<p>^Oh please, not this again.</p>
<p>Race is socially constructed, but that doesn’t mean that it has no meaning in our society. There are metric tons of research showing that there are racial differences in the way people in modern society in a variety of cultures (including the U.S.) are perceived, from everything to hiring to police action to pay and yes, college admissions. If Obama or Woods walked down the street 10 years before they were famous, they would be perceived as black by anyone who passed them - and research shows that that could change the way people reacted to them. No one would be like “Hm, I wonder if that guy has a white or Asian mother.”</p>
<p>A white person from Africa who puts that they are “African American” on application forms is simply being disingenuous, since the standard meaning of the term is widely known.</p>