What race/ethnicity for Guyanese?

[Anonymous]

Asian racially and Asian or Latino ethnicity.

Latino is NOT the same thing as Hispanic.

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Anonymous wrote:Its like people of Japanese descent born in Peru (huge population there many generations now).
They are actually considered Latino.

Does that count as Hispanic?

No, they don't. Just like Japanese Americans that have been here for generations. They are Japanese. Unless they intermarried they aren't just automatically hispanic.

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Anonymous wrote:Kudos. Creative scenario this week. I like how it's always a friend of a friend or "my college roommate's cousin."

It's not my college roommate's friend. It's a mom friend who I am not close with but like a lot. Have known her since K. Why lie? I could have said it was me-- nothing embarrassing about being Guyanese and not understanding these ludicrous options.

It may seem outlandish to you, but my town has TONS of West Indians.

Actually you probably are unaware that it is embarrassing. 1) Guyana is one of the poorest countries in South America. 2) Indians that ended up there were probably somewhere between a slave and an untouchable. So it's not what you think.

They found oil there recently

[Anonymous]

I am not Indian but I appreciate this question regardless of some saying it’s dumb. From someone who often struggled when this question is asked, I am glad that I’m not the only one still questioning what to put down.

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Anonymous wrote:Yes, she’s Indian. Most Guyanese will be Indian or black or mix of these.

Thanks for responding. Wow, so on a simple, standardized form a Guyanese person puts Asian? That's wild!

Not really. Race and country of origin have not aligned for many centuries in a lot of places.

Some of you don’t know what origin means. It always aligns to race unless there was a whole genocide

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Anonymous wrote:This is so dumb. But I would say Caribbean for sure. She is not from India. She’s from the Caribbean.

I’m pretty sure the form would ask “national origin” which is asking for the race of the country your family originated from not one selected from one of the last couple of places they’ve been

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Anonymous wrote:Kudos. Creative scenario this week. I like how it's always a friend of a friend or "my college roommate's cousin."

It's not my college roommate's friend. It's a mom friend who I am not close with but like a lot. Have known her since K. Why lie? I could have said it was me-- nothing embarrassing about being Guyanese and not understanding these ludicrous options.

It may seem outlandish to you, but my town has TONS of West Indians.

Actually you probably are unaware that it is embarrassing. 1) Guyana is one of the poorest countries in South America. 2) Indians that ended up there were probably somewhere between a slave and an untouchable. So it's not what you think.

They found oil there recently

Yeah, they’re rolling in cash now. Question is how they manage it. https://hir.harvard.edu/a-path-to-prosperity-for-oil-rich-guyana/

Hope it works out for them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Asian racially and Asian or Latino ethnicity.

Latino is NOT the same thing as Hispanic.

https://www.reddit.com/r/coolguides/s/OabDqMUD3d

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Indian / SE Asian are very insular and don't mix with other races, so whether in America, Latin America, Africa or Asia - they are Asian.

OP here. I am Indian and almost every Indian friend I grew up with here in America has married someone outside their race. This is not a rarity by any stretch of the imagination. Half Indian kids all over the place. You have no idea what you are talking about.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Indian / SE Asian are very insular and don't mix with other races, so whether in America, Latin America, Africa or Asia - they are Asian.

OP here. I am Indian and almost every Indian friend I grew up with here in America has married someone outside their race. This is not a rarity by any stretch of the imagination. Half Indian kids all over the place. You have no idea what you are talking about.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Indian / SE Asian are very insular and don't mix with other races, so whether in America, Latin America, Africa or Asia - they are Asian.

OP here. I am Indian and almost every Indian friend I grew up with here in America has married someone outside their race. This is not a rarity by any stretch of the imagination. Half Indian kids all over the place. You have no idea what you are talking about.

Think that poster is probably FOB

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is so dumb. But I would say Caribbean for sure. She is not from India. She’s from the Caribbean.

You're thinking Trinidad and Tobago. Guyana is part of South America.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Kudos. Creative scenario this week. I like how it's always a friend of a friend or "my college roommate's cousin."

It's not my college roommate's friend. It's a mom friend who I am not close with but like a lot. Have known her since K. Why lie? I could have said it was me-- nothing embarrassing about being Guyanese and not understanding these ludicrous options.

It may seem outlandish to you, but my town has TONS of West Indians.

Not outlandish, just a recognizable writing style.

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Anonymous wrote:This is so dumb. But I would say Caribbean for sure. She is not from India. She’s from the Caribbean.

You're thinking Trinidad and Tobago. Guyana is part of South America.

Geographically--culturally it is considered a carribean country. Mexico is in North America but a Latin American country. Guyana is not Latin American.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Hello. Sorry if this is a dumb question, it's not obvious to me. Literally asking for a friend. My family is from India, so we put down Asian. Not perfect, but made my peace with this a long ago. We were at a college prep meeting at school last night, and the guidance counselors were basically saying to the kids, don't try to play games, be honest about your background. (And following SC decision not sure why this matters anyway?) A mom friend of mine, whose family is from Guyana, going back generations, and mostly of Indian origin said to me, "Ok yeah, honestly what does my kid put?" (Dad is same as mom.) I asked her what she puts on medical forms and she said she just doesn't answer it. Is Asian right? The family visits Guyana every year, is proud of their heritage, they're Hindu (actually she is, her husband's fam is Christian and Muslim), they eat roti everyday lol, etc. She feels like Asian would be wrong or maybe even misleading. They're certainly not Hispanic.

First kids for both of us so we also don't know what the options are. Thanks for any insight.

The guidance counselor was completely unaware that college admissions officers DO NOT see the race and ethnicity boxes from the Common App? Out of touch, out to lunch, whatever you want to call it, they don't know what they are talking about.

What you choose has zero effect on admission.