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jon-nyc
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This one a grad student.



https://nypost.com/2020/09/16/...g-about-being-black/


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People have lied about their backgrounds forever for all sorts of reasons. These days the lies are much more likely to catch up with them.

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There are no rules against anybody claiming to be Black. There is no legal definition of Black.
 
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There are no rules against anybody claiming to be Black.


No, but a lot of job hiring docs, scholarship apps etc. have clauses that applicants be truthful. If falsifying a degree or other credential is grounds for dismissal/disqualification, it's appropriate to treat it the same when the issue is falsifying one's race...


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There are no rules against anybody claiming to be Black. There is no legal definition of Black.


So, what’s your point?
 
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Academics worry about the damnedest things!


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So, what’s your point?


Indeed.


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Horace
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There are no rules against anybody claiming to be Black.


No, but a lot of job hiring docs, scholarship apps etc. have clauses that applicants be truthful. If falsifying a degree or other credential is grounds for dismissal/disqualification, it's appropriate to treat it the same when the issue is falsifying one's race...


If there's no legal definition of something, how is one proven to have lied about claiming it?
 
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So, what’s your point?


Indeed.


The statements of fact I made have applicability to lots of things. This situation here where a bad person did a bad thing is just one. My point was not that this person isn't bad.
 
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