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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm confused, my kids are mixed race.  Which side of the equation do you want us on?

Do you want us to be white or Asian?[/quote]

Ask FCPS. They're the ones who collect this data. Might have a box for "other."[/quote]
I've asked. They won't answer. Some forms have other, some multi, why does anyone care.  How about "who cares" [/quote]

I wonder this too.  Because my child is Asian (Chinese-American) but we adopted her (we are Caucasian).  Her last name does not indicated she is Asian.  She is not growing up "Asian" b/c as I mentioned we are Caucasian.  We are your typical run-of-the-mill "striving hard and want our child to do well" Cauc. parents but we wouldn't "measure up to" "Asian Tiger Parents".  If my child is judged against Asians who were raised in this fashion, she is going to fall short, probably?  We do try to keep up with her Chinese culture and she takes Mandarin lessons, we talk a lot about China, we are going back to adopt #2 next year so that'll be a cultural immersion experience for her, etc etc etc, but we are not American-Asisan Kumon-attending, violin lesson-enforcing, "Asian" parents. . . . So I wonder, in the future, like for college applications, if she should not check "Asian"????  or what???[/quote]

We have a similar situation with a mixed race kid (Black/Asian).  We put Black on all the school stuff since they seem to cap Asians in education.  Usually put Asian on other government stuff.  We just pick what works for the situation at hand.  The Government is the only organization that cares about race any more.  I just play their game.

You can pick whatever race you identify with according to all the administrators I've asked.  In your case I'd just check white if that's the way you identify.[/quote]

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