<p>Oh, yeesh, the OP understands very well that he is “white” by the federal rules. Please don’t confuse onlookers by guessing wrong what the federal rules on “race” categories are if you haven’t looked them up. See </p>
<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-admissions/772621-race-college-admissions-faq-discussion-5-a.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-admissions/772621-race-college-admissions-faq-discussion-5-a.html</a> </p>
<p>for links to the official definitions. A white person from the country of South Africa is white, just as a white person from the country of New Zealand is white, and just as a white person from the country of Singapore is white. The definitions may be arbitrary, and my personal view is that we are all part of common humanity, but there shouldn’t be any confusion about the OP’s situation.</p>