Anonymous,
Salt Lake City,UT
Why do job applications ask “Caucasian” for “white”? Caucasians are the peoples who lived in the Caucus mountains which mountains stretch across Russia, Georgia, Armenia, Turkey, Azerbaijan, Syria, Iran, Iraq, and Afghanistan. I am not Caucasian! When the work form asks me if I am two or more races, I check “YES,” because I am German, Swiss, English, Irish, Scottish, and French! That’s a few more than “two.” Is “white” a race? No! It’s a COLOR! My skin is a yellowish, pinkish color, not “white”! Why does the race ID on job applications say “White,” and then African American instead of “black”? Why does it say “Hispanic” instead of “brown”? Do they want me to check “white” or “caucasian” because they say I’m “white” or “caucasian”? I’m NOT. I’m a pretty even mix of all the “races” I listed above, which aren’t actually “races,” but ethnicities and cultures. The word “race” shouldn’t be used at all because it is linguistically incorrect in what it is trying to mean.
