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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This is not a problem owned by the student.  It's owned by the college.

A binary variable:  Hispanic or not.

We have contacted admissions offices, and we have been assured that having a grandparent from Central America is sufficient to check the Hispanic box.

We are perfectly willing to supply any further info the school needs to consider in their decision.[/quote]

But a grandparent from Spain?  That just seems silly.[/quote]

+1. Then why can't any of us who have Southern European ancestry claim to be "Latin."  My ancestry is from Italy, where "Latin" originated for God's sake, and I can't even claim this!    [/quote]

Race forms are stupid and driven by politics. That's way.

Ted Cruz and Marco Rubio are no less "white" than James Gandolfini. And Italians certainly faced discrimination through the mid-20th century. But, for some reason, Italians are "white" while white guys with Hispanic names are "people of color." [/quote]
+1. Funny how the descendents of the same Spaniards who did a lot of nasty things to the indigenous peoples of South and Central America now get to share in their affirmative action.[/quote]

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