[nefitty]

I'm not sure you understand how governments work. That's ok. On a census, there's no box to check off every strain that makes up my ethnicity. There's a box that says "Hispanic". I'm being descriptive, not prescriptive.

[stavros]

I'm not sure I understand how the US government works. Your experience is far from universal.

[nefitty]

You're right. My comment was uncharitable and US-centric. Sorry. I found it hard to not react because of the personal stake I feel I have in this sort of conversation. I'll try to do better.

[stavros]

That's OK, we're just used to different systems.