Ethnic Poll

[AFA1CY]

I am interested to see the ethnic makeup of gun owners. Please respond without comment.

 

[Indy_Guy_77]

Dang it!

No "Native American"? Hey, I was born here!

No "Irish American"? Who cares if that was 9 generations ago!

Oops, sorry abou the comment. I got carried away.

 

[slacker]

Looking like a pretty white crowd so far. Is there already an age poll around somewhere?

 

[NEWMAN]

How about just AMERICAN

 

[emclean]

Looking like a pretty white crowd so far.

considering that teh state is 89.5% white, i would expect so...

 

[Scutter01]

What if you're white, but you're from South Africa? Isn't "african american" a disingenuous politically-correct misnomer?

 

[JetGirl]

Heinz 57 Mutt is not on the list.

 

[RogerB]

Heinz 57 Mutt is not on the list.

<insert Homer Simpson drooling sound here> aaaahaa Heinz 57 on pork chops, A1 on steaks aaaahaa

 

[Bigum1969]

I'm adopted so I suppose I can be whatever I want to be

 

[mconley]

considering that teh state is 89.5% white, i would expect so...

Have you been near the east side lately?

 

[Turtle]

Im yellow whitish tanish...lol I guess im a mutt. Part indian and scottish... Umm not gonna mention what parts of me are what...lmao My mom is half cherokee even has the singline line of grey down he coal black hair... kinda neat but she keeps dyeing it. And my sperm doner is half blackfoot and scotitsh. So im just ugly. And im built like the missing link. lol why does everything always gotta be about race?

 

[emclean]

Have you been near the east side lately

nope, just driving through Gary.

 

[abnk]

Not to sound difficult, but "ethnic" is a vague term. Are you wanting races, nationalities, or cultures?

 

[rhino]

Yeah, what abnk said.

And Scutter01 is spot-on about "African-American." I only know a few African-Americans and they're all white Afrikaaners.

"Asian" is a pet peeve of mine. It's as ambiguous as "African." Asia ranges from what we call the Middle East to what used to be part of the Soviet Union to what most people think when you say "Asia." If you mean "east Asian," then you need to be specific, or use the now dreaded "oriental" which is what is really meant because it's lumping Chinese, Korean, and Japanese together, even though no one wants to say that word anymore for some odd reason. "Asian" is so broad as to be meaningless. Kim Jong Il is "Asian," but so is Osama Bin Laden, etc.

I got to check "other" in the poll because it was only correct choice for me, as I am beige.

And I've yet to meet more than 10 people who were born in Indiana who aren't part Indian (as in proto-American Indian, not south Asian Indian). Of all who are part Indian, almost all of them claim to be related to or descended from a "Cherokee princess." I make no judgement, but it's what I keep hearing.

I was born in Indiana, but I can say beyond any reasonable doubt that I am not any part Indian (of either variety).

 

[BloodEclipse]

I got to check "other" in the poll because it was only correct choice for me, as I am beige.

Sheez I was really starting to believe that you were purple.

 

[ATM]

I was born in Indiana. I am not aware that I am in part or whole anything except Hoosier and American. My family tree has at least the minimum recomended number of forks and is devoid of royalty and fame. My last name is an Americanized version of the German word for "butcher" which is fairly cool IMO. If I had a past life, (which I don't believe) I was likely not royalty or famous then either. I probably had a warped sense of humor and issues with authority. Just sayin...

 

[rhino]

I was born in Indiana. I am not aware that I am in part or whole anything except Hoosier and American. My family tree has at least the minimum recomended number of forks and is devoid of royalty and fame. My last name is an Americanized version of the German word for "butcher" which is fairly cool IMO. If I had a past life, (which I don't believe) I was likely not royalty or famous then either. I probably had a warped sense of humor and issues with authority. Just sayin...

Sir, you are far too modest! You chose to omit that fact that your people are capable of flight.*

*As a result of being launched into the air while riding unsecured in a the back of a 1976 Chevrolet van that comes to a sudden stop from 100 mph due to the 17 year old jacka** behind the wheel burying his foot into the brake pedal without warning.

 

[rhino]

Sheez I was really starting to believe that you were purple.

Just certain parts. They used to be blue.

 

[obijohn]

Yeah, what abnk said.

And Scutter01 is spot-on about "African-American." I only know a few African-Americans and they're all white Afrikaaners.

"Asian" is a pet peeve of mine. It's as ambiguous as "African." Asia ranges from what we call the Middle East to what used to be part of the Soviet Union to what most people think when you say "Asia." If you mean "east Asian," then you need to be specific, or use the now dreaded "oriental" which is what is really meant because it's lumping Chinese, Korean, and Japanese together, even though no one wants to say that word anymore for some odd reason. "Asian" is so broad as to be meaningless. Kim Jong Il is "Asian," but so is Osama Bin Laden, etc.

I got to check "other" in the poll because it was only correct choice for me, as I am beige.

And I've yet to meet more than 10 people who were born in Indiana who aren't part Indian (as in proto-American Indian, not south Asian Indian). Of all who are part Indian, almost all of them claim to be related to or descended from a "Cherokee princess." I make no judgement, but it's what I keep hearing.

I was born in Indiana, but I can say beyond any reasonable doubt that I am not any part Indian (of either variety).

i guess we are the two "others". hehe.

 

[Prometheus]

I am interested to see the ethnic makeup of gun owners. Please respond without comment.

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