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Most do not really know except to say that it’s a form of data collecting. I’ve asked several people what their thoughts are regarding ethnicity checkboxes being included on application forms and census takings. It’s a way of establishing something common or interesting to talk about. It is comparable to me asking somebody what language they speak or what parts of the world they would like to travel. Sure, if I meet somebody or ask a friend where their family came from, it is only out of interest. Why do we casually accept being asked to identify what ethnic origin we are from on just about every form we complete without a second thought? The question that very few ask, is why. If you think about it, that conversation could happen. They had some weird ideas back then.’, replies the mother. Did you know that they used to separate people into different groups?’
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Perhaps a child in the future might read the article or look at an old form and wonder. Someone in the future, researching old material on the Internet and then coming across old application forms riddled with ethnicity checkboxes or reading new articles how people were once (in the olden days) asked to identify what ethnic origin they belong to. I can envisage a future, perhaps, fifty years down the line in which ethnicity checkboxes are a thing of the past. Shôn Ellerton, DecemIn a truly global integrated society, there will be no need for ethnicity checkboxes. Is it Time to Get Rid of Ethnicity Checkboxes?