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Richard Miller
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fwsweet
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| Did you re-start this poll at some point? I ask because I was the fourth person to answer when you first started it, but my answer is no longer included in the results. (Hispanic, do not consider Hispanic a "race," do not support the ODR.) |
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OTHER
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Location: Florida
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| Posted: Tue 05 Aug 2008 19:36 Post subject: |
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Richard, you included many specific categories (even wiggers!?!?), but you failed to have one for "I am multiracial and of black ancestry (roughly 50% or more)". Did you assume that all persons who are 50% or more would ID as black? Just curious.
By the way, I'm glad to see that approximately two thirds of the 30 participants do not believe that one drop of blood makes you black. I was also pleased that in my category "I am multiracial and of black ancestry (roughly 50% or less)" about 85% do not ascribe to the one drop rule.  |
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Richard Miller
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Location: San Antonio, Texas
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| Posted: Tue 05 Aug 2008 20:45 Post subject: |
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| OTHER wrote: | | Richard, you included many specific categories (even wiggers!?!?), but you failed to have one for "I am multiracial and of black ancestry (roughly 50% or more)". Did you assume that all persons who are 50% or more would ID as black? Just curious. |
There was a specific reason for this - this was to clearly separate any potential black-identified "We're all mixed, you're no different from us" types from selecting the box that is reserved for those who lack a preponderance of black ancestry, yet would be affected by ODR.
Yes, I included "wiggers" because, well, I think that they are probably more likely to support ODR due to the influence of the culture they're choosing to partake in, and I don't want their opinions to factor into what mainstream whites think.
I had similar reasons behind creating distinct AA, Caribbean, and African categories.
I want to reset it again, because there are four categories no longer being used, but two of them remain - it's not allowing me to delete them, because someone already voted in those - I'd like to reset it, but I don't want to delete what I have. |
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OTHER
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| Posted: Tue 05 Aug 2008 23:31 Post subject: |
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| Why reset it? Just let it ride, as is. If some categories are null, so be it. I think you should just let it stand. Hey, have you linked to it from mulatto.org? You should, imo. |
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Richard Miller
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Location: San Antonio, Texas
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| Posted: Wed 06 Aug 2008 01:37 Post subject: |
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| OTHER wrote: | | Why reset it? Just let it ride, as is. If some categories are null, so be it. I think you should just let it stand. Hey, have you linked to it from mulatto.org? You should, imo. |
There's another problem. I think that Frank actually checked that he supported ODR on accident. |
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OTHER
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| Posted: Wed 06 Aug 2008 14:19 Post subject: |
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| Richard Miller wrote: | | OTHER wrote: | | Why reset it? Just let it ride, as is. If some categories are null, so be it. I think you should just let it stand. Hey, have you linked to it from mulatto.org? You should, imo. |
There's another problem. I think that Frank actually checked that he supported ODR on accident. |
 Frank! The truth comes out!  Just kidding. 
Richard, can you just chalk it up to "margin of error"? |
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