"How do I know?" ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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"This question has taken me my entire adult life to contextualize through a gradual series of realizations about culture, history, identity"
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I always look for a reflection of myself or a tribe to identify with but I've been Other since the PSAT
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I always start with the easiest question first:pic.twitter.com/UJkrGTu3dV
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You don't get to choose your identity. And sometimes, not even from the drop-down list of identities. For your whole life.
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Where I lack empathy: For some people this is an easy / unconscious question to answer??
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I mean, intellectually, I could picture it, but I am certain I really don't know what that would be like?
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Like I get it. Out there, probably, are people who don't have to have a whole Think when they see the list.
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@starsandrobots Where is the option for "my father is Irish, but he wasn't in my life, and my mother is Panamanian, but I don't speak spanis -
@starsandrobots <continues as a 5000 word option talking about specific issues around my cultural & racial identity> -
@brianloveswords seriously right??
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@starsandrobots Where does Google ask users to identify their race? Here is an incomplete list of GOOG alternatives: https://pad.okfn.org/p/google_alternatives … -
@ChPietsch it's to register to speak, so
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@starsandrobots I wish there was an option of “African ancestry, given enough generations” -
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@starsandrobots It’d satisfy my need of rebellion against hard categorizations such as this.
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@starsandrobots +1. I'm "mixed" and prefer the term "artisanally blended," but never get that option.pic.twitter.com/HdcqsKG7m1
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@starsandrobots so true. and half the time when it's asked they don't actually need this info anyway. I've given up on answering it.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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