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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]That does sound like a bad idea. This seems like a good way to get themselves into PR and legal trouble. Although I wonder if they could use it against affirmative action, if you don't look minority enough.  :shock: I know schools that require photos though. And yes, they are suspected of selections made based on pictures, eg good looking, white kids. [/quote]

I think "looking minority" is an interesting concept.  My husband and I are both Mexican-american. DH looks more stereotypically hispanic and I ook like I could be from any region where people have light olive skin (middle east, Latin America, Southern Europe). We have two boys - one with very light skin/ brown hair and one with dark skin and black hair. In reality I see people treating them slightly differently. The one with darker skin entered kinder reading Magic Tree House books but his k teacher took a while to accept that he could read. bY default he seems to get put in to lower tracked reading and math groups and then gets moved up after his teachers realize he is advanced.  I actually had one teacher who pulled a groip for advanced math ask me if I was Indian since he was so good in math. It could be a coincidence but these things don't happen to my lighter skinned son. So I can see how my lighter one doesn't need any type of affirmative action while I can see where the darker one would benefit. [/quote]

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