1/2 Italian, Can I put "mixed-race" on my job application?

billsica
billsica Posts: 4,741 Member
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I see a lot of debate about this on the internet, if Italians are consider white or not. I think this has the potential to help me land some jobs based on my racial status.
Please don't flame this and keep it civil, haters can go to another thread. Cheer, god bless :flowerforyou:

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  • _noob_
    _noob_ Posts: 3,306 Member
    I think white people need to take a vote to decide...
  • AllonsYtotheTardis
    AllonsYtotheTardis Posts: 16,947 Member
    I'd be questioning why there is a question for "race" on that job application.
  • BeachGingerOnTheRocks
    BeachGingerOnTheRocks Posts: 3,927 Member
    Only if the Italian half is more attractive.
  • iAMsmiling
    iAMsmiling Posts: 2,394 Member
    I always fill in the blank with "Mediterranean-American."

    No government set-asides yet, but I'm working on it.
  • k8blujay2
    k8blujay2 Posts: 4,941 Member
    I always put "other" if it says Caucasian instead of "White, or White, Non-Hispanic".
  • Alex_is_Hawks
    Alex_is_Hawks Posts: 3,499 Member
    do you like olives? what about olive oil....

    i keep hearing about the olive skin toned Italians....

    so yeah...it probably matters just stay away from the garlic stuffed Olives.
  • Vain_Witch
    Vain_Witch Posts: 476 Member
    I'm Italian and Irish...when I get really mad at the discrimination am I supposed to hit them with a pan or just get drunk?
  • MiloBloom83
    MiloBloom83 Posts: 2,724 Member
    Let me guess Bill. The "Italian half" is from the waist down?
  • LonLB
    LonLB Posts: 1,126 Member
    I'll admit I ONLY clicked this thread to see an Italian woman


    Should have known by the user name though DUH
  • JustAboutDelicious_wechanged
    JustAboutDelicious_wechanged Posts: 2,486 Member
    I'm Italian and Irish...when I get really mad at the discrimination am I supposed to hit them with a pan or just get drunk?
    Me, too, Punky....I just do both. Makes me feel complete!
  • contingencyplan
    contingencyplan Posts: 3,639 Member
    I'd be questioning why there is a question for "race" on that job application.

    Employers are allowed to ask for race (in the US) because they get a tax credit for hiring minorities, people with legal disabilities, and veterans.
  • billsica
    billsica Posts: 4,741 Member
    Other half is Polish. Its a toss up of Italian sausage or polish kielbasa.
    ^^ mods for food only not anything else.
  • MaydayParadeGirl
    MaydayParadeGirl Posts: 190 Member
    I'm Italian and Irish...when I get really mad at the discrimination am I supposed to hit them with a pan or just get drunk?

    Hit them with a pan an then get drunk as a reward for a job well done :)
  • missybct
    missybct Posts: 321 Member
    To be honest, I can't believe that in 2013 those questions still exist on a job application. They say it's data, or equality and **** like that, but surely equality would be to not ask it at all and simply let the chosen candidates turn up, regardless of their race?
  • footiechick82
    footiechick82 Posts: 1,203 Member
    If they're asking you on a job application, I'd turn down the job. That's just ridiculous.

    I'm half italian and half french canadian... do you honestly think they're going to ask me what my background is?

    I'm bilingual and I speak French... whether or not my heritage is french doesn't matter.

    I guess in Canada, it really doesn't matter... there's laws against asking!
  • whierd
    whierd Posts: 14,025 Member
    Yes, Italians are considered white. You are welcome.
  • Alex_is_Hawks
    Alex_is_Hawks Posts: 3,499 Member
    To be honest, I can't believe that in 2013 those questions still exist on a job application. They say it's data, or equality and **** like that, but surely equality would be to not ask it at all and simply let the chosen candidates turn up, regardless of their race?

    because it's 2013 and we should be beyond that but some people and organizations are slow to catch up....so they DO have to ask that...

    government regulations are a symptom of the popular culture....
  • whierd
    whierd Posts: 14,025 Member
    If they're asking you on a job application, I'd turn down the job. That's just ridiculous.

