75% Caucasion, 25% Hispanic -- What race am I?

waitlistman
Wed, 14 Jul 2010 00:47:50 +0000

Sunnyone,
I just typed a reply but it got zapped cuz I was not logged in. Sorry I was away from my Mac and you did not get a reply from me on your post all day! Yikes! I did not realize by posting after you you would think I was referring to your post. In fact it was your post that brought out my own feelings of dismay about how some people treat others on this topic.
With little understanding of the process, and the posts on the thread were mean spirited in general and in addition were discouraging people from using a program that was set up for a reason. If they do not agree with it they are free to disagree but they have no business making people feel guilty for checking the hispanic, black or any other minority form just because they do not like the definition set up by the college boards.
Being married into a latino family as a caucasian I have experienced the prejudice from the other side, seeing my own family surprise me, and then seeing how my wife, who is a professional, was treated with less respect in spite of having a full degree from a superior school to many of her colleagues. So people should know that this small attempt to level the playing field for minorities addresses only a tiny part of the problem. The real solution comes from having people like my D and your S get into schools and prove themselves every bit as smart as the other students there so that the next generation suffers less than the current one. I think your post was sincerely felt and that is why nobody replied to it. And I think the thread is now where it belongs so maybe people will stick to focusing on their own problems rather than making more for us.
W