Census definitions of race

[storkrn]

Did anyone notice in Frank's earlier message (US Census definitions of race) that if one wants to call oneself an Alaska
Native or American Indian one must "maintain tribal affiliation or community attachment" but none of the other groups is
defined that way? Read the definitions carefully and you can call yourself "white" if your ancestors came from "any of the
original peoples of Europe, the Middle East, or North Africa," regardless of skin color. What are "original peoples" in this
context? Reminds me of an earlier thread on "indiginous".

Sharyn Hay  storknurse