How are aboriginal people not a visible minority? Weird. But black folk are a teensy sliver of that pie.
Steph, I need to add that to my Netflix queue. I've seen good reviews.
I'm a vision of hotliness, and how weird is that? Mystical comas. You know, if you can stand the horror of a higher power hijacking your mind and body so that it can give birth to itself, I really recommend 'em.
Cordelia ,'You're Welcome'
Natter 65: Speed Limit Enforced by Aircraft
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, pandas, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
§ ita § - Mar 06, 2010 5:43:45 pm PST #14004 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Hil R. - Mar 06, 2010 5:46:07 pm PST #14005 of 30001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Interesting that those stats count Jews separately, not as part of a geographical ethnic group. (Official US immigration stuff used to do that, but not since the forties or so.)
§ ita § - Mar 06, 2010 5:51:06 pm PST #14006 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Jews are listed in the same table as other geographical groups--why do you say they're not counted as a geographical ethnic group?
Hil R. - Mar 06, 2010 5:52:35 pm PST #14007 of 30001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
Well, because they're not really geographical -- I'm assuming that Jews from Germany, say, are counted as Jewish and not as German.
Sue - Mar 06, 2010 5:53:19 pm PST #14008 of 30001
hip deep in pie
ita, I just stumbled upon this:
The Employment Equity Act defines visible minorities as 'persons, other than Aboriginal peoples, who are non-Caucasian in race or non-white in colour.'
tommyrot - Mar 06, 2010 5:54:20 pm PST #14009 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Oh dear. Map Of The Day
FloatingSheep, a fun geography blog, looks at the beer belly of America. One maps shows total number of bars, but the interesting map is the one above. Red dots represent locations where there are more bars than grocery stores, based on results from the Google Maps API. The Midwest takes their drinking seriously.
Wisconsin is pretty much completely red. When I was a kid, there were about 21 bars in my home town and I think three grocery stores.
§ ita § - Mar 06, 2010 5:54:27 pm PST #14010 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
I'm not sure what criteria they're using to put what where, but everyone else on that list is geographical, so I thought it odd that you called them out as being treated differently, is all.
eta: They are also rolled into other groups in different tables.
Cashmere - Mar 06, 2010 5:54:59 pm PST #14011 of 30001
Now tagless for your comfort.
I'm going to ask my annual question: Why the fuck aren't they tapping Kelsey Grammer to host the fucking Oscars?
I know he hasn't had a show in a while. I know he's had personal issues. But he's funny, he can sing and dance and he's got a velvety-smooth voice, dammit. I think he'd doe an awesome job.
§ ita § - Mar 06, 2010 5:55:18 pm PST #14012 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
chocolate cake:
The Employment Equity Act defines visible minorities as 'persons, other than Aboriginal peoples, who are non-Caucasian in race or non-white in colour.'
Okay--that makes more and less sense. I mean, they must have their reasons for calling them out specifically. I guess they're covered in other numbers.
Hil R. - Mar 06, 2010 5:56:30 pm PST #14013 of 30001
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
I'm not sure what criteria they're using to put what where, but everyone else on that list is geographical, so I thought it odd that you called them out as being treated differently, is all.
That's what I thought was weird, that "Jewish" was stuck in the middle of a list that was otherwise geographical. I get the reasoning behind it, but there are also a bunch of reasons why it doesn't make much sense, and I haven't seen that on any official US stuff since probably 1950, maybe earlier.