Rejected petition Replace 'white' as an ethnicity with 'beige'

I want a more accurate description of the lighter human skin tone made available on application form questions around ethnicity.

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No one is white skinned in colour. This inaccurate description was only introduced as a means of identifying with purity and superiority. Beige is a more accurate description of the lighter skin tone and includes no racist undertones or connotations.

This petition was rejected

Why was this petition rejected?

It’s about something that the UK Government or Parliament is not directly responsible for.

The Government is not responsible for determining how ethnic minorities are referred to.

We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.

Date submitted 4 December 2020
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