Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If your kid isn’t Hispanic enough to have realized it before now, he’s not Hispanic.

And if your school registration paperwork says he’s white, and you try to change it now- huge red flag.

OP here. I don't believe I ever filled out any paperwork that asked if he was Hispanic. Of course I would have checked if he was white, because he is. The thing is, you can be Hispanic AND white. So there's that. And even if we didn't check that box in the past, there is no reason why we cannot now. It is true he is Hispanic by definition. So I don't see how there is a red flag. I can easily prove it by presenting my brith certificate, which shows my mother's birth place. I also have my mother's passport from her country of origin which shows the date that she came to the US. Not worried about red flags here.

The thing is, the more I think about it, the more I want to check that box. That's because there are so many other people like me doing the same thing, and legitimately. The system is obviously broken, and as a PP said, until they fix it, I will be checking the Hispanic box.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Well, you know in your heart this is not why affirmative action was created. Imagine how you'd feel if your child was admitted and her name was forwarded to the campus Latino organization to ask if she wanted to join. This happened to my friend in college and she was mortified. She knew she'd just checked the box to get in to the school and sheepishly ignored the email invitations from the Latino student group.

Why would she be mortified? You can simply ignore. I'm actually Asian, and born in Asia. I wasn't too interested in any of the Asian groups when I was in college. (I had enough hobbies to pursue, and I didn't feel the need to join a group).

I simply ignored the emails and invites. No big deal.

OP - I say go ahead.

Anonymous wrote:Well, you know in your heart this is not why affirmative action was created. Imagine how you'd feel if your child was admitted and her name was forwarded to the campus Latino organization to ask if she wanted to join. This happened to my friend in college and she was mortified. She knew she'd just checked the box to get in to the school and sheepishly ignored the email invitations from the Latino student group.

Anonymous wrote:Well, you know in your heart this is not why affirmative action was created. Imagine how you'd feel if your child was admitted and her name was forwarded to the campus Latino organization to ask if she wanted to join. This happened to my friend in college and she was mortified. She knew she'd just checked the box to get in to the school and sheepishly ignored the email invitations from the Latino student group.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:If your kid isn’t Hispanic enough to have realized it before now, he’s not Hispanic.

And if your school registration paperwork says he’s white, and you try to change it now- huge red flag.

OP here. I don't believe I ever filled out any paperwork that asked if he was Hispanic. Of course I would have checked if he was white, because he is. The thing is, you can be Hispanic AND white. So there's that. And even if we didn't check that box in the past, there is no reason why we cannot now. It is true he is Hispanic by definition. So I don't see how there is a red flag. I can easily prove it by presenting my brith certificate, which shows my mother's birth place. I also have my mother's passport from her country of origin which shows the date that she came to the US. Not worried about red flags here.

The thing is, the more I think about it, the more I want to check that box. That's because there are so many other people like me doing the same thing, and legitimately. The system is obviously broken, and as a PP said, until they fix it, I will be checking the Hispanic box.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think admissions preferences based on someone’s heritage are pretty racist: Larlo Lopez clearly can’t compete with Biff Biffington III because his skin is darker and his father spoke Spanish (in addition to English), therefore he must be less intelligent or motivated, so let’s get him a third of the way to the finish line so he can compete with Biff.

Nevermind about Braedon Ryan who was raised by a single mother with a revolving door of boyfriends who worked two jobs, and still couldn’t afford to pay for Braedon to play little league or be in the Boy Scouts, or have the internet at home. Braedon changed schools every other year—sometimes mid year because his mom had to find cheaper housing or another job—things Braedon is ashamed to admit to an admissions committee. But because Braedon and Biff both have blue eyes, they are judged through the same lens.

But until the elite realize how awful this practice is and abandon it, I would take advantage of it. You know Biff’s parents are buying every possible shortcut to Yale admission. Larlo’s parents should do the same.

Very well said.

Anonymous wrote:I think admissions preferences based on someone’s heritage are pretty racist: Larlo Lopez clearly can’t compete with Biff Biffington III because his skin is darker and his father spoke Spanish (in addition to English), therefore he must be less intelligent or motivated, so let’s get him a third of the way to the finish line so he can compete with Biff.

Nevermind about Braedon Ryan who was raised by a single mother with a revolving door of boyfriends who worked two jobs, and still couldn’t afford to pay for Braedon to play little league or be in the Boy Scouts, or have the internet at home. Braedon changed schools every other year—sometimes mid year because his mom had to find cheaper housing or another job—things Braedon is ashamed to admit to an admissions committee. But because Braedon and Biff both have blue eyes, they are judged through the same lens.

But until the elite realize how awful this practice is and abandon it, I would take advantage of it. You know Biff’s parents are buying every possible shortcut to Yale admission. Larlo’s parents should do the same.

Anonymous wrote:But honestly, how do colleges enforce this? I know people who feel they can identify as Hispanic (for purposes of college admissions at least) with the most tenuous of connections.

Anonymous wrote:I think admissions preferences based on someone’s heritage are pretty racist: Larlo Lopez clearly can’t compete with Biff Biffington III because his skin is darker and his father spoke Spanish (in addition to English), therefore he must be less intelligent or motivated, so let’s get him a third of the way to the finish line so he can compete with Biff.

Nevermind about Braedon Ryan who was raised by a single mother with a revolving door of boyfriends who worked two jobs, and still couldn’t afford to pay for Braedon to play little league or be in the Boy Scouts, or have the internet at home. Braedon changed schools every other year—sometimes mid year because his mom had to find cheaper housing or another job—things Braedon is ashamed to admit to an admissions committee. But because Braedon and Biff both have blue eyes, they are judged through the same lens.

But until the elite realize how awful this practice is and abandon it, I would take advantage of it. You know Biff’s parents are buying every possible shortcut to Yale admission. Larlo’s parents should do the same.

Anonymous wrote:Yes, please deny your white privelige and proceed even further to the front of the line.