Reply #25: If you're half and half though...

[MellowDem]

it's a little different. It would be interesting to see what "bi-racial" people put down. Part of the problem is that a lot of these forms don't account for the fact that people may identify as something other than black, white, asian, etc. especially nowadays. It forces them to put down what society would view them as, instead of what they view themselves as.

Personally, I avoid putting my race down unless it is required, and it rarely is. And I'm what society would refer to as "white". We need to encourage moving away from the one drop rule, because there are a LOT of people who don't operate on that rule anymore.