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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The one drop rule does not apply. Your son is white. [/quote]

OP here and in that case genuine question- what would you say defines when someone can/cannot claim a racial affiliation?  Racial percentage (and if so what percent is acceptable ), skin tone? Cultural affinity?

I agree that it seems somehow wrong, given the goals of affirmative action, but I’m struggling with if/how I should tell my son not to claim a legitimate part of his heritage because the benefit is not meant for him, especially knowing that the college game is rigged in so many other ways.
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What has he been selecting all along to register for school, medical forms, and census etc.?  My kids are bi-racial and every form has checked both black and white.  They aren’t white their whole lives on every form and suddenly two races for college applications. [/quote]

OP here- up to this point we have been the ones filling out these forms for him and we have usually left it blank or checked the « decline to state » box. [/quote]

IMO, you should leave it blank or decline to say since that has been your stance to date even if technically you could select more than one race. There is some reason you or DH did not want to say that your son was a mix of black and white or asked your son what he wanted to put on the form.  Whatever that reason should extend to college applications. [/quote]

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