{"links":{"self":"https://preview.epetitions.website/archived/petitions/42678.json"},"data":{"type":"archived-petition","id":42678,"parliament":{"period":"2010-2015","government":"Conservative – Liberal Democrat coalition","dissolution_at":"2015-03-30T23:59:59.000+01:00","response_threshold":10000,"debate_threshold":100000},"attributes":{"action":"Ethnicity ethics","background":null,"additional_details":"We call upon the department of culture to review the current questions on application forms regarding ethnicity.\r\n\r\nAt present, the majority of forms have options for\r\n\"Black British\"\r\n\"White British\"\r\n\r\nWhy are the British divided when other nationalities i.e Chinese are not?\r\n\r\nWhether a British person is \"Black\" or \"White\" is A, Entirely irrelevant. B, Tantamount to prejudice and C, An attempt to divide the British people into separate racial categories.\r\n\r\nWe also question the terminology used i.e \"White\" which surely should be \"Caucasian\".\r\n\r\nPlease legislate to have the two options of \"White British\" and \"Black British\" merged into the singular option \"British\".","committee_note":null,"state":"rejected","signature_count":1,"created_at":"2012-12-02T12:32:57.000Z","updated_at":"2020-02-16T19:28:38.366Z","rejected_at":"2017-06-21T12:40:08.229Z","opened_at":null,"closed_at":null,"moderation_threshold_reached_at":"2012-12-02T12:32:57.000Z","response_threshold_reached_at":null,"government_response_at":null,"debate_threshold_reached_at":null,"debate_scheduled_at":null,"scheduled_debate_date":null,"debate_outcome_at":null,"rejection":{"code":"irrelevant","details":"This issue is not a matter for the Department for Culture, Media and Sport.  I would recommend resubmitting the petition without reference to a specific Government department, as the issue you raise is inter-departmental.  You may wish to consider submitting to the Office of the Leader of the House of Commons as we are best able to deal with general petitions."},"government_response":null,"debate":null,"departments":[],"topics":[]}}}