In news unrelated to the topic at hand, I think, popgurls has an interview with Jane. She talks about writing, blogging and who would have won Project Runway if she'd been writing the show. (Which is adorable.)
I've tried to march in the Slayer Pride Parade ...
Joyce ,'Same Time, Same Place'
The Minearverse 5: Closer to the Earth, Further from the Ax
[NAFDA] "There will be an occasional happy, so that it might be crushed under the boot of the writer." From Zorro to Angel (including Wonderfalls, The Inside and Drive), this is where Buffistas come to anoint themselves in the bloodbath.
Kristen - Aug 16, 2006 9:13:09 am PDT #860 of 10001
Jesse - Aug 16, 2006 10:01:27 am PDT #861 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Hispanic is not a race, white is not an ethicity.
Anything that I'm involved with (including the census) now asks if you're hispanic or not in a separate question. My personal talisman for why you need to do this is Alberto Fujimori.
Rick - Aug 16, 2006 12:09:33 pm PDT #862 of 10001
Our clinical trials have the following options for Race: White, Black, Hispanic, Asian/Pacific, American Indian. White is used interchangeably with Caucasian.
For NIH funded studies you now have to ask the Latino/not question separately from the other questions because it is possible to say that you are/are not Latino and still give any of the other answers.
The percentage of people who answer "Other" goes up every year, as it should. There are very few Latinos or African-Americans who are not of mixed racial background, and Asian- and European-Americans also are increasingly intermarrying with each other and with other groups. What kind of a stupid classification system fails to recognize that?
Edit: Like Jesse said.
Gus - Aug 16, 2006 12:39:26 pm PDT #863 of 10001
Bag the crypto. Say what is on your mind.
Is there an Uncanny Valley of sci-fi?
Damn, Ailleann. That was scary observant.
evil jimi - Aug 16, 2006 2:01:28 pm PDT #864 of 10001
Lurching from one disaster to the next.
My understanding is that it has a vaguely negative connotation as in, "oy vey, my son is dating a shiksa!"
So if the son is dating a transexual is it, "oy vey, my son is dating a shiksa-bob"?
Gus - Aug 16, 2006 2:11:03 pm PDT #865 of 10001
Bag the crypto. Say what is on your mind.
Alberto Fujimori ... shiksa-bob.
People will eventually get past all this crap. I need to believe this.
Tamara - Aug 16, 2006 4:03:41 pm PDT #866 of 10001
You know, we could experiment and cancel football.
The percentage of people who answer "Other" goes up every year, as it should.
I am as white as white gets, but my dad is native american so I always mark "other".
Gus - Aug 16, 2006 4:07:38 pm PDT #867 of 10001
Bag the crypto. Say what is on your mind.
I am "other" as Hell.
What difference does it make? On a census, it is like the "Are you here legally?" question.
§ ita § - Aug 16, 2006 4:19:25 pm PDT #868 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
The difference it makes depends on the survey. For my sister's work on the impact of AIDS on various populations, of course she needs to know which ones. Similarly for my mother's medical research.
Gus - Aug 16, 2006 4:23:59 pm PDT #869 of 10001
Bag the crypto. Say what is on your mind.
I should know better than to argue with ita. However, I am brave. What difference does it make to the HIV virus, what box you check on a census?