ethnicity (OT)

[Simon Biber]

No: HPFGUIDX 7029

In the Australian census they do ask if you are an Aborigine or Torres
Strait islander. Most of the Aboriginal population here are not black, but
have a small amount of the blood in them. There are very few full-blood
families left (if not none). Even so, they make up an extremely small
section of the community compared with the African-Americans in the US.

Simon.

> I agree that Lee's a toss-up.  It's fun thinking up a background for
> him... right now, about seven different nationalities figure in his
> family.  He may be one of those people who you'd have to ask about
> his ethnicity.  He could very well be blond with blue or grey eyes...
> but I grew up with plenty of very fair multiracial blondes and
> redheads who identify as black.  I'm pretty sure this phenomenon is
> particular to America, though.  In other countries, they wouldn't
> have categorized census forms and such nonsense to fill out.