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  Went for an eye test today and was asked what my ethnicity was. Thinking that Klingon wouldn't be taken seriously I repled, "White Afro Caribbean". Not surprisingly I got a startled look and a bit of an uncertain smile.
  
  In the bad old days when we were a racist country I can understand the need to capture this info to ensure no racism was taking place, i.e. "their eyes" are as important as "our eyes" and all must get a fair crack of the whip.
  
  While I was waiting my turn I had a nice chat with a gentleman (he was) of sub-continentinal ethnicity. We were, however, both British (I'm actually English, but no matter). Our ethnicity was irrelevant.
  
  Now of course, Britian is truly multicultural and most decent and/or educated people don't make a distinction between the colour of people's skin (most Brit girls like a fake brown skin anyway), so why do public institutions still gather this info?
  
  Surely it's time we dropped this racist process?

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