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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.
[b]But being proud of your heritage and telling the truth is always the right thing to do. [/quote][/b]

You're assuming a lot with that last sentence. Op is just recognizing/ accepting/ honoring at the time of college application the Chilean grandfather bloodline. Prior to that, she was proud of the all American white person. [/quote]

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