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Originally posted by Spanky
I think National Origin and ethnicty are pretty similar. It depends if you think a U.S. citizen whose parants are from Pakistan is considered a person of Pakistani national origin (similar to the British terrorists).
Where it gets distinct is what about a Kurdish person from Iraq? I think an Arab from Iraq is more likely to hijack a plane than a Kurd from Iraq. That is why I think ethnicity should be taken into consideration. But I agree that race is not good (Caucasian, Black, Hispanic etc.) because they are too broad and are really meaningless.
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Hispanic isn't a race, it's an ethnicity. Speaking of which, where does it say what ethnicity you are on your passport? Because mine's pretty unclear on that, and I'm not really sure what it'd say if ethnicity were to be identified. Texan-Mexican-Polish-Italian? Same goes for my drivers license. And I've never seen the "ethnicity" section when I'm filling out my creditcard information at Southwest.com. Ditto for all of the above on religion.
Do we have to prove ethnicity back to our grandparents, or is parents enough? What if our grandparents are dead? Is an affidavit from my father saying my grandfather was an 9th generation Texan enough? What if we were born here, but English isn't our first language? If we were confirmed but haven't been to mass in 20 years do we still click off "Roman Catholic"?
