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Re:“The president of MIT told me that tenure was not about r... by nefitty on Friday February 18, 2022 @04:20AM (#30383706)
At the very least, representation in government. People who share my ethnicity have unique social problems that don't apply to any other "race". I don't need a race, but the people who share my background need to be discernible on a census.
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Re:“The president of MIT told me that tenure was not about r... by stavros on Friday February 18, 2022 @04:57AM (#30383923)
But you just said "people who share my ethnicity", which has nothing to do with race. People of any race can share your ethnicity. Is a black Mexican closer in culture to a Nigerian or to a Mexican?
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Re:“The president of MIT told me that tenure was not about r... by nefitty on Friday February 18, 2022 @03:15PM (#30390487)
I'm not sure you understand how governments work. That's ok. On a census, there's no box to check off every strain that makes up my ethnicity. There's a box that says "Hispanic". I'm being descriptive, not prescriptive.
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Re:“The president of MIT told me that tenure was not about r... by stavros on Friday February 18, 2022 @03:20PM (#30390545)
I'm not sure I understand how the US government works. Your experience is far from universal.
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Re:“The president of MIT told me that tenure was not about r... by nefitty on Friday February 18, 2022 @03:26PM (#30390610)
You're right. My comment was uncharitable and US-centric. Sorry. I found it hard to not react because of the personal stake I feel I have in this sort of conversation. I'll try to do better.
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Re:“The president of MIT told me that tenure was not about r... by stavros on Friday February 18, 2022 @03:39PM (#30390764)
That's OK, we're just used to different systems.
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Re:“The president of MIT told me that tenure was not about r... by nefitty on Friday February 18, 2022 @01:02PM (#30388976)
Interesting comment to get downvoted on...
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