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My children are one quarter white European, one quarter from one Asian country and one half from another Asian country.

We speak the European language.
I check White and Asian boxes.

You can in all correctness check Hispanic and the other ethnicity (ies) your child has.

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I disagree completely.  Not for you but for the 1/ Chilean.
Unlike Hispanic, Asians are actually PENALIZED in the college application process.  They are over-represented in the college bound population.  If you check Asian and white all the time, then you identify as Asian and white.

I would ask Chilean mom, what have you checked for the last 17 years?  What does your partner check for his race?  My sense is that Hispanic is all of a sudden a lottery ticket for parents of in all senses white American kids when it comes to the college application process.

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18:46 again. You can't hide the truth, PP.
If the child has a hispanic ascendant, then he has a hispanic ascendant, period. 
I am well aware of the unfair standards expected of Asians in this country and the advantages Hispanics and Blacks enjoy in the college application.
But being proud of your heritage and telling the truth is always the right thing to do. [/quote]

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