Why does everyone call it race when it's really ethnicity?

Honestly unless it has to do with medical history, I don't even know why it should matter on most of those forms...peel off everyone's skin, and we all look exactly the same. Medically, some ethnicities are more prone to certain diseases so I get that, but why does it matter to the guy at the bank when I'm filling out an application for a loan?

I agree, ethnicity is much better to say than race. It's much more applicable to what is trying to be described, and it's way less polarizing than saying "race" these days. Everyone is so sensitive about the racial aspects of everything, I think that it actually detracts from meaningful discussion a lot of times.

Sounds joyous, no?

Just a guess here, but maybe bureaucratic systems that ask these kind of questions are too lazy to change the language in forms they used for decades?

Thank you! There is one human race. I always refer to it as ethnicity and not race. Race is honestly more divisive in my eyes.

Dude, post this in the Mixedish stream, too!

(And yes, can totally relate.)

why do they need to ask what we are at all?

my "ethnicity" is Scotcho-Emeraldo-Deutscho-Hollandaise with a 'Pennsylvania Twist'.

That's my favorite sundae.

Words do matter, but make sure your message isn't lost in translation. You can have all the right words and have a shitty message, while at the same time have all the shitty words and have the right message