Serious question, am I the only person that opts out because I’m black or am I being too paranoid?

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Nah I do the same thing. I am afraid of what they do with the info even if they say it is only for internal use and not used in application info......

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I always do this

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None of their damn business.

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I have a very black name so I just answer it

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