Can an adopted child check Hispanic box even though born in a non-Hispanic country?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:A lezbian couple, one black one hispanic.
Adopted a white girl.

What do you check.

White.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:She’s white and you know it, but you are hoping to get an advantage by checking Hispanic.

Yep.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am going to be the voice of dissent. I'd say no. I wouldn't have checked the box for your bio kid either. 1 grandparent from Argentina? Is your nuclear family culturally hispanic? GTFO.

OP here. The college board National Hispanic Recognition Program defines Hispanic as having at least one grandparent with Hispanic heritage, so this absolutely qualifies. Also my son's college counselor indicated it did as well.

Are you effing kidding me???

That's ridiculous.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:system is broken

So broken!!! No test scores and you can 'identify' with any ethnic group/nationality apparently...even if you never met long lost Grandpa Juan and were raised in a wealthy UMC neighborhood with the exact same advantages as the other kids.

[Anonymous]

This is exactly why asking race question is dumb.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:system is broken

So broken!!! No test scores and you can 'identify' with any ethnic group/nationality apparently...even if you never met long lost Grandpa Juan and were raised in a wealthy UMC neighborhood with the exact same advantages as the other kids.

My buddy is a white Nordic from the Upper Midwest. Corn-fed white boy from an all-white suburb and private schools. Nevermind the fact that my buddy retired from finance at the age of 35 with an 8-figure net worth.

His wife is from Chile, with a grandparent who is 100% Incan.

He's already joking that his wealthy kids will be checking "Native American" and "Hispanic/Latino" when they apply for college.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I am going to be the voice of dissent. I'd say no. I wouldn't have checked the box for your bio kid either. 1 grandparent from Argentina? Is your nuclear family culturally hispanic? GTFO.

OP here. The college board National Hispanic Recognition Program defines Hispanic as having at least one grandparent with Hispanic heritage, so this absolutely qualifies. Also my son's college counselor indicated it did as well.

Are you effing kidding me???

That's ridiculous.

NP. That definition goes back a very, very long time with College Board.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:system is broken

So broken!!! No test scores and you can 'identify' with any ethnic group/nationality apparently...even if you never met long lost Grandpa Juan and were raised in a wealthy UMC neighborhood with the exact same advantages as the other kids.

My buddy is a white Nordic from the Upper Midwest. Corn-fed white boy from an all-white suburb and private schools. Nevermind the fact that my buddy retired from finance at the age of 35 with an 8-figure net worth.

His wife is from Chile, with a grandparent who is 100% Incan.

He's already joking that his wealthy kids will be checking "Native American" and "Hispanic/Latino" when they apply for college.

Native American is an entirely different kettle of fish. Checking "American Indian or Alaskan Native" on the Common App then brings up questions asking for federal tribe identification info.

It's a dumb system, but the federal govt is driving this by requiring college reporting of these specific categories.

[Anonymous]

Man….reading this thread….but you guys always blaming the black kids for taking spots.

[Anonymous]

Local experience shows that you can pretty much check anything you want if inclined.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Man….reading this thread….but you guys always blaming the black kids for taking spots.

It's always projection. And yeah, I bet lots of unscrupulous white families are selecting "Mixed Race" after getting a 23 & Me report.

[Anonymous]

Is there really no auditing of what kids select on their application? I mean, how would the university even really know?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:system is broken

So broken!!! No test scores and you can 'identify' with any ethnic group/nationality apparently...even if you never met long lost Grandpa Juan and were raised in a wealthy UMC neighborhood with the exact same advantages as the other kids.

My buddy is a white Nordic from the Upper Midwest. Corn-fed white boy from an all-white suburb and private schools. Nevermind the fact that my buddy retired from finance at the age of 35 with an 8-figure net worth.

His wife is from Chile, with a grandparent who is 100% Incan.

He's already joking that his wealthy kids will be checking "Native American" and "Hispanic/Latino" when they apply for college.

But in his case, he is Latino. You know, I hate to shock you, but some of us Latinos are wealthy, and rich! Should we not be checking off Hispanic/Latino? The question isn’t about income, but about heritage.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:system is broken

So broken!!! No test scores and you can 'identify' with any ethnic group/nationality apparently...even if you never met long lost Grandpa Juan and were raised in a wealthy UMC neighborhood with the exact same advantages as the other kids.

My buddy is a white Nordic from the Upper Midwest. Corn-fed white boy from an all-white suburb and private schools. Nevermind the fact that my buddy retired from finance at the age of 35 with an 8-figure net worth.

His wife is from Chile, with a grandparent who is 100% Incan.

He's already joking that his wealthy kids will be checking "Native American" and "Hispanic/Latino" when they apply for college.

You could be talking about my law firm partner brother and his wife and blond, blue-eyed kid. His MIL was born in Argentina and his wife (who doesn't speak a word of Spanish) insists that their son is Hispanic. It's ridiculous.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Adopted in to a 1/8 Hispanic family does not really feel like a person who should check the box ... but if she feels ok with it then no one is likely to question it.

If his grandfather is Hispanic (and is the only one), his mom’s 1/2 Hispanic and her kids are 1/4.

I say yes. Whatever amount of cultural diversity your son is bringing, your daughter is also, having been raised in the same family.

This kid is 0% Hispanic.