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Anonymous wrote:My white kid just graduated from Hopkins. They appeared, from just casual observation, to very much be a minority on campus. I don't have stats, just my kid and my feel. Oh well, kid got an awesome education that landed them a great job. Next.

Did he feel dating options were limited?

Nope - then again they attended a pretty diverse HS so I'm not sure the landscape changed much.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My white kid just graduated from Hopkins. They appeared, from just casual observation, to very much be a minority on campus. I don't have stats, just my kid and my feel. Oh well, kid got an awesome education that landed them a great job. Next.

Did he feel dating options were limited?

Why would dating options be limited? There are plenty of young, single, SMART, ambitious people. Does their differing race or ethnicity limit his options?

For many people it can, whether it is pc to say or not

Revealed preference makes it pretty obvious it’s a big deal

Be brave.

https://www.axios.com/2022/09/07/approval-of-interracial-marriage-america

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My white kid just graduated from Hopkins. They appeared, from just casual observation, to very much be a minority on campus. I don't have stats, just my kid and my feel. Oh well, kid got an awesome education that landed them a great job. Next.

Did he feel dating options were limited?

Why would dating options be limited? There are plenty of young, single, SMART, ambitious people. Does their differing race or ethnicity limit his options?

For many people it can, whether it is pc to say or not

Revealed preference makes it pretty obvious it’s a big deal

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Anonymous wrote:My son is half Hispanic and looks like a white kid with dark hair. You cannot tell who is Hispanic just by their appearance.

You can’t be half Hispanic, either you are or you’re not.

I don't agree with this at all.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:My son is half Hispanic and looks like a white kid with dark hair. You cannot tell who is Hispanic just by their appearance.

You can’t be half Hispanic, either you are or you’re not.

Tell that to the census folks. Also, plenty of scholarships allow 1/4 Hispanic students to apply.

I have two immigrant parents and am 100% Hispanic. I’ve met people at work who are listed as Hispanic and have one Hispanic grandparent who they never met, don’t look Hispanic, don’t know Spanish, don’t have a Hispanic name and weren’t raised as Hispanic. Obviously, there are some people who will benefit from a “check your own ethnicity” system - but it seems preferable to a system where race and ethnicity is stamped on you at birth on your birth certificate.

Hispanics are a huge, varied group in the U.S. I have not seen that checking that box has much influence on admissions.