Race

Race is known and considered to be the main aspect that makes up one's personal identity. The most common race that is (historically) favored and "privileged" is the Caucasian race. Although our nation has become diverse over the year, white privilege still exists. Beyond the United States, according to the text, race is classified in South Africa as white, colored, and black. It is especially hard to classify race if someone is part white, black, Latin, etc. Race can sometimes be a good way to classify people and others not. I believe it depends on the individual. For example, I know of people who are a little bit of everything so they refer to themselves as "mutts." There is also someone who may be African American and half Caucasian, in that case they are a mix of two totally different cultures. I think the Census Bureau should create a box where if someone is of multiple races and/ethnicity's, that they can leave a line and mention what they are, so that they are being counted for all that they are. For example, I am Middle Eastern, and according to most documents, we don't have our own box since there aren't too many of us, so we are considered "other." I wish that can be reconsidered and there should be a box made for us to check that we are not just other, so we feel we actually count for something.