Description: Choose two of the following prompts to respond to (~1 page / 250 words total):
In your Java registrar system, where did categories feel most brittle or uncomfortable to implement? What assumptions did those categories seem to rely on?
How do the readings help explain why our in-class activity was so challenging?
Pick one identity discussed in the readings (race or gender). How does the current status quo, as described, balance simplicity versus accuracy? What tradeoffs are being made in implementing categorization this way?
After this exercise, what is one thing you might think differently about when designing a form, survey, or data structure intended to collect information about people? Please submit via Gradescope by 9am on Tuesday.