Marger Chpt. 5

Marger, Chapter 5
The whole idea of racial and ethnic classification has always been of special interest to me in that I find it sadly comical. Supposedly, it was a means for the federal government to monitor and enforce civil rights legislation. Since then (977), every agency, corporation, and institution has adopted the listed categories.
The very existence and inaccuracy of the categories have done everything but support civil rights. It has done nothing more than pigeon hole people into groups based on how they look.
Marger does state the familiar racial-ethnic categories no longer make much sense (if they ever did) in classifying people, especially American society. The truest part of that sentence is the ‘if they ever did’ part. Well, no they didn’t, still don’t, and never will.
Although Marger points out that the categories have further confounded and added greater confusion….do they actually believe that coming up with an added classification (mixed race) will make for better relations? Give me a break! As he states that it does imply that there are pure races, I bet anything that our illustrious government will indeed add that category. Remember, it’s their way of controlling and tracking. The mix is way too mixed up. It’s become too much work. So, it will be the recognized five categories and everybody else will have to be dumped in the mixed race bucket! Gee, what flavors will our salad be then or will it change to stew?!
S. Ramos, Post #6