I think that will only affect demographic surveys.

At least I don't walk up to someone and say "hey, you're black, which aisle has those sticky things you put in plants that catches gnats?". I just ask my question. Since we don't have special pronouns for blacks (or Latinos, or Asians, etc), your comment doesn't really track. There is no need to correct me "I identify as white" because it never enters conversation.

And in some languages, there are no pronouns. That always messes up 1poorlady because she's Filipina. But when she speaks English she often confuses he and she, and almost uses them interchangeably (she uses "she" more than "he").

Also...a nitpick...we're all the same race (human). That can be verified by DNA, and is a fact. We just have different ethnicities. Frankly, I don't get into the details about gender vs sex (I believe one is genetic -X and Y chromosomes-, and the other is identity). I make a guess based on voice, name (if provided), and secondary sexual characteristics (if visible), and if they say "no, it's 'Mr'", I say "oh, sorry...Mr (whomever)...". Doesn't matter to me what they want to be called.

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