SO for clarity, you posted something you knew to be untrue.

Maybe twaddle is the wrong word

Responsibility Deficit Disorder is a medical condition. Symptoms include inability to be corrected when wrong, false sense of superiority, desire to share personal info no else cares about, general hubris. It's a medical issue rather than pure arrogance.

Let's remind you of what you wrote:

'You are arguing with every Dictionary I have read on this subject. None of them states that skin colour plays any role at all in a person's ethnicity.'

It is you who made this ridiculous claim. You managed to get to 78 without apparently knowing what the word 'ethnicity' means.

It wasn't hard to find that definition....so much for your use of dictionaries.

I explained what people like you push in re-engineering words, and that's all you produced here. The suggestion that someone ethnicity can exclude their race is purely a sociopolitical concept introduced by people similar to you......those with an agenda. The word 'ethnicity' includes all aspects of someone's group background/identity.

'Who are you and how did you get in here? I'm a locksmith. And, I'm a locksmith.' (Leslie Nielsen)

2021 Census [From the UK Government website]
The ethnic groups were:
Asian or Asian British: Indian, pakistani, Bangladeshi, Chinese, any other Asian background.
Black, Black British, Caribbean or African: Caribbean, African, any other Black, Black British, or Caribbean background.
Mixed or multiple ethnic groups: White and Black Caribbean, White and Black African, White and Asian, any other Mixed or multiple ethnic background.
White: English, Welsh, Scottish, Northern Irish or British Irish, Gypsy or Irish Traveller, Roma, any other White background.
Other ethnic group: Arab, any other ethnic group.

A Chambers Dictionary on my bookshelves has: ethnic, ethnical, adjective, pertaining to races or peoples. ethnology, detailed study of the physical and characteristics and social customs of racial groups. ethnic, noun, a heathen, pagan.

There are also the terms BAME (Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic) and BAM (Black and Minority Ethnic). Then there are of course numerous (ostensibly racist) organisations such as: Black Lives Matter, Black Police Officers Association, Society of Black Lawyers, Black Teachers Network, National Black Nurses Association, Black Architects and Interior Designers Association, Black Equity Organisation – the list could go on and on.

That was a mistype when I was very tired and in a rush. For "making" read responding to. My apologies.

For the avoidance of doubt any comments in response to a previous post are directed to its ideas and not at any, or all, posters personally.

What you categorise as "re-engineering" is nothing of the sort at all. It's progress. It's increased knowledge and understanding. If you haven't yet read it I suggest you take the time to read this and consider its profound implications for your viewpoint:-

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Relying on attitudes that were founded in the 18th century does not serve the needs of the 21st. Most of us have moved on.

For the avoidance of doubt any comments in response to a previous post are directed to its ideas and not at any, or all, posters personally.

No one argues it's not in common use. Only that it is inaccurate, and inappropriate and, as a consequence, in the process of being reviewed and updated. Including in the dictionaries.

For the avoidance of doubt any comments in response to a previous post are directed to its ideas and not at any, or all, posters personally.