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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]A friend of my daughter's is claiming to be Hispanic on his application, which technically he can get away with because he is half Cuban, but he does not in any way at all look Hispanic, nor is he culturally Hispanic.  It's a MASSIVE stretch.  [/quote]

My children are half-Latino.  I a single Caucasian woman and used donor sperm to conceive and the donor is Latino.  I've always felt that since my kids aren't culturally Hispanic/Latino, it would be disingenuous to identify them that way on school forms, so I haven't thus far.  Am I doing them a disservice by not checking the box as Latino?     [/quote]

You would be wrong to check the box.  Being Latino is not about genetics. It is 100% cultural.  I am half latino and I have an adopted daughter who is from Russia.  She will be checking the Latino box.[/quote]

Let's say a girl is adopted by a pair of white parents. She is genetically Latino, but her parents don't do the best job of passing down her culture so she grows up with Caucasian culture. Would you say she shouldn't checjk Latino because "Being Latino is not about genetics. It is 100% cultural"!

I find it awfully convenient that your definition allows you to check the box for your daughter.[/quote]

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