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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]OP here - my husband's family has Native American hertigage. [/quote]

Do your children have any experience with their N.A. Heritage?  URM is about two things.  1) bringing a diversity of experiences, 2) counteracting discrimination. If your kids are culturally white then neither of these will apply.[/quote]

Schools can decide how they want to ask for and use information on race. If they ask for what your cultural identity is ( none do to my knowledge) answer honestly.  Most ask for race in one way or another.  Racial classification is tricky business in a country with an increasing multi-racial population.Many multiracial people do not identify with a single racial community, and, as a result, face certain unique issues regarding their racial identity.  Surveys provide different options for response.  The Common App, for example, includes  options with an invitation to check all that apply: African American/lBlack, Native American/Allasskaa Native, Asian American (specify country of family's origin), Asian including Indian Subcontinent (specify country), Hispanic/Lattiino (specify country), Mexican American/Chiicano,, Native Hawaiian/lPacifiic Islander, PuertoRican, White/Caucasian, and other. The Common Applicatiion does not include a multiracial category. [/quote]

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