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(While at history club, the topic wanders over into ethnicity. We start discussing what ethnicities we are:)
Me: “I’m 1/8 Danish.”
Student #1: “I’m 1/3 German.”
Me: “No, you’re not. It’s not possible to be 1/3 anything.”
Student #2: “Well, my daughter is 1/3 Mexican, 1/3 Thai, and 1/3 White.”
Me: “Let’s ignore the fact that “White” is not an ethnicity. That’s not possible. What are her parents?”
Student #2: “I’m Mexican, and her father is 1/2 Thai and 1/2 White.”
(I then proceeded to draw a rough diagram of how that meant the daughter is 1/4 Thai, 1/4 White, and 1/2 Mexican. Not one person in the room of five other students agreed with me.)
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