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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][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]

Sorry, wrong again!  Nothing wrong at all!  Until they change the rules, we will play by the rules, and nothing wrong with claim an ethnicity that is truly yours.  Yes, we are white and rich, but my mother's birth certificate says Cuba.  The question asks for ethnicity.  [b]*Now[/b] "how" ethnic you are.[/quote]

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