Obama was born to a European American mother and raised by European American grandparents. No black adults in his life. But you can bet he checked the "African American" boxes on those college and law school applications!

I am Italian, DH is from Brazil (European origin) we all look white (kids are blonde) kind da havev3 nationalities and I put Caucasian. I highly doubt this matters at all

If your child self-identifies as a URM, by all means list it.

Anonymous wrote:What do we put on the application? Child wants to include all three and identifies as all three. Parent that is 1/2 Latino and 1/2 Middle Eastern feels that is disingenuous. Thoughts?

This is an interesting question. Do you consider your child white? Also, it sounds like as a parent you identified with your 1/2 Latino and 1/2 Middle Eastern background. How much was passed along to your child? I ask this because private school applications aside, my children are bi-racial (African American and white) and by looking at them it is obvious they have mixed heritage. For this generation they identify as bi-racial but if they end up marrying someone white, it would feel weird to me for my grandchildren to be white.

I would say that they need to be what they identify consistently in all situations. Would they (when dating online some day) still identify the same even if that means there are people that say they would never date someone of x ethnicity? Would they still use a Middle eastern or Latino name on a job application knowing that could cause someone to screen their name out of the pile? If they really feel a connection to those parts of their heritage and are consistent in proclaiming it (not just when convenient), I would say that as a parent you can help bridge the authentic connection with grandparents heritage.

Anonymous wrote:Why can't you just check the "other" box and move on?

Drama queens

Anonymous wrote:Buckdancing in an online forum? Just when you think you’ve seen it all. Smh

In an annonymous forum

Buckdancing in an online forum? Just when you think you’ve seen it all. Smh

Why can't you just check the "other" box and move on?

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:As a true POC, this is so darn frustrating. Y'all white people want to have all the things. Your kid is white. If he's not being hassled by cops for his hoodie or looking suspect at TSA, your kid is white.

You are ghetto, not POC.

We are POC, and polite and well-dressed too, and TSA bothers us, yes, the same as they bother everyone else. Same with cops.

Drop the BS attitude, it doesn't work outside SE DC.

You're a jerk and I'm not ghetto. I am likely more polite than you are. I am educated and well dressed. If you want to deny that cops bother POC more than whites and that TSA is a more stressful situation for those of Middle Eastern descent, you are likely ignorant and uneducated. Or an Uncle Tom. Your pick.

Don't even engage. That PP will never change their attitude that they're better than black people.

+1

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:As a true POC, this is so darn frustrating. Y'all white people want to have all the things. Your kid is white. If he's not being hassled by cops for his hoodie or looking suspect at TSA, your kid is white.

You are ghetto, not POC.

We are POC, and polite and well-dressed too, and TSA bothers us, yes, the same as they bother everyone else. Same with cops.

Drop the BS attitude, it doesn't work outside SE DC.

You're a jerk and I'm not ghetto. I am likely more polite than you are. I am educated and well dressed. If you want to deny that cops bother POC more than whites and that TSA is a more stressful situation for those of Middle Eastern descent, you are likely ignorant and uneducated. Or an Uncle Tom. Your pick.

Don't even engage. That PP will never change their attitude that they're better than black people.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:As a true POC, this is so darn frustrating. Y'all white people want to have all the things. Your kid is white. If he's not being hassled by cops for his hoodie or looking suspect at TSA, your kid is white.

You are ghetto, not POC.

We are POC, and polite and well-dressed too, and TSA bothers us, yes, the same as they bother everyone else. Same with cops.

Drop the BS attitude, it doesn't work outside SE DC.

You're a jerk and I'm not ghetto. I am likely more polite than you are. I am educated and well dressed. If you want to deny that cops bother POC more than whites and that TSA is a more stressful situation for those of Middle Eastern descent, you are likely ignorant and uneducated. Or an Uncle Tom. Your pick.

Uncle Tom, thank you very much.

Who has TSA Pre and Global Entry, like anyone of any race and ethnicity has the right to get under the same exact requirements.

But if you are addicted to drama, it's drama you'll encounter.

Enjoy!

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Anonymous wrote:As a true POC, this is so darn frustrating. Y'all white people want to have all the things. Your kid is white. If he's not being hassled by cops for his hoodie or looking suspect at TSA, your kid is white.

You are ghetto, not POC.

We are POC, and polite and well-dressed too, and TSA bothers us, yes, the same as they bother everyone else. Same with cops.

Drop the BS attitude, it doesn't work outside SE DC.

You're a jerk and I'm not ghetto. I am likely more polite than you are. I am educated and well dressed. If you want to deny that cops bother POC more than whites and that TSA is a more stressful situation for those of Middle Eastern descent, you are likely ignorant and uneducated. Or an Uncle Tom. Your pick.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:As a true POC, this is so darn frustrating. Y'all white people want to have all the things. Your kid is white. If he's not being hassled by cops for his hoodie or looking suspect at TSA, your kid is white.

You are ghetto, not POC.

We are POC, and polite and well-dressed too, and TSA bothers us, yes, the same as they bother everyone else. Same with cops.

Drop the BS attitude, it doesn't work outside SE DC.

SE? You aren’t POC. You’re more POS. That looks like a troll post to me that your responding to and there are many people in SE with much more class than you since we know what demographic you are trying to belittle here.

Anonymous wrote:As a true POC, this is so darn frustrating. Y'all white people want to have all the things. Your kid is white. If he's not being hassled by cops for his hoodie or looking suspect at TSA, your kid is white.

You are ghetto, not POC.

We are POC, and polite and well-dressed too, and TSA bothers us, yes, the same as they bother everyone else. Same with cops.

Drop the BS attitude, it doesn't work outside SE DC.

Anonymous wrote:As a true POC, this is so darn frustrating. Y'all white people want to have all the things. Your kid is white. If he's not being hassled by cops for his hoodie or looking suspect at TSA, your kid is white.

Don’t tell them nothing. The independent schools don’t take kindly to the whites who try to run that game on admissions.