Yes, Dave O, you are right. I used to bring home forms from school that asked about religion and race. My father used to insist that those lines be left blank or filled in with the words, "none of your God-damned business." Since then, I have always written "other".

Recently, I was asked to interpret a psych. test from a well known institution. Under family information, the little girl in question was listed as Caucasion. I was shocked! The girl has a White mother and a Chinese father but looks much more White than Chinese. I am quite sure that the information was assumed by a bureacrat and was not provided by the parents. I wanted to scream! What the hell difference does this make? That kind of information is absolutely meaningless.