Minority status puzzle

Inquiring_mind
Thu, 22 Mar 2007 10:22:11 +0000

Are we the only ones who are puzzled about the minority status of an active poster on this board? It looks like we were not the only ones who thought she was black/white multi-racial. Is the story that she/you is/are actually white, with one parent who grew up in another country? Here is what I found in her posts:

Before March 10
TENNIS: ?total- 2079 64%…i have very good ec’s?im a minority (if that matters)? ranked number one in my school?
OTHERS: what kind of minority?
TENNIS:?Im an “other” on all forms my moms indian and my dads white?
OTHERS: discussion of Asian Indian (and whether that?s URM or not) or Native American
TENNIS: ?um well my mom is west indian- she is from a island in the caribbean?
TENNIS: ?well i think my interview went good. we talked on the phone for about 50 minutes?

After March 10
TENNIS: ?accepted- (top school) im going there the only school applied to surprised i got in i only had a 69 ssat score?
OTHERS: ?Tennis, please mention you’re a URM (black)?
TENNIS: ?umm ? im not black so why would you post that? imy dad is white and my moms from the caribbean she is not african American?
OTHERS: ?I can see Suze’s confusion. I also thought you were a URM candidate based on your mother being from the Caribbean. While there are of course many whites in the Caribbean, I have found most describe themselves as British, French, Dutch etc.?
TENNIS: ?yeah i dont care. lol but my moms familywere not black immigrants from africa lol im just happy i got into SPS!?