I heard of a Federal civil servant to get into a "minority" privilages program, met one qualifier by haveing a Spanish sirname ending in (don't recall); he legally changed his name to meet the Spanish sirname requirement and I think it got in the news because the government sued him or somesuch? Those of us who are many multi-heritaged are treated as if we have no heritage--it's all, or nothing. I have Irish, Native American, German, Prussian, Scot, English, Irish, and likely Welch; I am all of these, yet no one of these. I'm not an Irishman, nor Scot, nor Indian, nor German, nor French--but I'm still a human, is that now un-American? Jim, Charlotte, N.C. ----- Original Message ----- From: "R K Garcia" <rkgarcia@telis.org> To: <CHOCTAW-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Tuesday, February 22, 2000 12:06 PM Subject: Re: [CHOCTAW] heritage > Ok. So now I'm really having an "identity crisis". My grandmother was > full blooded choctaw or so the rolls say. I dread every time I need to > fill out some kind of form for my kids. With the last name of "Garcia" > it's expected to check "hispanic". My husbands' family has been in America > for many generations. He doesn't speak spanish. My daughter told me her > teacher that checked many different races on a form she was required to > fill out. The people requiring the form actually came to the door to > question her. My daughter told me she writes in "HUMAN BEING". It really > bothers me that we have to be labelled. I want to be truthful, but there's > no accurate box to check. > > Kathy Garcia > > ---------- > > From: Rlang90547@aol.com > > To: CHOCTAW-L@rootsweb.com > > Subject: [CHOCTAW] heritage > > Date: Saturday, February 19, 2000 4:40 AM > > > > i agree totally with doug. as a "paleface'' who is 3/32nds Choctaw, it > would > > be ridiculous to try to pass myself off as a fullblood. truthfullness us > very > > much part of Choctaw heritage. > > Rusty Lang > > E-mail me at rlang90547@aol.com > > Visit the Impson-Choctaw pages at http://homepages.rootsweb.com/~impson/ > > Check out the Impson Surname Board at > > http://resources.rootsweb.com/surnames/i/m/IMPSON/ > > Subscribe to the Impson Mailing List at: IMPSON-L@rootsweb.com > > > > > > ==== CHOCTAW Mailing List ==== > > OK Surname Registry - added yours? http://www.rootsweb.com/~oknames/ > > Search 4 surnames - http://www.rootsweb.com/~okgenweb/search.htm > > > ==== CHOCTAW Mailing List ==== > Looking for your Native American Ancestors in > Pushmataha County, Oklahoma? > Have a look -- http://www.rootsweb.com/~okpushma/ > >