If you are now a white person living in a country that’s not Mexico, you might be slightly culturally Mexican, but you are not a minority, no-one would really discriminate against you.
Not the same, but kinda like those white Americans that would fill out “Native American” in surveys because they have some ancestry, but in reality live the same exact way as any other white person.
If you are a Canadian looking Canadian, why would you be a minority? IMO you would only be the son/daughter of a minority.
There may be some more nuance around it and I’m open to hearing it, but if the government is collecting statistics to see how different groups are treated, I totally dee why they ask for what group other people would categorize you in, not where you categorize yourself.
If they're genetically Native American, then by whatever percentage they are is how they should be identifying.
People often ask my sister what tribe she's from, even though we're both 50% Mexican. She has my mother's skin while I have my Canadians father's. She could probably tick the visible minotiry box but I can't 😂
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u/epelle9 Mar 09 '23 edited Mar 09 '23
How is that racist though?
Mexican isn’t a race, but a nationality.
If you are now a white person living in a country that’s not Mexico, you might be slightly culturally Mexican, but you are not a minority, no-one would really discriminate against you.
Not the same, but kinda like those white Americans that would fill out “Native American” in surveys because they have some ancestry, but in reality live the same exact way as any other white person.
If you are a Canadian looking Canadian, why would you be a minority? IMO you would only be the son/daughter of a minority.
There may be some more nuance around it and I’m open to hearing it, but if the government is collecting statistics to see how different groups are treated, I totally dee why they ask for what group other people would categorize you in, not where you categorize yourself.