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Agree with your overall points, but...Spain is not considered Hispanic. Egyptian/Tunisian/North African is not considered African American.At least from a diversity perspective it is not.
It is a social construct. Hispanic includes Spain, but that's Europe, which makes them white. People ancestrally from Egypt would be African American but have more in common with those from the Middle East meanwhile those same people who are from ancestrally from South Africa are also checking African American. We call people from Sicily white, but do you think they have more genetic material from African Tunisia or from Northern Europe? The list goes on. Race is a social construct and we made it worse by the 1/8th rule regarding if you were considered white or black. Till recently there wasn't even a common belief that someone was "mixed race" if you had a black parent and white parent you were still black (ie: people's reaction to Obama).
It’s coming sooner than expected. I had said 3,000 - 4,000 by mid January.
A good chunk of my family is Sicily and Ancestry.com test says no genetic material from African Tunisia. I got 3% Greek which I think comes from Sicily.
Not that I'm proud of my maths, but I tried to tell both of you. We started hitting 2k/day about 3 weeks after averaging 100k cases/day. We started hitting 200k cases/day after Nov 20. The next week is going to be awful.
If awful is the word you use for next week, what will it be by mid-to-late January?
Are you talking legally or the actual definition of Hispanic? The actual definition of Hispanic includes Spain. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hispanichttps://www.goodhousekeeping.com/life/a33971047/what-is-difference-between-hispanic-latino-spanish/I wasn't aware North Africa was not considered African American. Are they considered middle eastern? Or what?
Largely, I can only speak from the standpoint of maintaining opportunities in academics and research. From a diversity standpoint, there are opportunities for specific demographics (Hispanic and African American amongst them). From the standpoint of the government (for grants and demographics purposes), originating from Spain is not Hispanic, nor is North African considered, African American. I know this because of a committee/organization that I had to include different demographics for. I originally had empanelled a person from Tunisia, a person from Egypt, a person from Spain, and a person from Iran. I was told that I did not have any minorities on the committee, because all of those are considered European. Incidentally, I was told that if I just added a person from Pakistan or India, I would satisfy diversity requirements as they are considered Asian. Also, colleagues from Tunisia, Egypt, and Spain do not qualify for diversity/inclusion for grants.
This is actually quite interesting and I'd like to know more as to why. I mean does each institution change its definition or what qualifies as what? Obviously, you can read the links explaining Spain is included in Hispanic. And It seems rather odd to not consider a person from Africa as African while a mixed race person who is a quarter southern African may qualify. I don't want to get the thread more off track but it does add to the idea that race is a social construct as African American apparently relates to a person's skin on the Fitzpatrick scale more than actually being from Africa.
I'm running out of adjectives.
North Carolinians don't need no stinkin' vaccine ...https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/coronavirus/article247723660.html?ac_cid=DM341576&ac_bid=-1180529981As N.C. hospitals prepare to receive COVID-19 vaccines, a new poll shows that only 40% of North Carolinian respondents said they would get an FDA-approved vaccine to fight the virus.Health experts, awaiting the imminent approval of several COVID-19 vaccines, have worried that some people’s mistrust of vaccinations could limit the vaccines’ effectiveness in combating the spread of the coronavirus.A new Elon University Poll, released Thursday morning, found that 60% of the 1,390 North Carolinians surveyed either would not take the vaccine, or are not sure.
I'm expecting this to be a common attitude in a lot of areas - I think there are going to be a lot of people who do not want to get the vaccine.
About 70% of the population has to get the vaccine (or have recovered from Covid) before we can get back to ‘normal.’ If a large portion of the country refuses to get vaccinated, we need to make those people understand that they are the reason we all will have to keep wearing masks far longer.
I agree with you but unfortunately have no reason to think that people who haven't been taking Covid seriously are going to suddenly start listening now.
I'm not trying to be obtuse, but once we get to a point where anyone who wants a vaccine has been able to get one, why do the vaccinated keep wearing masks? To protect the portion of the country that refuses to get vaccinated? I'm not doing that. I will absolutely wear a mask if the people that refuse to get vaccinated are putting persons who have already been vaccinated at risk (like immunity doesn't last long enough or something). But I'm not wearing a mask to keep people who are politically opposed to vaccination safe.
Having had an allergic reaction to Shingrix, albeit not a severe one, I don’t know how this whole Pfizer thing will play out for me, and believe me, I am otherwise ready to roll up my sleeve. So please continue to mask if needed for the sake of those who might want to take it but can’t.