On 6 Feb 2007 at 12:12, David Epstein wrote: > > What is the logic in recording ethnicity as simply "Hispanic" or > > "not Hispanic"? Why do your ethnic categories not include, for > > example, English, Irish, Scottish, Welsh, French, Danish, Swedish, > > German, Italian, Polish, Ukrainian, Greek, Turkish
Ah yes, and not to forget the perennial conundrum: What is a Jew? I see that Wikipedia weighs in on this one where others fear to tread. Further exploration turned up this: "What is a Jew? The anthropologists have proved it is not a race, since the only scientific category is the Semitic, which includes Arabians and Assyrians, some of the most fervent anti-Jews in the world. And if it were merely a religion, all Jews like me would have to be excluded. And if it is only a unit of national culture it is withering away in America, for the customs and traditions that the Glicksteins brought over at the end of the nineteenth century may have been inherited by Israel, droning in his yarmolka at my side, but were thrown overboard as excess baggage by anyone in such a hurry as his younger brother." Budd Schulberg, What Makes Sammy Run (1941) Stephen ----------------------------------------------------------------- Stephen L. Black, Ph.D. Department of Psychology Bishop's University e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2600 College St. Sherbrooke QC J1M 0C8 Canada Dept web page at http://www.ubishops.ca/ccc/div/soc/psy TIPS discussion list for psychology teachers at http://faculty.frostburg.edu/psyc/southerly/tips/index.htm ----------------------------------------------------------------------- --- To make changes to your subscription go to: http://acsun.frostburg.edu/cgi-bin/lyris.pl?enter=tips&text_mode=0&lang=english
