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is calling yourself a black man or woman against the law
this is just a question to see how much knowledge people have on the subject
also im asking because in a traffic ticket a police officer put blck on it under race and i said i wasnt and he said i clearly look that and he said i was inpersonating someone else
5 Answers
- Jon ALv 41 decade agoFavorite Answer
No, but political correctness should be.
From your avatar you appear to be black.
"African-American" is probably what you wanted him to put.
Political correctness is not law required and is in fact quite ignorant.
You weren't born in Africa and then moved here, most likely with your parents. Thats the only way you can be called that, after your grandparents generation that term is nullified.
Its not against the law and I don't know what you say is true with the cop, but I don't see how you got that idea from what he said.
- Anonymous1 decade ago
I'm pretty sure that would be freedom of speech. So no, it's not against the law.
- Stupendous Man!Lv 41 decade ago
No, how I choose to view myself is my right to pursue happiness. How the government chooses to identify me is different.
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