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[quote=Anonymous]With respect to the experience of children in particular, it doesn't matter what culture/race one "identifies with" but rather how they are treated by their peers and the outside world.  Take the example of a Korean adopted by a white American family.  For all intents and purposes, they are culturally white/American.  But, they most definitely will not have the same experiences as a white child growing up in the same household.

Similarly, with half (insert ethnicity here) children, I would argue that the experience they have culturally in their household matters less than the expectations and perception of the outside world.  Personally, I am half asian, but was raised with exactly zero contact with any asian relatives and asian culture.  But that fact did not matter at all, as to everyone else, I was simply "asian".

The situation with admissions is definitely more complicated and nuanced, as schools attempt to build a diverse class of both experience and racial composition.  Personally, I think it's unethical for a person who is physically and culturally white passing to claim 'credit' for an ethnicity or cultural group that they aren't socially 'punished' for belonging to.[/quote]

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