Journal Journal: Police and “Race”
The police gave me a ticket over the weekend. In the police car, the officer entered a letter in the field for race and it wasn't "U" for "unknown". I think the officer guessed at it from my appearance. I corrected him and had him enter the "U". Since the concept of race is a social construction, it can be argued that its type is partially cultural. My culture is very multiethnic and my ethnicity is partially unknown. I would like to suggest other people do the same if someone tries to classify