Young Writers Society

Hello! This is a poll for the racial demographics on YWS. I am curious to what the diversity is on this website. You can choose up to 4 options on this poll; if you identify with more than 4 ethnicities, please make a comment down below. If there is anything I can do to better compose this survey, please let me know.

As I am white, I cast the first vote. If you can please insert your data to get the most accurate read on this website!

Just a reminder that some of these are regional/geographic identifiers rather than ethnic/racial identifiers. For instance, geographically, I'm between Central and South Asian, but that's not my ethnicity, which is Dardic.

Also, you can add more options to the poll, many major ethnicities have been left out. Just saying this so that you can improve your poll and get better stats. Nice poll/survey idea!

I think this is a cool idea! Just a heads-up, and @Arcticus hinted at this already, but because the YWS membership base is so international, the racial categories might not actually reflect how people self-identify. In other words, these racial categories are frequently used in the United States, but even in culturally similar countries like Canada, this question looks different when it comes to the national census, etc.

The discussion about race and ethnicity depends on which country you come from. You may want to consider the following document for more information on these differences: https://unstats.un.org/sdgs/files/meeti ... orning.pdf

@Lavvie, thank you for the source and your feedback. I am from the United States, so that is why this is formatted in such a way.

@Arcticus, thank you for your feedback. I realize now that I left out a lot of things because of my American perspective.

I know I need to change this survey. At the moment, with my limited perspective, I can only think of two courses of action. I could broaden the range of classification to make it more inclusive, with more general categories for people to identify under. Or maybe I could add more categories overall, increasing the specific options, though that may lead to a mammoth list overall. What do you suggest I do? Or is there another way I could take this that I can’t see?