I'm so old I Remember when:

[Evadig]

Sorry I'm a couple days late. I obviously was not present for this but I do remember learning about it in school and at home. I wonder if it's even taught anymore.

I don’t remember actually learning about Pearl Harbor but I’ve known about it forever and commemorate the day every year.

I remember learning about this as well. Have any of you youngsters on here ever even heard of this?

Yes, I’ve read about it in my history books.

 

[Evadig]

I am 72 years old. I do not believe we were taught in school that Japanese American citizens were rounded up and placed in security camps during WWII for fear that they would rise up and turn against the government.

We younger people definitely learn about this. All the history books now emphasis the wrong things we did, not the good things.

And now, every form you fill out, the first question you are asked is "are you Hispanic/ not Hispanic?" And nobody seems to find this threatening or sinister? How is this different from Nazi Germany separating its citizens into Jew/ non-Jew?

I’ve never thought about it that way, only that it’s downright annoying.

The forms I see also have the option to choose:

I do not wish to answer.

Some don’t. I’ve applied to jobs that make you pick one or the other, and then they ask whether you’re black, white, American Indian, etc.

 

[R2elk]

Some don’t. I’ve applied to jobs that make you pick one or the other, and then they ask whether you’re black, white, American Indian, etc.

The reason they ask it on job applications is because they get credits for hiring "minorities".

 

[BigBlueHen53]

The reason they ask it on job applications is because they get credits for hiring "minorities".

I answer, RACE? Human
ETHNICITY? American.

 

[Smoked Brisket]

The forms I see also have the option to choose:

I do not wish to answer.

Your right but a lot of them won't let you continue without making a choice. Especially on employment forms. (You have the choice to not work.)
In my experience those classifications always lead to someone being picked over someone else.

 

[Smoked Brisket]

 

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[TXchickmum]

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....and speaking of fashion: parachute pants
(unfortunately, I'm guilty of that one)

 

[BigBlueHen53]

Your right but a lot of them won't let you continue without making a choice. Especially on employment forms. (You have the choice to not work.)
In my experience those classifications always lead to someone being picked over someone else.

I've aged out of the job market. This is everything from dr offices to, I don't know, buying a car, my opinion about Amazon services, peanut butter, you name it. Why is it the FIRST thing they want to know about me/us?