Arabs/Persians etc. as URMs? Forum

[09042014]

Any knowledge on official or unofficial justification for inclusion of recent African immigrants? I'm just curious about what's common speculation/commentary on this out there, if any. Not interested in debating.

Because black people are underrepresented. It's not about reparations.

[Canarsie]

i don't get it.

it says, African American OR black. So you don't have to be black to be African American.

so what does it mean to be African american? can anyone help with that?

I would not call white South Africans or people from Morocco black, but they are certainly African. So perhaps they are the people included in that category? I have no facts to back this up, just my thought...

[merichard87]

Just because someone's parents or grandparents immigrated from Africa does not make them any less African-American or black American. Discrimination does not ask your nationality and that is, to my understanding, what URM is all about, combating the history of discrimination that has led certain minority groups to be less represented than others. Ya'll are splitting hairs.

[CadburysForever]

Any knowledge on official or unofficial justification for inclusion of recent African immigrants? I'm just curious about what's common speculation/commentary on this out there, if any. Not interested in debating.

Because black people are underrepresented. It's not about reparations.

Ok, are you just ignoring half of the content of my posts on purpose? Indigenous (for lack of a better term) African Americans are mad underrepresented, but African immigrants are mad overrepresented. You keep lumping the two groups together -- why? If Mexicans and Puerto Ricans can be distinguished from other Hispanics, why should there be one catch-all category called "Blacks"?

Just because someone's parents or grandparents immigrated from Africa does not make them any less African-American or black American. Discrimination does not ask your nationality and that is, to my understanding, what URM is all about, combating the history of discrimination that has led certain minority groups to be less represented than others. Ya'll are splitting hairs.

As was made very clear to me, haha, earlier in this thread, URM is not about discrimination, it's about actual numbers.

Again, for reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_im ... Attainment

[merichard87]

Any knowledge on official or unofficial justification for inclusion of recent African immigrants? I'm just curious about what's common speculation/commentary on this out there, if any. Not interested in debating.

Because black people are underrepresented. It's not about reparations.

Ok, are you just ignoring half of the content of my posts on purpose? Indigenous (for lack of a better term) African Americans are mad underrepresented, but African immigrants are mad overrepresented. You keep lumping the two groups together -- why? If Mexicans and Puerto Ricans can be distinguished from other Hispanics, why should there be one catch-all category called "Blacks"?

Just because someone's parents or grandparents immigrated from Africa does not make them any less African-American or black American. Discrimination does not ask your nationality and that is, to my understanding, what URM is all about, combating the history of discrimination that has led certain minority groups to be less represented than others. Ya'll are splitting hairs.

As was made very clear to me, haha, earlier in this thread, URM is not about discrimination, it's about actual numbers.

Again, for reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_im ... Attainment

I think you are missing the actions that led certain groups to be under-represented = discrimination.

[CadburysForever]

Any knowledge on official or unofficial justification for inclusion of recent African immigrants? I'm just curious about what's common speculation/commentary on this out there, if any. Not interested in debating.

Because black people are underrepresented. It's not about reparations.

Ok, are you just ignoring half of the content of my posts on purpose? Indigenous (for lack of a better term) African Americans are mad underrepresented, but African immigrants are mad overrepresented. You keep lumping the two groups together -- why? If Mexicans and Puerto Ricans can be distinguished from other Hispanics, why should there be one catch-all category called "Blacks"?

Just because someone's parents or grandparents immigrated from Africa does not make them any less African-American or black American. Discrimination does not ask your nationality and that is, to my understanding, what URM is all about, combating the history of discrimination that has led certain minority groups to be less represented than others. Ya'll are splitting hairs.

As was made very clear to me, haha, earlier in this thread, URM is not about discrimination, it's about actual numbers.

Again, for reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/African_im ... Attainment

I think you are missing the actions that led certain groups to be under-represented = discrimination.

Again, my own personal views would agree with you, but the law doesn't care apparently. All that matters it seems are whether the numbers show if your group is over or under-represented. Are non-Mexican or non-Puerto Rican Hispanics not discriminated against? Of course they are. But they aren't underrepresented, so the courts don't recognize them as URM. So then why are African immigrants, a distinct group from indigenous African Americans, not held to this same standard?

[06132010]

NO.

[drdolittle]

i don't get it.

it says, African American OR black. So you don't have to be black to be African American.

so what does it mean to be African american? can anyone help with that?

There's nothing to "get" in the sense of trying to find total logic in these categorizations. Of course there's some logic, but there's also a lot of room for interpretation, like how under-represented status is defined in the first place. For example, it makes no sense to my why Puerto Ricans get a boost, and Dominicans don't. Or why native Americans do, and native Hawaiians/Pacific islanders don't (provided these groups don't actually get an URM boost as others have posted). Because I am certain that Dominicans (and many other Latino/Hispanic groups) and native Hawaiians/Pac Islanders are also actually under-represented in the legal profession...

[YCrevolution]

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