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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have wondered about a similar question, b/c I have two Chinese-American daughters, but my DH and I are Caucasian.   I have wondered, when we get to this point, if it would make a difference one way or another as to which "box" they check (say, on college applications) and, if so, which one would be "better."  [/quote]

Your daughters, I assume adopted since you are both White, are Asian.  They are not White simply because you raised them.  You cannot take away their ethnicity and race.  [/quote]

Many times I see the question written, "Mark the race you most identify with,"  or something to that extent.  That is why Obama is black even though he's 50% white. Technically because he is 50/50 he is mixed but he gets away with being black because that's how he identifies himself (and because he can claim racism from whites easier).

I was born in the US and whenever there's the choice of Native American, I choose that even though technically I am white - I identify as Native American.  [/quote]

Lol Obama "gets away" with being black? America would never let him be anything other than black. That one-drop rule is too engrained in our culture.[/quote]

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