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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]With the latest Supreme Court ruling, it looks like there will no longer be an advantage for white kids who lie and claim Hispanic or black.[/quote]
Hispanic/Latino is the ethnicity question, which is a separate question from race. Many, perhaps even most, Hispanic students in the US check the white box when asked for race. There is no Mestizo option. (The "American Indian or Alaska Native" box pulls up questions asking for federal tribe identification info.) This is entirely the result of federal reporting requirements.[/quote]
There is "Other" , right? And "2 or more"?

So there are alternatives at least as accurate as White.
In US the race box is used for a crude measure of systemic oppression. 
(White = Other but not systemically oppressed.
Other, 2 or More = systemically oppressed)

https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2014/06/16/321819185/on-the-census-who-checks-hispanic-who-checks-white-and-why[/quote]
There is no "other" to choose for race. "Other" only shows up as sub-questions for race choices. Here is one example of how a Hispanic student might answer the questions in the Common App:
[quote]Are you Hispanic or Latino/a/x?
_X_ Yes
___ No

Which best describes your Hispanic or Latino/a/x background? (You may select one or more)
___ Central America
___ Cuba
_X_ Mexico
___ Puerto Rico
___ South America
___ Spain
___ Other

Regardless of your answer to the prior question, please indicate how you identify yourself. (You may select one or more)
___ American Indian or Alaska Native
___ Asian
___ Black or African American
___ Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander
_X_ White

Which best describes your White background? (You may select one or more)
___ Europe
___ Middle East
_X_ Other

Specify other White background __________________[/quote]
The clarifying sub-questions add context, though I don't know whether that is reported to Dept of Ed. (It certainly isn't in the Common Data Set.)[/quote]

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