AIBU to find this offensive?

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...or at least to say not good things about the organisation in question?

I was filling in a registration form which asked (as many do) for my ethnicity for diversity monitoring purposes - no issue so far.

That is until I look at the code they ask you to use which have a list of A-Z, where White British is code 'A' White irish 'B' through the whole alphabet, corresponding to various ethnic groups. (I can't remember what was at the bottom)

AIBU in finding this quite offensive? I think that having a coding system with a generally accepted 'top and bottom' like this carries with it the implication that being White British is somehow 'better' than being White Irish, which is in turn better than being 'Black Caribbean' and so on? If you must use codes, surely they should be neutral?

I am really hot on casual racism/sexism like this and I am quite close to offering some feedback.

WIBU to do so?

And where is Dr which is both sexes. Surely that would be A. Or perhaps Sergeant? Detective Chief Inspector?

I have too much 'other stuff' going on in my life to be even remotely offended by this.

but I see that you have already deduced that You Are Being Unreasonable.

YABU to be offended but it is extremely poor practice. They should have used the home office codes e.g. White British = we, Indian = A1, Black Caribbean = B1 etc

*White British = w1

Ah but JustNeedAMoan that would be even worse because the surely indian A1 is racist versus Caribbean B1!

If the Alphabet is racist and numbers are racist and lists are racists, what are we left with?

Talk about professionally offended! YADBU

There's never a box suitable for my ethnicity, I always have to tick 'other'

Yawning yes I would say the same. The whole thing is just utter nonsense.

mateysmum Luckily it is factual A = Asian, B = Black, W=White. It may be offensive to some that Indian = A1 and Pakistani = A1 though

*Pakistani = A2