the

world's foremost authority on human genetics

has both tested and proven that more that 70%

of all AAs have a full ancestral lineage which

consists of +20-30% White / European and

more than +25% Amerindian bloodlines.

--- That means that the 'average' (+70%) person

born to two (2) parents who are both members

of the AA Ethnic group actually has slightly

less than 50% Black / African blood lineage

found in his or her full-ancestral lineage.

For more information -- see supporting links listed below:

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Generation...

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Generation...

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Generation...

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Generation...

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Generation...

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Generation...

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It should also be noted that -- contrary to popular belief and

myth spread among many groups who are not educated or

informed on the whole topic -- it was not the group that is

currently being referred to as being the African-Americans

(AAs) -- who chose this term for them -- but rather --

like so many of the other terms used to describe

them -- this term was also implemented by

the United States federal government

(starting with the 1990 United

States 'Census Bureau' Forms).

If a person insists on spreading the 'myth' that it was the

AAs who chose this term for themselves -- it is clearly

indicative of the fact that they have never even once

actually studied the entire topic and are simply basing

their comments on assumption-based ignorance --

rather than objective facts and empirical evidence.

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Hope this information is helpful

and that you have a nice day. :D

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Police and race identification?

a is for apple.

Police and race identification?

I don't know what the A means, but do you have your race on your drivers license? I'd assume that if you do, then the A will probably be whatever you are "classified" as. I'm also not the least bit surprised about the "yo" thing. If I had a nickel for how many people have tried to call me "girlfriend" when they meet me, I'd be a very rich woman.

People often try to be funny, condescending, and able to "relate" at the same time. I wish that people who did that knew that it makes them look stupid and like a hick who has never encountered anyone different than them. The people they do this to see right through that little power play. If it continues, an exaggerated bored sigh and a rubbing of the forehead as if they are giving you a huge migrane accompanied by a change of subject is usually a good enough hint to most people that they are being insufferable and that they shouldn't do it again.

Police and race identification?

I have always said if you don't know who you are ask the police. They definitely know. A is Asian. Police only use politically correct racial identities on episodes of Cops. And even then it depends on where they are filming.

Police and race identification?

Yeah I also don't know what a would mean, maybe asian since most of the time people use black as a way to discribe a black person and not african american, since all people in the USA that are black could not be considered african american. But I do agree with the yo part, it is so annoying, thinking I talk like them just because I am black, but whatever.

Police and race identification?

a stands for awsome