Thinking about this more, does that get Jewish on the census? That’s really not sounding good to me. If that’s the case I advise all Jews to not answer that on the census.
@gorillapaws As much as I think it’s probably not a good idea to give Jewish people a designation of a separate nation, I don’t agree with worrying about the black man from the UK who’s Jewish now living in America, because America is full of people who are mixed race and mixed ethnicities and mixed nationalities. We have this “problem” anyway. Already that black man probably does not describe himself as African American, but rather British or Scottish, or whatever part of the UK he is from. I guess he would figure out America uses Black synonymous with African American, and possibly use the term.
My neighbor was white and African, now what? Is she African American?
A friend’s mom is Chinese Peruvian. My friend who was born in America, looks Chinese like her mom, but her mom is Peruvian and her dad is white American? Is my friend Hispanic? Chinese? Caucasian?
My FIL is Middle Eastern Jewish – Mexican (born in Mexico) now living in America. Is he Hispanic? I think America would say he is, but the dictionary might disagree.
My nephew has an Italian, American, and possibly a Mexican passport, born in America, Mexican mother, Italian father. The Mexican mother is half Middle Eastern Jewish (that’s my FIL I spoke about). Is my nephew Hispanic? I think yes, America says he can check the box for Hispanic, but he easily could identify more with Italian or just white American.
I know a few Americans who are black and Asian.
America has all sorts of mixtures. Maybe one day we will stop trying to classify people by race and ethnicity. I know the data can be interesting and useful, but having the government group us this way maybe adds to the natural inclination humans have to group people, and focuses attention on grouping by race, religion, and ethnicity, rather than other things like similar interests and experiences.