tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4605691578431285624.post7568967497013291482..comments2023-09-01T11:08:56.072-04:00Comments on ...A Bear Maiden Went Out Into The Fields One Day...: Googled phrase "Validity of Racial Classifications"The Bear Maidenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08219416611385201896noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4605691578431285624.post-2085825867604564772008-03-04T22:44:00.000-05:002008-03-04T22:44:00.000-05:00thought Id visit again to tell you that your post ...thought Id visit again to tell you that your post is thought provoking, been thinking about it and you know how I HATE to think in my spare time...you and poppy really need to write that book...professorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11899000155217475130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4605691578431285624.post-25108481523562003682008-03-04T01:00:00.000-05:002008-03-04T01:00:00.000-05:00Naw, Natalie, you made good observations which spa...Naw, Natalie, you made good observations which sparked another thought in me.<BR/><BR/>When my Sun was confronted with the brutality of slavery (he was reading a graphic novel about Frederick Douglass) he said "Stop mom, I don't want to talk about it. It makes me cry." I haven't really gotten around to addressing it again...The Bear Maidenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08219416611385201896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4605691578431285624.post-15942065597955938732008-03-03T02:15:00.000-05:002008-03-03T02:15:00.000-05:00WRT SSN assignment, I think you're right, TBM. Mo...WRT SSN assignment, I think you're right, TBM. Most CA and NC SSNs (the numbers I see most often) have those first three digits in common (well, there are a series for each state, but you know what I mean).<BR/><BR/>But about classification: my kids' paternal grandma is Japanese, their paternal grandfather is English and Dutch (descended from, anyway - not culturally), and on my side, there's aNataliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13418436811042559103noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4605691578431285624.post-91005441677577762672008-03-01T12:00:00.000-05:002008-03-01T12:00:00.000-05:00My first pass at it says that "The SSN has seven d...My first pass at it says that "The SSN has seven digits: XXX (is the Area number)- XX (is the Group number) - XXXX (is the Serial number). The Area numbers are assigned to each State, District of Columbia, Guam, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, the Railroad Retirement Board, and "Outside the United States". The Group number series were assigned (in blocks) to each of the States, and the Serial numberThe Bear Maidenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08219416611385201896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4605691578431285624.post-44485639445084840032008-03-01T10:34:00.000-05:002008-03-01T10:34:00.000-05:00hey, you have to look up about the social security...hey, you have to look up about the social security numbers...I once knew what the numbers stood for but since forgot...but each set of numbers represents something and each number represents your race, where you were born and the year etc...professorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11899000155217475130noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4605691578431285624.post-73410588833792801112008-03-01T01:52:00.000-05:002008-03-01T01:52:00.000-05:00Well, as I told you today - you are certainly maki...Well, as I told you today - you are certainly making me think about this stuff. A lot of what you say I agree with - some of it I don't - but most of it makes me look at all of this from a slightly different perspective than I have been - and I appreciate that. And you also give me license to focus on this topic for a hot minute. Too often I have so many thing to think about that I don't stop Juliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15861692671737212444noreply@blogger.com