@th3j35t3r My children are bi-racial. Being sort of new to the area, as I signed up my oldest for kindergarten on the application the choices for ethnicity were limited. I explained that my children were not "white" they are more than that. I was instructed to put "white" and just let it go. So I go to my first PTA meeting and stood up to speak.. immediately I heard whispers.. "she's not from around here, is she?" JFC I'm still dealing with it today. My kids are in their 40s.
@b4cks4w @th3j35t3r My husband shared with me.. a coworker asked him what he was.. his respone: Human.
I giggle at that to this day.
people need to get over deifying categories. they're tools, folks, and they constantly need sharpening, upgrading, etc.
i'm really sorry you're still having to deal with it.
@MrsE0113 @th3j35t3r
My grandparents were told not to admit to my father having any 'black' because he could pass for white. Happy to say they horrified the hospital staff by refusing to do that.
@MrsE0113 @th3j35t3r I write "human" in forms that have a "race" field and only once has a clerk showed a sense of humor but yeah, told me to let it go. Eff that.