Prius Gen III buyers heritage/nationality poll

Simply for the sake of statistics and curiosity. I do not, in any way, mean to imply any racist or discriminative remarks or statements of any kind by the creation of this poll.

That being said, I wanna explain my reasons for this poll. Let's face it, even if stereotypes are mostly proved fake because they do not apply to every single individual it is assigned to, there are some truths. For instance, my wife is vietnamese. She has always claimed fervently that the great majority of asian americans will prefer an asian auto maker (i.e. Toyota, Nissan, Honda). When we first started dating, she took me to a local asian market. We walked around the parking lot and finding a car that was not made in an asian country was like finding a needle in a haystack. I think I saw 2 out of 50+. Furthermore, she says that it seems within the asian automakers picked by asian americans, she has noticed over time, Toyota seems to be preferred. Also, let me remark Houston has one of the largest asian american populations in all of the US.
Now, as testified by me, in Mexico, Chevrolet and Volkswagen are pretty much the most trusted brands. I lived in Mexico in more than 5 different states, and I saw this held through in all of those regions. However, when you compare mexican chicanos (mexican hispanics born here) to native mexicans like myself, what I saw held through in Mexico no longer applies here.

These are about the only two racial groups that I can provide information and proof about their automaker preference. Now, we all agree the Prius is more than one of Toyota's cars. The Prius is an icon which embodies a new generation of vehicles, and represents a new generation of technology. The Prius is an introduction to the future, a piece of engineering that has provided the spark that ignited not only the evolution and transition to alternatives to gasoline, but also the complete restructuring of the automotive market. Thus, I believe it recreational and fascinating to see how the above events will change or have changed the way different ethnic/racial groups view automotive makers. In other words, has the Prius won over more people than its already loyal crowd to the side of Toyota? Please vote

(Please note that I included two different hispanic options because we are the larges minority group in america and I believed it necessary to sort it in two groups: those born here and those born elsewhere.)

 

Thank you! I should have thought of that.

And to the rest of you, thanks for voting. Also, I didnt want to make the poll overly complex. I suppose it was technically unfair of me to only include born in the US and non born in the US choices for hispanics, however I made that decision because I deduced that hispanics was the only minority who has enough people to justify splitting it in two. Now, for some reason, i never thought of caucasian not born in the US, lol. Either way, that is no longer up to me. If HTML Spinner and/or other moderator believes all choices should have a "non born in the US version" they can go ahead and add them. I do not mind.

 

Thanks for your input. I should have thought this out better since it is obviously a topic with a lot of potential to easily offend people. I do apologize to all of those who felt misrepresented by the options in this poll, like for instance that fellow who pointed out African American misrepresents black people from other countries. Thank you everyone for your votes

 

His·pan·ic (hĭ-spān'ĭk)


adj.

1. Of or relating to Spain or Spanish-speaking Latin America.
2. Of or relating to a Spanish-speaking people or culture.

n.

1. A Spanish-speaking person.
2. A U.S. citizen or resident of Latin-American or Spanish descent.

A caucasian argentine is considered argentine and caucasian; the french speaking hatian is considered black and hatian and possibly french if such descent is present in that person's family; a mapuche chilean is considered mapuche and chilean, and a Mayan is considered well, Mayan (by the way if you can find a true Mayan I'd love to talk to them, I have many curiousity-based questions...if they can speak spanish too that is). Now, of all the above mentioned nationalities those who speak spanish (natively) can be classified as hispanic. Is that about clear?

Now, tell me something honestly. You've taken the SAT? How about filled the DMV application? How about a job application? Tell me exactly, how many heritage background choices did you see listed? Did you happen to see mexican-french, Chinese-german, or australian-cuban listed? No. Is that because rare minorities as the latter are less important or valuable? No. It is simple because it is impossible to list them all. The closest we can ever get is to ATTEMPT to categorize them all in 5 or 6 broader categories. Is this done for the sake of discrimination, or just for the discriminative need to categorize people based on skin and nationality? No! It is done for the sake of statistics, and in the US, because of certian laws requiring some employers and organizations to have a certain percentage of each race. Now in case you need me to define that, too:
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Use statistics in a Sentence

–noun 1.(used with a singular verb) the science that deals with the collection, classification, analysis, and interpretation of numerical facts or data, and that, by use of mathematical theories of probability, imposes order and regularity on aggregates of more or less disparate elements.2.(used with a plural verb) the numerical facts or data themselves.

There you have it, statistics is a science. And by the principles of statistics, a poll asking for racial data is no different than a poll asking for median income data or age-range data. If you choose to give the poll I made a hostile demeanor, that is entirely your choice. Nevertheless, I have made it quite clear in the very beginning of this thread: "Simply for the sake of statistics and curiosity. I do not, in any way, mean to imply any racist or discriminative remarks or statements of any kind by the creation of this poll."

I dare you to find any evidence that I have been intentionally discriminative or offensive. If I did offend anybody, it was merely because I failed to construct the poll efficiently enough to avoid politic problems of this sort. Furthermore, I have apologized to those who kindly pointed out they didnt agree with my poll choices because they felt it misrepresented certain groups. You sir, in the other hand, has accused me of coveniently lumping "all sorts of people from different countries, different races, maybe even different languages(?) together in a convenient group" As I have already made my point above, I did no such thing. And if you are attempting to hint that this poll is unfair, then every question out there in formal applications and information forms that asks you your heritage is unfair, because I followed that fomat. Granted, I should've typed "black" instead of African-American to include a larger variety of black people. Granted, perhaps each choice should have had a "non born in the US" alternative. However, those were honest mistakes. I did not "intentionally and conveniently lump together" any group at all.

Finally, to be quite honest, I replied to you out of courtesy, but your post (and inevitably my answer) are completely out of topic. Thus, in the most elegant and thorough manner I can possibly conjure:

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