Anonymous
Post 03/05/2018 20:30     Subject: s/o If my child is half-Asian with an anglicized last name, should we only check the white box for r
Anonymous wrote:The kid is half white and half Asian. Some of those forms force you to choose so having to choose doesn't imply shame. It would be a lie too under your definition to check the Asian box. Would that imply shame about the white side???? The whole thing is ridiculous that people are judged by the top layer of skin. The above comment implies on it's own an assumption of hiding shame as an Asian. Our kid had such a mixed background he threw his hands up and checked the Undeclared box. That likely was worse then any of the other choices



What form? Neither the Census (since 2000) nor the Common App or the Coalition App require a single race response. There is no forced single-choice answer. They specifically invite multiple responses. Choosing to only check white is what someone who is ashamed of their non-white heritage would do. That's what is sad.

The question about race on the Common Application is straightforward:

Regardless of your answer to the prior question [about Hispanic/Latino], please indicate how you identify yourself (Check one or more and describe your background).
American Indian or Alaska Native (including all Original Peoples of the Americas) Are you Enrolled? p Yes p No If yes, please enter Tribal Enrollment Number________________
Asian (including Indian subcontinent and Philippines)
Black or African American (including Africa and Caribbean)
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander (Original Peoples)
White (including Middle Eastern)
Anonymous
Post 03/05/2018 18:43     Subject: Re:s/o If my child is half-Asian with an anglicized last name, should we only check the white box for r
Anonymous wrote:What a sad thread. Check your privilege.
+1. And an idiotic one too.
Anonymous
Post 03/05/2018 17:47     Subject: s/o If my child is half-Asian with an anglicized last name, should we only check the white box for r
Anonymous wrote:I can't think of anything sadder than a parent of a bi-racial child encouraging the child to identify as white. Its pretty powerful proof of the enduring power of race in this country.

How desperate must you be to want to your child to pass for white by negating your existence? Do you skip the white family's holidays? Are you going to pretend you're the nanny at your child's wedding? How much self-shame are you dumping on your child?

It's just absolutely pitiful, but you can't blame the non-white parent any more than you can blame African-Americans who chose to cross the color line by passing for white.


How dumb are you? This is not a racial identity thread. This is a "how to beat the stupid system so my kids don't get taken advantage" of thread. If OP can get away with it, they should identify as any race they want to as long as there is no negative fallout. As far as the kids knowing about it, I would absolutely educate them on how things are stacked against them and therefore we as a family have to make our own rules (a.k.a. bend the rules a little bit).
Anonymous
Post 03/05/2018 17:06     Subject: s/o If my child is half-Asian with an anglicized last name, should we only check the white box for r
Anonymous wrote:I can't think of anything sadder than a parent of a bi-racial child encouraging the child to identify as white. Its pretty powerful proof of the enduring power of race in this country.

How desperate must you be to want to your child to pass for white by negating your existence? Do you skip the white family's holidays? Are you going to pretend you're the nanny at your child's wedding? How much self-shame are you dumping on your child?

It's just absolutely pitiful, but you can't blame the non-white parent any more than you can blame African-Americans who chose to cross the color line by passing for white.


The kid is half white and half Asian. Some of those forms force you to choose so having to choose doesn't imply shame. It would be a lie too under your definition to check the Asian box. Would that imply shame about the white side???? The whole thing is ridiculous that people are judged by the top layer of skin. The above comment implies on it's own an assumption of hiding shame as an Asian. Our kid had such a mixed background he threw his hands up and checked the Undeclared box. That likely was worse then any of the other choices
Anonymous
Post 03/05/2018 16:31     Subject: Re:s/o If my child is half-Asian with an anglicized last name, should we only check the white box for r
What a sad thread. Check your privilege.
Anonymous
Post 03/05/2018 15:56     Subject: s/o If my child is half-Asian with an anglicized last name, should we only check the white box for r
I can't think of anything sadder than a parent of a bi-racial child encouraging the child to identify as white. Its pretty powerful proof of the enduring power of race in this country.

How desperate must you be to want to your child to pass for white by negating your existence? Do you skip the white family's holidays? Are you going to pretend you're the nanny at your child's wedding? How much self-shame are you dumping on your child?

It's just absolutely pitiful, but you can't blame the non-white parent any more than you can blame African-Americans who chose to cross the color line by passing for white.
Anonymous
Post 03/05/2018 13:29     Subject: s/o If my child is half-Asian with an anglicized last name, should we only check the white box for r
You can't change DNA- she's 1/2 Asian. It's OK to check the Asian box.
Anonymous
Post 03/05/2018 13:26     Subject: s/o If my child is half-Asian with an anglicized last name, should we only check the white box for r
Anonymous wrote:Rachel Dolezal has opened the door for all of us...lol. If I were Asian I sure as heck would not identify as such on my application.

Threads like this confirm to me that racial affirmative action is one of the most absurd things to have ever happened in college admissions. Affirmative action should be based on socioeconomics and first-gen status, not race.


+1

All those rich black kids whose parents are both MD getting picked over the more qualified white trailer trash blows my mind.
Anonymous
Post 03/04/2018 22:31     Subject: s/o If my child is half-Asian with an anglicized last name, should we only check the white box for r
Anonymous wrote:Claim you are a "trans-racial". You look Asian but feel black inside. Sue the f**kers if they don't respect that.


+1.

Show what progress means to those fake progressives.
Anonymous
Post 03/04/2018 15:50     Subject: s/o If my child is half-Asian with an anglicized last name, should we only check the white box for r
Claim you are a "trans-racial". You look Asian but feel black inside. Sue the f**kers if they don't respect that.
Anonymous
Post 03/03/2018 14:56     Subject: s/o If my child is half-Asian with an anglicized last name, should we only check the white box for r
Anonymous wrote:
Anonymous wrote:I really don't understand all these people who seem to not know what race or ethnicity box to check when their children are applying to college. What have you been selecting for the previous 17-18 years? That's what you should select. Anything else is lying/cheating/gaming the system.

What we have chose for him and what he will choose for college or even high school may be different boxes. We may choose white for him, but he might choose Latino later in life. I don't know what he is going to do. DC speaks Spanish, his father was born in South America and grew up there. The last name however is is from China, think "Lee", because great grandfather moved to SA from China. I'm from Northern Europe and DC also speaks my mother tongue. Strangely, my child's last name is very common in my country. I did no change my last name.
I have no idea what to mark. We will probably put "other" and let the kid decide when he is old enough.


White, Latino and Asian.
Anonymous
Post 03/03/2018 14:42     Subject: Re:s/o If my child is half-Asian with an anglicized last name, should we only check the white box for r
I think there is a mixed race option. That is what our ds will do because it is the truth and because he might be interviewing etc.
Anonymous
Post 03/03/2018 14:37     Subject: s/o If my child is half-Asian with an anglicized last name, should we only check the white box for r
What is funny is that a transgender person can self-identify as the opposite sex but you can't self-identify as a diff race if you want to!
Anonymous
Post 03/03/2018 14:36     Subject: s/o If my child is half-Asian with an anglicized last name, should we only check the white box for r
Anonymous wrote:How do I determine if I have black blood in me? Any way to get DNA testing done?


23 & me.
Anonymous
Post 03/03/2018 14:15     Subject: s/o If my child is half-Asian with an anglicized last name, should we only check the white box for r
How do I determine if I have black blood in me? Any way to get DNA testing done?