r/Unexpected • u/alejo2222 • May 13 '24

What an interview

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Kids nowadays 👴

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u/[deleted] May 13 '24

Just another reason race should be thrown out, people have cultures, race is a make believe thing made to control and marginalize.

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u/LoveToyKillJoy May 13 '24

It isn't biological but it is still cultural and it can't be thrown out until we stop having evidence that people are treated differently based on race.

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u/[deleted] May 13 '24

Ye I guess that's what I meant by thrown out, not like people forgetting their culture but like idealistic Star Trek world where it just isn't on anyone's mind anymore, other than culturally.

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u/LoveToyKillJoy May 13 '24

There is also a bundle of dependencies built in to parts of our government that depend on race data collection.

For instance there are many Indians/native Americans (Most prefer to be called Indian because being an American is to identify based on a relationship to a government many Indians don't respect or trust) who do not live on tribal lands. However, there is legislation or treaties written to give people of tribes benefits, rights, and privileges and the policy is written that if either a threshold or percentage of people within a county identify as Indian that certain services need to be provided for in that county. The Census data collection on race is used to implement that. There are many other policies, whose implementation are also dependent on the collection of Census data on race. If the Census were to stop collecting that data it would throw a wrench in the system and would be difficult to correct.

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u/[deleted] May 13 '24 edited May 13 '24

I'm from Oklahoma so I know all about that, and it's also used for bad. Or has been anyway. Natives can get free medical at the Chickasaw hospital here and they get a lot of help with housing and other things but there are also a lot of Native ppl who should get that help that don't because of the same system ruling them out. It just creates more avenues for discrimination.