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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]T[b]he people opposed to this only do so because they think race or gender are the only way people identify and they are afraid that being white and cis may hamper their kid's college app.[/b]

But it is BS because there are so many ways your identity is defined. Physically, racially, culturally.

My  husband wrote his essay on being an only child.

When I read the question from the article, “Tell us about an aspect of your identity or a life experience that has shaped you," I immediately thought of how much of my life has been shaped by my physical disability (missing a limb). In fact, I wrote about this in my college app essay in 1994.

Sorry if it offends you that I was shaped by this, and that I shouldn't have written about it. I know some of you want to believe or downplay the experiences of others as cashing in on "trauma," but you are so far off the mark.

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Yup. As always, the people who claim not to want to talk or think about race and gender can’t help but show that they are actually obsessed with it.
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white/hetero/athletic/intelligent male:
People look at me and before they know anything about me or my background they think: 'toxic masculinity', 'privilege', 'racist', 'misogynist', 'homophobic', etc. They see the root cause of all that is wrong with society these days apparently.  I am a walking billboard for them to direct their hate.
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asian/male/high stats:

People look at me and think, "He's probably tutored to death and can't hold a conversation. He's a robot with no real personality."  I have to prove myself everyday that I'm neither a robot or tutored.  I excel in an extra curricular activity that requires public speaking, and I don't even have to really try that hard to get straight As in school. The high level classes like Multivariable Calculus just naturally comes easy to me; I find doing calculus problems in my head kind of fun and easy.

But that doesn't seem to matter that I'm high achieving without prepping or my parents pushing me.  I get pigeoned holed as soon as someone sees my face or my name.    The person reading this college essay probably assumed all of this even before they read this essay or had a chance to speak with me.

People say to not judge a book by its cover, especially when it comes to URM, but they seem to not have a problem doing so with Asian Americans.  It's disheartening".[/quote]

Former poster. You win.   :)   [/quote]

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