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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]In the US, African American refers to racial ancestry, not citizenship. [b]So, she is within her rights to put AA, [/b]BUT...I would let her decide (this is what I did with my child who could have "hidden" her Asian heritage on the application.)

She decided to check Asian, because she felt that was the most accurate answer. I was proud of her for being forthright, and proud of her identity. Others feel strongly about checking mixed race. Your child is forming her identity as an adult. Let her chose what feels honest to her.

By the way, two other side feelings we had were : we did not want her somewhere where her ethnicity would not be embraced AND if this is a deal breaker for the school, it would have been pretty obvious at the interview.

But again, I discussed it with her and feel proud of how she handled it. Felt authentic and transparent.[/quote]

Nope.  She's not AA.  African American = descendants of Africans brought to the US as slaves.  [/quote]

I've always thought it meant an American with Black African ancestry.  I am Black from the Caribbean and my kids were born here.  My kids consider themselves AA.  The question usually has Black or AA anyway, so I've never considered that (even if you were born here) you wouldn't be African American if your ancestors weren't brought to the US as slaves.  I thought the question posted above about describing your Black or African American background was interesting because my kids would likely pick US/African American because that's how they identify, but now I think they should pick Caribbean to be accurate.  The questions make sense if the goal is to identify the descendants of people who experienced systematic racism in this country and to provide some kind of preference based on that.  Neither OP's DD nor my kids should receive that benefit if that the goal.  [/quote]

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