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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]No joke.... my DH's friend's DD is going to Duke (in a medical graduate program) on a full scholarship b/c her grandmother is from Paraguay.  She (student) has a German last name and has lived in the US or Canada her whole life.  The only reason she got the scholarship is b/c she claimed "hispanic."

DH's nephews both attended a large, well-known state university for FREE b/c their father is of mexican heritage (although he lived in the US his whole life).  Their mother (my SIL) is blonde and blue eyed northern european/midwestern decent.  The only reason they "speak Spanish" is b/c they took Spanish in college and did the semester in Spain.  F-R-E-E four years tuition.  Their father (the one of mexican descent) has a PhD in physical therapy and drives a Lexus.  They have never wanted for anything.

So, I guess you can claim it.  If the universities are too stupid to check it out or define it better, then you might as well take it.[/quote]

The abuse of the "Hispanic" label can be pretty egregious, although I don't know how often it happens.  I was in school with a girl on a full scholarship for Hispanics, although she was from Spain. She actually thought she was Hispanic.  I worked with another woman who was hired for the job because she was Hispanic, but she was Italian.  Again, she actually thought she was Hispanic.  They need to start writing "central and south america" or something similar on applications in order to weed out the people too dumb to know that they are not Hispanic.[/quote]

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