Write “Refuse” When Government Asks about Race ID

Racial pride and identity have always been synonymous with being human–and should be talked about and promoted.  But governments have no business collecting any such information in order to manage society.

     The same goes for any business or organization under the direct or indirect control of any branch of government.

     Whatever happened to the conservative notion of color-blindness?  Is there anything wrong with a society that chooses to ignore the racial makeup and background of a person?  At every level in American education, we find the opposite: a pervasive preoccupation with race identity and the social engineering that goes with it.

     Every money decision, budget allocation, policy formulation, and program parameter is rife with race-based social engineering that makes the Third Reich look old-fashioned and amateurish in comparison.  Of course, both systems, American and German, took for granted that their approaches were for the betterment of society.

     The tool that makes possible this government-sanctioned racism is the statistical data about racial identity that is collected without even a raised eyebrow by well-meaning administrators everywhere.  The categories themselves give a hint at the ax job being done on the humanitarian level.  Grouping human beings together in a one-size-fits-all category belies our individuality and unique heritage.  Do all Native Americans come from the same cookie cutter?  Whites?  Hispanics?

     Whenever universities have asked me to fill out race-identity forms, I used the following in the “Other” category:  Brythonic Aborigine.  Why? Because my ancestors were the original inhabitants of Wales, the Brythonic Celts, with a lineage receding into the dim past.

     Today, I simply say  that “I refuse” whenever I’m asked, on forms or in person.  The information is little better than wearing a Star of David armband or badge during earlier historical periods.  Positive explanations were offered back then too.  Today, whether my family is victimized or another advantaged is beside the point.  Anything but color-blindness is wrong.