bumblebee2010

Are students of Dutch nationality considered to be URM?

NJDS

not
at
all

MSMDAD

Is the student in question from Curacao, Aruba or Bonaire? Is s/he a person of color?

bumblebee2010

Curacao; does this make a difference?

NJDS

nationality isnt usually considered in terms of URM
its mostly color and ethnicity

silverturtle

No, those from Dutch are not URMs.

kwu

Only Mexican Americans, Puerto Ricans, African Americans, and Native Americans are considered URMs.

silverturtle

^ Not true. Many schools consider Hispanics of ethnicity outside of Mexico and Puerto Rico to be URMs.

MSMDAD

bumblebee2010, As you well know, if you are from Curacao you may be of African, Dutch, Javanese, Amerindian, Arab, Venezuelan (and Venezuelan, like Dutch, is a nationality not an ethnicity as there are Venezuelans of many different ethnic origins), etc. ancestry or a combination of some or all of the above. So, to answer your question, yes, you can be considered to be a URM if you are a Dutch National.

kwu, there is a difference between ethnicity and nationality. As an example, there are many people in Curacao who are of African ancestry and have Dutch nationality. Another example is that in the island nation of Trinidad and Tobago, close to half of the population is of Indian (i.e. Asian) ancestry, yet they are Trinidad and Tobago nationals.