speederaser t1_is32oq5 wrote on October 12, 2022 at 11:04 PM

Reply to comment by T0WERM0NKEY in New York residents who don't want to choose a gender can now choose "X" as a gender marker on a New York State license by maxcrazy

That's an option, I'm just seeing if we can improve upon the original reason it was put there. If it's so the Silver Alert system works, then that's pretty important, we can just decouple it from Race.

T0WERM0NKEY t1_is3fh2p wrote on October 13, 2022 at 12:39 AM

The original reason is that we used to use very rudimentary concepts to differentiate people.

speederaser t1_is3lan3 wrote on October 13, 2022 at 1:22 AM

Agreed. Hex color codes would be a modern solution.

T0WERM0NKEY t1_is401tz wrote on October 13, 2022 at 3:15 AM

For what? There's a photo of the person right there. Just look.

speederaser t1_is44c1h wrote on October 13, 2022 at 3:54 AM

Well when licenses were invented they probably couldn't just send a quick pic of the person. So color id was necessary. If that was the reason behind it, then we could eliminate any need to list race or color because everybody has cell phones now.

T0WERM0NKEY t1_is44jbg wrote on October 13, 2022 at 3:56 AM

Exactly