# What is your race? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [April 8, 2011, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-race/577666 "2011-04-08T15:13:18Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![VarlosZ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d78d45/32.png) [@VarlosZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VarlosZ)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2011, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-race/577666/1 "2011-04-08T15:13:18Z")
As far as I can tell, we haven’t had a poll about race since the polling feature was enabled, and I’m just curious to see [del]exactly how lilly-white this place is[/del] roughly what the demographics here at like. Obviously the poll is flawed/incomplete – just trying for a rough snapshot. Only select one of the mixed-race options if that’s how you think of yourself/self-identify; obviously we’re almost all mixed to some extent. It’s a private poll, but make a post if you’re not too shy with details. – VarlosZ: White (English/Irish), American, 30. ---
**Author:** ![Anaamika](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Anaamika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anaamika)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2011, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-race/577666/2 "2011-04-08T15:25:28Z")
Asian Indian, American, 35. ---
**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2011, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-race/577666/3 "2011-04-08T15:25:35Z")
I was tempted to vote for “I Don’t See Race [/Colbert]”, but I see this more as question about ethnicity than about “race”, and in the U.S. I am “white”, despite being 1/8 of Chinese ancestry (the other 7/8 being English and Scottish). ---
**Author:** ![VarlosZ](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/d78d45/32.png) [@VarlosZ](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VarlosZ)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2011, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-race/577666/4 "2011-04-08T15:27:56Z")
Oh, and I may as well take this opportunity to repeat my favorite iteration of Colbert’s joke: “I don’t see race. People tell me I’m white, and I believe them, because police officers call me ‘sir.’” ---
**Author:** ![Annie-Xmas](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecc23a/32.png) [@Annie-Xmas](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Annie-Xmas)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2011, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-race/577666/5 "2011-04-08T15:33:03Z")
Native American/White hybrid. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2011, 3:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-race/577666/6 "2011-04-08T15:41:14Z")
40 year old female American honkie. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2011, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-race/577666/7 "2011-04-08T15:44:17Z")
Since I’ve never found evidence of Indian or black ancestors, I’m assuming that I’m white, not of mixed race, American. ---
**Author:** ![Grrr](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/grrr/32/146_2.png) [@Grrr](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Grrr)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2011, 3:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-race/577666/8 "2011-04-08T15:45:04Z")
I didn’t see a “master race” option. So I’m not voting. ---
**Author:** ![RTFirefly](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c77e96/32.png) [@RTFirefly](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RTFirefly)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2011, 3:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-race/577666/9 "2011-04-08T15:46:06Z")
5K. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2011, 3:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-race/577666/10 "2011-04-08T15:48:26Z")
Pale blue. ---
**Author:** ![Giles](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/giles/32/60_2.png) [@Giles](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Giles)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2011, 3:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-race/577666/11 "2011-04-08T15:51:58Z")
> [@silenus](#): > > Pale blue. You need to see a doctor about that, you know. Unless you belong to the Blue Man Group. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2011, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-race/577666/12 "2011-04-08T15:58:07Z")
Dude, my ancestors came from places where the sun is regarded as something largely theoretical. If I was any whiter I’d glow. I don’t tan, I stroke. ---
**Author:** ![LonesomePolecat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/a88e57/32.png) [@LonesomePolecat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LonesomePolecat)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2011, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-race/577666/13 "2011-04-08T16:09:31Z")
Not seeing a category for leprechaun, I abstained. ---
**Author:** ![Peremensoe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ce7236/32.png) [@Peremensoe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Peremensoe)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2011, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-race/577666/14 "2011-04-08T16:22:45Z")
Of course we’re letting a lot of swarthy types–not “lily” at all–pass as “white” these days if they want to. ---
**Author:** ![Onomatopoeia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/onomatopoeia/32/4145_2.png) [@Onomatopoeia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Onomatopoeia)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2011, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-race/577666/15 "2011-04-08T16:34:22Z")
I chose ‘ **Self-Identify as mixed-race: White/Black** ’ as my dad is white and my mom identifies as black, although she’s actually biracial. For simplicity, I identify as biracial. ---
**Author:** ![Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/e8c25b/32.png) [@Really\_Not\_All\_That\_Bright](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Really_Not_All_That_Bright)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2011, 4:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-race/577666/16 "2011-04-08T16:35:38Z")
> [@LonesomePolecat](#): > > Not seeing a category for leprechaun, I abstained. I did the same due to the lack of “human”. Okay, I actually voted Indian. ---
**Author:** ![dawson](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ac91a4/32.png) [@dawson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dawson)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2011, 4:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-race/577666/17 "2011-04-08T16:54:57Z")
Half Italian half Irish. Does that make me white? ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2011, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-race/577666/18 "2011-04-08T17:13:55Z")
> [@VarlosZ](#): > > obviously we’re almost all mixed to some extent. I’m mixed race if you consider mixing white with more white a mix. I have no sense of rhythm at all. ---
**Author:** ![rhubarbarin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/eb9ed0/32.png) [@rhubarbarin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rhubarbarin)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2011, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-race/577666/19 "2011-04-08T19:29:52Z")
Utterly white, American of mostly British extraction. ---
**Author:** ![Pyper](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/5f9b8f/32.png) [@Pyper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pyper)\ **Post date:** [April 8, 2011, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-race/577666/20 "2011-04-08T19:36:00Z")
White (Irish/Jewish), with a smidgen of African-American several generations back. I only identified as mixed-race when I was a teenager bent on non-conformity. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-your-race/577666.md?page=2)