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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I just don’t understand what you want my kids to do, do you want them to lie about their race/Heritage because they aren’t brown enough for you? We speak Spanish at home is that enough?[/quote]

Legit question ... I have a two-part response:

First: For your own family and kids, I'd say fill out the forms accurately and let the chips fall as they do.  Some forms have categories for "non-caucusian hispanic descent" and I guess that involves a judgment call about caucasian or not (your question about "brown enough") ... But the system is the system. I see no reason to deviate based on this discussion.

Second: On the larger policy question, I'm curious: If you were designing the system, would you provide an affirmative action advantage to families like yours, and if so, why (or why not)?  From my POV, I could see a broad range of edifying responses to this, and lots of interesting questions in response (e.g. If yes for you, what about the Irish, etc)

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