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

waitlistman
Thu, 15 Jul 2010 00:26:49 +0000

Sunnyone,
Well, I think for this board the best we can do is to utilize what is offered and in this case its not viewed as a negative or an unkwown But I understand that “checking the box” on other occasions is confusing and in some cases demeaning. It evokes all different feeling as you want to feel your being treated fairly. In this particular case its one of the few cases where you probably are. I can not say I think the idea of SS or some other less transparent method would be better, it could potentially serve to obfuscate things and make people even less sure how the rules are applied. The ideal is when America reaches a point where we no longer need these programs but I think your life experience and mine bears out that checking the box is a double edged sword and in some cases is a negative, but in this case I think its a positive. Our kids are very qualified and I do not see why anyone would begrudge someone getting into a top school with your son, or my daughter’s qualifications. I do understand the arguments against AA but I would still be in favor of this particular one even if I had an all caucasian child, I grew up in the city and I know that the kids they bussed into my schools did not get the chances that the kids from neighborhood did. They put a few token kids in honor classes just to make things look fair but it was a joke. Anyway, I do not want to talk about the emotional parts of this any more, rather just focus on the great opportunities we have given the successes we have been blessed with.