I Don't Care If You're Black, White POLLple: the possibly ill-advised ILXOR racial identity poll

You didn't ask a question

Are we voting for our favorite

"In the future, everyone will have fifteen minutes of being scapegoated by society."

-- Randy Warhol --

what racial category do you identify with, I guess

this is all a takeoff from the somewhat boneheaded argument over the ethnic makeup of general ILXor population on the "Why Do People Leave ILX for Good?" thread

can a mod edit the og post to include the above?

colonised western european

as per yknow that thread we kinda had it out in before.

Shakes "Jewish" isn't of a kind with the rest of those options and u know it

even if you had put "Ashkenazi" you might as well have put "Slavic" on there too

*gabbneb voice* by leaving ethnic Germans off the poll you're missing the most significant demographic group in the United states

Shakes "Jewish" isn't of a kind with the rest of those options and u know it

actually I don't know that

but I fully acknowledge that these categories are porous at best and ridiculous/made-up at worst

on shakey grounds!

racialization of Jewishness is like. an orthogonal thing. Jews can be Jewish (and suffer from racialized oppression as Jews) while also being white, black, east asian, or purple, etc.

anyway this is an obvious troll so I voted "Fuck you"

do this instead
https://sixminutetest.com
i got "The 46-Year-Old Who Bought DJ Equipment: LBYC (Lovable Barnacle Persnickety Christ)" and the rest of the assessment is surprisingly accurate!

No box for Chaotic Neutral so idk

lol NV

LBYCs are widely considered the most optimistic, and consequently the most tragic, individuals on the personality spectrum. Simultaneously brimming with enthusiasm and burdened with severe personal limitations, 46-Year-Olds Who Bought DJ Equipment are classic doers who aren’t afraid to grow out a chinstrap beard or give belly dancing classes a shot, wholly unaware that their mediocre, embarrassing efforts are eliciting continuous silent pity from everyone around them.

However, a 46-Year-Old Who Bought DJ Equipment’s innocence is also their greatest asset, allowing them to maintain their characteristic positive outlook as they endure the endless cycle of humiliations that define their existence. Indeed, those who mock LBYCs—a list that typically includes an LBYC’s spouse, colleagues, classmates, neighbors, parents, bystanders, teachers, pastors, cashiers, and fellow commuters—always do so behind their target’s back, as they genuinely wish to avoid causing pain to someone so endearingly, heartbreakingly determined.

It’s their admirable, yet entirely unfounded, hopefulness that leads 46-Year-Olds Who Bought DJ Equipment to believe they will be rewarded for taking a stab at almost anything—be it MMA training, close-up magic, or adding a leather jacket to their wardrobe—which is why they can be found thoroughly embarrassing themselves on a daily basis in all professions and hobbies. To The 46-Year-Old Who Bought DJ Equipment, the world is their oyster, and nothing, including the palpable discomfort of onlookers, is going to stop them.

but also

racialization of Jewishness is like. an orthogonal thing. Jews can be Jewish (and suffer from racialized oppression as Jews) while also being white, black, east asian, or purple, etc.

I was hoping this kind of situation (among others), would get covered by the Some combination of more than one of the above category

can a mod edit the og post to include the above?

― Οὖτις, Thursday, August 8, 2019 3:13 PM

no

lol

White, in keeping with my proverbial Romanian privilege.

J/k, fuck you.

"Some combination of more than one of the above"

white & latino

(obv latino is not a race and you can be a white latino but i am specifically the child of a white mother and a non-white passing latino father)

Did we ever figure out what race is?

same xp

cool, calculated, qualified, confident
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ToQ-S1g8CJM

xp. high five :)

Did we ever figure out what race is?

I have a vague memory. It's 'constructive' or "constrictive' or something along those lines.

Constrictor?

https://i.makeagif.com/media/6-18-2015/o5yagG.gif

https://thumbs.gfycat.com/BraveTenderDromedary-size_restricted.gif

No option for Irish Blood, English Heart?

lol alfred

need to poll those tbh alfred

Barbara Bush missed out by not starring in one of those tbh

thread delivers

the black or white morphs freaked me out as a kid

That was like, the most skin I had ever seen at the time.

thank you ulysses, I enjoyed the questions and am a "Scrabble Dictionary Memorizer": UBYA (Unlovable Barnacle Persnickety Antichrist). Knowledgeable, Strident, Nitpicking, Unbearable.

it is mostly true except I am too lazy to be fully antichrist-level persnickety (lol check me out persnicketing abt my persnicketiness rating), don't know things and mostly don't like being strident - but sometimes forget that and embarrass myself. certainly unlovable barnacle hits the nail on the head, a good job on the whole.

i was surprised that they seem to have that quiz calibrated to actually provide some insight on yourself!

