(Poll) What is your ethnicity?

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What is your ethnicity?

  1. Han

    32 vote(s)
    14.5%
  2. Arab

    5 vote(s)
    2.3%
  3. Bengali

    3 vote(s)
    1.4%
  4. Russian

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%
  5. Japanese

    4 vote(s)
    1.8%
  6. Punjabi

    2 vote(s)
    0.9%
  7. Egyptian

    1 vote(s)
    0.5%
  8. French

    3 vote(s)
    1.4%
  9. German

    8 vote(s)
    3.6%
  10. Javanese

    14 vote(s)
    6.3%
  11. Vietnamese

    12 vote(s)
    5.4%
  12. Korean

    5 vote(s)
    2.3%
  13. English

    16 vote(s)
    7.2%
  14. Marathi

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%
  15. Telugu

    2 vote(s)
    0.9%
  16. Turkish

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%
  17. Tamil

    3 vote(s)
    1.4%
  18. Irish

    2 vote(s)
    0.9%
  19. Italian

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%
  20. Gujarati

    3 vote(s)
    1.4%
  21. Thai

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%
  22. Polish

    4 vote(s)
    1.8%
  23. Hausa

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%
  24. Persian

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%
  25. Spanish

    4 vote(s)
    1.8%
  26. Kannada

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%
  27. Yoruba

    0 vote(s)
    0.0%
  28. Portuguese

    1 vote(s)
    0.5%
  29. African American

    14 vote(s)
    6.3%
  30. None of the above

    83 vote(s)
    37.6%
  1. lychee

    lychee [- slightly morbid fruit -] ❀[ 恋爱? ]❀

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    I guess I'm interested in what fraction of people identify strongly with a certain ethnic group.

    This is given the assumption that people who do not identify strongly with a single ethnic group (e.g. multi-heritage) will select "None of the Above".

    But the poll is severely limited by the fact there are only 30 options, and that some people may be answering more according to their National Identity or Cultural Identity rather than Ethnic Identity. :blobReach: But it's a little difficult, isn't it, to design a poll like this?

    I feel like the only interpretable information is the exclude all the ambiguous choices like English/Spanish/etc.
     
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    I'm welsh, definitely not English :blobpopcorn_cool:
     
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  3. UnknownSaint171

    UnknownSaint171 To Something Sounds Cooler

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    Looks like in the end we won’t know lol
     
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    I voted African American cuz there is not Cameroonian option
     
  5. Viola

    Viola Studio Ghibli Fanboy Mother of Learning Fanboy

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    Well I definitely think Canadian should be an option. We are pretty distinctive... but I guess polish is closest.
     
  6. Vincent1873

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    I think most white Americans are German. Or rather that's the largest ethic group of white people.
     
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    I identify as Welsh. I was born there, left when 6 years old. But Welsh is in my bones. CYMRU AM BYTH!
     
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    UnGrave ななひ~^^

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    Anra7777 All powerful magic grammar hamster queen pirate.

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    Because of my upbringing, I identify most strongly as Irish, but I’m only 25-30% Irish. Ethnically speaking, I’m 50% European Jewish, which isn’t on your poll, but I don’t identify with it at all because of my upbringing. The rest is a mix of English, Scottish, and others.
     
  10. Seraphic

    Seraphic Uncomfortably close

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    It's very very varied and honestly European ancestry isn't usually of huge importance culturally in much of white America. Also, there tended to be a lot of intermarriage among white immigrants after they got to the US, so even determining ancestry isn't always easy. I've probably got, like, four or five different European ethnicities in my ancestry, and I'm only half-white.
     
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    So the largest ethnic group in NUF is "none of the above".
    I guess we are not that diverse seeing only a few people voted for the other choices lol :p

    No fantasy option so sad.
     
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  12. lychee

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    I tried to make an extension poll, and I hope it doesn't break anything.

    If you want to select something on the other poll (part 2), please select None of the Above on this poll (part 1)!
     
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    Now that I think of it, Philippines has multiple ethnicities as well... :blobdead:
     
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    tirirism He who dealt it

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    No bipolar teddy. Sad.
     
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    I'm a mixed from a mixed country where we don't know how to label our ethnicities because it's too mixed, we usually use colors to describe ourselves. I'm "morena" or "parda", a mulatto
     
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    Now I'm kinda curious on what the nationality demographics are
     
  17. lychee

    lychee [- slightly morbid fruit -] ❀[ 恋爱? ]❀

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    @Seraphic 's survey did a quite comprehensive job at answering that demographic question.
     
  18. Neiri

    Neiri Well-Known Member

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    Yeah, it is impossible for only one race considering evolution . Soon people body would evolve to suit the environment and since the environment depend on the location and different from one another future people would look different. . Especially when humanity go colonize outer space.
     
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  19. Cutter Masterson

    Cutter Masterson Well-Known Super-Soldier

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    I’m 80% Hawaiian and 20% Chinese. Knowing your percentage of Hawaiian is needed because of certain benefits given by both government/ private. This is also true for Native Americans.
     
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    Same for the Maori here in NZ...they need to identify their heritage back to the iwi they come from, I think, in order to claim certain benefits. Though, Maori still also provide services for all New Zealanders which I think is good. We are all on the same waka after all. :)