    I'm half italian and half french canadian... do you honestly think they're going to ask me what my background is?

    I'm bilingual and I speak French... whether or not my heritage is french doesn't matter.

    I guess in Canada, it really doesn't matter... there's laws against asking!

    I wouldn't turn down a job for asking.
  • gonnamakeanewaccount
    gonnamakeanewaccount Posts: 642 Member
    I'd be questioning why there is a question for "race" on that job application.

    There's a question for race on every job application...
  • Melissa22G
    Melissa22G Posts: 847 Member
    If serious- No.

    If not serious- Do you have a good lasagna recipe?
  • MeIShouldB
    MeIShouldB Posts: 578 Member
    While there may very well be "non-white" italians out there I don't know of any. Italian is a nationality, not a race. So I would say no.
  • edge_dragoncaller
    edge_dragoncaller Posts: 826 Member
    I'm Italian and Irish...when I get really mad at the discrimination am I supposed to hit them with a pan or just get drunk?

    Both?
  • MaydayParadeGirl
    MaydayParadeGirl Posts: 190 Member
    Yes, Italians are considered white. You are welcome.

    Yeah that's what I thought everyone is spewing about Nationality on here...and how they put that on applications or whatever
  • MaydayParadeGirl
    MaydayParadeGirl Posts: 190 Member
    I'd be questioning why there is a question for "race" on that job application.

    There's a question for race on every job application...

    Not in every country :) I think everyone in America has one but other countries don't put that question on their applications.
  • skinnydreams19
    skinnydreams19 Posts: 282 Member
    Lord no. Italians are definitely white. Just like Germans, the Dutch, Icelanders, the Polish *insert caucasian European race here*
  • wolverine66
    wolverine66 Posts: 3,779 Member
    "based on my racial handicap"

    i don't know what this means.
  • _AllieCat_
    _AllieCat_ Posts: 515 Member
    Pretty sure Italians are white. My guy is half Italian and half German and he is very much white. I am no expert though.

    It seems weird that they would even ask such a thing.
  • jennwren77
    jennwren77 Posts: 76 Member
    I'd be questioning why there is a question for "race" on that job application.

    You are correct.

    In general, it is assumed that pre-employment requests for information will form the basis for hiring decisions. Therefore, employers should not request information that discloses or tends to disclose an applicant's race unless it has a legitimate business need for such information. If an employer legitimately needs information about its employees' or applicants' race for affirmative action purposes and/or to track applicant flow, it may obtain the necessary information and simultaneously guard against discriminatory selection by using a mechanism, such as "tear-off" sheets. This allows the employer to separate the race-related information from the information used to determine if a person is qualified for the job. Asking for race-related information on the telephone could probably never be justified.

    http://www.eeoc.gov/laws/practices/inquiries_race.cfm
  • TwinkieDong
    TwinkieDong Posts: 1,564 Member
    I always put other, though I am heinz 57. Besides I disagree with affirmative action and their reporting of it. I believe there was a time and place but now that time has passed and that policy has now effectively implemented that same racism it tried to equalize.

    Besides how do they know what nationality I am even if I look a specific way?
  • MaydayParadeGirl
    MaydayParadeGirl Posts: 190 Member
    I'd be questioning why there is a question for "race" on that job application.

    There's a question for race on every job application...

    Not in every country :) I think everyone in America has one but other countries don't put that question on their applications.

    Silly girl, the only country is the USA. The rest are just our vassal states.

    I'm going to be completely honest here and admit half the time I can't tell if you're being sarcastic or not. I mean I see you posting in threads and I'm like 'but is he serious or kidding...' I'm not good at sarcasm face to face either though :)

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