One, I am a bird, and my feathers contain multitudes. Two, lmfao i actually spit my drink out @ "Are we voting for our favorite"

White but getting redder :(

Common career paths for UPYCs:

Bravo Host
Shot Girl
Astrologist
Self-Employed Essential Oils Sales Rep
Lifestyle Blogger

Famous UPYCs

Kim Jong-il

ill take it

Resisting the urge to pick "some combination" because white + Jewish doesn't really feel like where you might be going with that.

I've got a very olive complexion and a very Arabic nose (my dad was somewhere between omar shareef and peter sutcliffe), but in the final analysis still just another white sucker on the vine!

https://i.makeagif.com/media/6-13-2015/C5WMqN.gif

I'm pretty sure albinos are white, no matter what their racial ancestry.

uh http://theconversation.com/being-black-in-a-white-skin-students-with-albinism-battle-prejudice-78368

Lol I got Lovable Parasite Persnickety Christ (orderly/peppy/exhausting/too much)

Voted FU in this poll

White as a sheet here.

xps That article proves that 'whiteness' is not about being white, but about being 'white'.

Voted Prince fan.

2.5% Neanderthal.

In reality, half 4th gen Czech-American, a quarter Acadian French-American 7th+ gen, a quarter 6th+ gen Scottish-American. Undoubtedly some native-American in there, but not enough to make a blip on the 23andMe profile.

is it only america does that so habitually

It's about as informative as one's zodiac birthsign, and used for the same purposes of small talk.

But I don't think its bad. If one accepts that America's Original Sin is racism/white supremacy, and that if we're ever to live up to the exceptionalism of "beacon on the hill" rhetoric, it will be through demonstrating that a multi-ethic secular liberal democracy can succeed, then this sort of small talk is a positive. E pluribus unum.

agree

xps i'm guessing persnickety is the common trait of ilxors

LOL persnickety, what an American expression.

Is pernickety just a Scottish expression?

limminy persnickety

Native American/First Peoples

FP'd the shit out of you for racism

btw

Persnickety is the American word for fussy, fastidious, or highly detail-oriented. Pernickety is the British word. The British spelling is older, with the earliest known instances dating from the early 19th century. Its exact origins are mysterious, though it may be related to the Scots pernicky.

yes, quod erat demonstrandum :)

silby OTM, both about there being only one right answer and about why does "Jewish" get its own category.

especially if we're not going to have distinct categories for idk Inuit or Tamil. My answer would almost def be "fuck you" anyway, though, so the point is probably moot.

https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/000/060/840/ike_where_this_thread_is_going-vi.jpg

I don't really know where a "racial identity poll" thread is expected to go but that's probably why there's only one right answer.

idk if there was a need to put a citizenship question on this poll

https://i.imgur.com/Le4NOlH.gif

and about why does "Jewish" get its own category

god's chosen iirc (sorry deems)

i’m white btw

and how

BY THE WAY

lol pplains

yes, quod erat demonstrandum :)

how DARE

lol

i am specifically the child of a white mother and a non-white passing latino father

we should unban gabbneb and dom passantino on this thread only

this poll is gammon erasure

Thread really disrespectful to cyanotic users

The Drama Club Treasurer

always the treasurer ... I always end up being the fucking treasurer ...

Drama Club Treasurers frequently occupy a spot near the center of professional and social groups, owing to their unusual fondness for taking on roles that are too dull and tedious for anyone else to desire

damn, it got me ... and here i was thinking it had to do with strong Saturn aspects in my natal chart

lol, i retook it to see if i got the same outcome and _I_ got Drama Club Treasurer this time

Drama club treasurers hi 5 😀
Ime descriptions stop just short of calling us “annoying” — these days it’s “exhausting/too much”

At least I’m acknowledged as peppy. That’s true. This test made me lol though and for that I’m thankful.

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

Good morning!

You have already voted for every ethnicity and cannot vote again.

A blast from the past!

Hi dere, am a Spicy Brown Person and my Mexican mom would have chopped my head off had I considered myself a "white person".

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

I'll wait for the mail-in votes before passing judgment.

Mick Hucknall sorted this out for us iirc

I keep pollin onnn

more than 50% of white people voting in this poll were willing to admit it in an anonymous poll with no real-world consequences whatsoever, good job fellow white people

Strong turnout.

All polls should last either one day or one year.

"possibly"

Table of six for "Children of the Universe"? "Children of the Universe?" Are you still here?

still stuck in cronos' stomach last i checked

Chrono's Stomach well known for excellent bruschetta