[Ads-l] ADS-L Digest - 28 Jun 2023 to 29 Jun 2023 (#2023-152)

[Laurence Horn]

> On Jul 2, 2023, at 2:20 PM, Amy West <medievalist at W-STS.COM> wrote:
> 
> On 6/30/23 00:00, ADS-L automatic digest system wrote:
>> Date:    Thu, 29 Jun 2023 15:26:54 -0400
>> From:    Jonathan Lighter<wuxxmupp2000 at GMAIL.COM>
>> Subject: ethnicity
>> 
>> The patients' information form at my doctor's office includes the following
>> categories of choice:
>> 
>> RACE_____________   ETHNICITY:  [] Hispanic  [] Non-Hispanic  [] none.
> 
> Yep. You can thank the government for that brilliant classification system. Except the "none": that's not their fault. I think that's the doctor's office own "innovation." And it's interesting that the Race field is just a blank without the usual limiting choices.
> 
Allowing for a full range of responses: “mile”, “100 meters”, “Indianapolis 500”, “Tour de France”,...

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