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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is fascinating. The new Asian twist too.

I am Asian American married to a Jewish American. Our biracial child’s name doesn’t ring Asian per se, but last name is Jewish. Was planning to mark “Other” (not Asian or White) for race; as I’ve heard Other gets put into a different category.....

true or false?[/quote]

Seventy years ago being Jewish would have hurt a lot, and being Asian would have helped.  Now it's the other way around.

A lot of the folks listed as "others" in our FCPS HS are actually HAPAs that don't consider themselves Asian.   I get that. You shouldn't be forced to choose your racial identity as a biracial person.  You should decide that for yourself.

However, when it comes time for college admissions, they get lumped in with Asians. And the AOs look hard at the birthplace, education background, and location of the applicant's parents.

(NB: when Asian-looking folks get subjected to hate crimes, the perpetrators don't ask if their last name is Wong, Gonzalez, Smith, Jackson or Steinberg.)

Unfortunately we may have to wait another seventy years or more for Asians to get treated like Jews.  Sigh.

Anyway, I think Asians and HAPAs are best served in the admissions process by going to one extreme (owning being Asian, writing about it in essays and how being a POC affects you) or the other extreme (appearing as non-Asian).  Doing neither unfortunately puts your DC into the middle, to get dumped on like most Asians.

It's sad and it sucks.[/quote]

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