Anonymous wrote:title says it all.

Hispanic is a cultural/ethnic classification. Fractions don't make sense in this context. They might if we were talking about biology, but we're not. Are you Hispanic? Is that your culture of origin?

For example, if you were raised by your abuela, who was raised by her abuela who was from Peru. And your abuela learned Spanish from her, and spoke it to you so that you grew up bilingual, and shared the traditions of her childhood with you, and raised you with other elements of Peruvian culture. Then you're Hispanic. Not 1/16th Hispanic. You are Hispanic American. Because that's what the term means. An American whose has strong cultural connections to a Spanish speaking country in Latin America.

On the other hand, if you have 2 parents, a mom who was a recent immigrant from El Salvador, but left you and your father when you were too little to remember, and you grew up immersed in his Irish or Jewish or Cajun family and culture? Then you're not Hispanic. You're whatever you were raised.

My kids are 1/32 Native American with a Native American last name (and a few notorious characters if you google the name)...but we are very much suburban white people, so we've never considered declaring it. It is definitely our family ancestry, but we don't consider it our present identity.

Remember that frequently in the college application process your child is asked to sign statements that everything is true and represents an accurate assessment, of how much money your family has, of who wrote their essay, etc. Is it okay to "game the system" in that way also? How about cheating on tests? Plagiarizing? Can't you guys see that you are trying to misrepresent lies (that border on fraud) as some type of clever strategy?

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Anonymous wrote:Do you identify as white otherwise? If so, you are a dick. Don't do it.

No half Asian too but would not put that down.

If you are seriously 1/2 Asian and 1/32 Hispanic and want to mark Hispanic, I find it highly unethical.

+1. If anything, you should mark Asian

Anonymous wrote:I'm AA, but am 33% white. I would like to be treated as a white woman. I would like to able to voice my displeasure with something without people assuming I'm an Angry Black Woman. I would like to be able to go to any salon I choose and not have them turn me away. I would like to not be called ghetto if If my subjects and verbs inadvertently disagree. I could go on, but I think you have your answer.

Amen, sister. I am the first poster who mentioned being black, but in fact, I am 40% white, 50% African and about 10% other assorted things (based on known family history plus DNA testing results). I would LOVE me some white privileges. In fact, after years of slave rape, I could probably make a case that I DESERVE them for the sexual atrocities that my still living grandmother bore because of white men exercising their privileges. But, if I go down that road, I am just an Angry Black Woman.

OP, you are a complete dick. If you can't see how wrongheaded and unfair you are being, I've got nothing. But, that's white privilege. You can probably get away with it and still take advantage of all the other privileges you have simply being born white.

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Anonymous wrote:Do you identify as white otherwise? If so, you are a dick. Don't do it.

White is a race. Hispanic is ethnicity. Those are not mutually exclusive. If you identify as hispanic, even if you're 1/100, absolutely check it off. If you don't, don't. This isn't difficult people.

No, they aren't mutually exclusive. BUT, if you are a white kid with a great grandparent from Cuba and you have lived your entire life as a white person with all privileges that affords, you don't get to take the one teeny tiny privilege afforded to disadvantaged and underrepresented minorities. But, you know what? That is your white privilege speaking right there. White people have been raised in a system that benefits them the most and when they can bend it some more to benefit them, they will.

All the privileges? Most Hispanics are lucky they are here getting any privilege. Illegal aliens having the balls to fight for rights.

You are lucky you get to be here after Spain put up the money for whites to make it to the Americas. You lucky you don't speaks Spanish yourself now- so scary!
A lot of US was Mexico and people from that part should be speaking Spanish. Nobody is talking about illegals here. A lot of people identify themselves as Hispanics in US and they are not illegal. You just don't like the way the illegals look. They are not white enough for you. They are actually descendants of people living in the Americas way before your ass showed up and decided to draw lines here.
Ever wondered how the lines are so straight? Lines between the nations should be the rivers, the valleys, the mountains and the oceans. White man is stupid.
I'm white and have enjoyed my white privilege. I have to be blind and death not to feel it and see it.

Anonymous wrote:I'm AA, but am 33% white. I would like to be treated as a white woman. I would like to able to voice my displeasure with something without people assuming I'm an Angry Black Woman. I would like to be able to go to any salon I choose and not have them turn me away. I would like to not be called ghetto if If my subjects and verbs inadvertently disagree. I could go on, but I think you have your answer.

I'm AA, but am 33% white. I would like to be treated as a white woman. I would like to able to voice my displeasure with something without people assuming I'm an Angry Black Woman. I would like to be able to go to any salon I choose and not have them turn me away. I would like to not be called ghetto if If my subjects and verbs inadvertently disagree. I could go on, but I think you have your answer.

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Anonymous wrote:Do you identify as white otherwise? If so, you are a dick. Don't do it.

White is a race. Hispanic is ethnicity. Those are not mutually exclusive. If you identify as hispanic, even if you're 1/100, absolutely check it off. If you don't, don't. This isn't difficult people.

No, they aren't mutually exclusive. BUT, if you are a white kid with a great grandparent from Cuba and you have lived your entire life as a white person with all privileges that affords, you don't get to take the one teeny tiny privilege afforded to disadvantaged and underrepresented minorities. But, you know what? That is your white privilege speaking right there. White people have been raised in a system that benefits them the most and when they can bend it some more to benefit them, they will.

All the privileges? Most Hispanics are lucky they are here getting any privilege. Illegal aliens having the balls to fight for rights.

Anonymous wrote:Sure, why not. The system is rotten and corrupt. Game it.

Exactly. My nephew is 1/16th and I know it was his ticket to his choice of colleges. They love their diversity numbers!

Also, 1/32 hispanic means the kid's great, great, great grandparent is Hispanic. You know you are stretching. You know you ain't right. White people suck. You have all the cake. You've eaten all that cake. Now you want to steal the dry bread the minorities get.

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Anonymous wrote:Do you identify as white otherwise? If so, you are a dick. Don't do it.

White is a race. Hispanic is ethnicity. Those are not mutually exclusive. If you identify as hispanic, even if you're 1/100, absolutely check it off. If you don't, don't. This isn't difficult people.

No, they aren't mutually exclusive. BUT, if you are a white kid with a great grandparent from Cuba and you have lived your entire life as a white person with all privileges that affords, you don't get to take the one teeny tiny privilege afforded to disadvantaged and underrepresented minorities. But, you know what? That is your white privilege speaking right there. White people have been raised in a system that benefits them the most and when they can bend it some more to benefit them, they will.

Remember, the goal is to wind up in an environment that accepts you with full knowledge of who you are/what they are getting. If you trick your way into somewhere, so you get into a school that is too difficult academically or aspiring to rich diversity and you don't really match their vision....is that really the right place for you? I have a feeling that all of the people STOOPING to these measures, care too much about impressing other people. Describe who you are with pride and you will be accepted somewhere that has a place for the person you really are. Not some imposter version of yourself. That is a bad path to start down as you enter adulthood....

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Anonymous wrote:Do you identify as white otherwise? If so, you are a dick. Don't do it.

No half Asian too but would not put that down.

If you are seriously 1/2 Asian and 1/32 Hispanic and want to mark Hispanic, I find it highly unethical.

I was not questioning the OP, who was conflicted about what to do. I was marveling at the child whose ETHNICITY was not Hispanic, being coached by his parents to produce records which suggested it was. I could think of a lot of benefits that would accrue to my family if I was OK with such tactics...but we aspire to different standards.