I’m more annoyed that these government healthcare marketplaces are asking people their race in the first place. Really don’t think anything should be, including job applications.

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jjtheblunt 6 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I never (in the US) have understood why those questions include separate questions for race (seems to be like white or black or asian) and for ethnicity, including a really odd question about Latino or non Latino.

Why those questions, but no Danish vs non Danish, and so on?

	▲	nostromo 5 hours ago \| parent [-]
		It's because latinos can be white, black, or native - and historically most people tracking these data wanted to group latinos independently of non-latino whites, blacks, and natives.

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dominotw 6 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

do they ask about pre existing conditions? then prbly race also makes sense.

	▲	worik 5 hours ago \| parent [-]
		> do they ask about pre existing conditions? then prbly race also makes sense Why?