<p>I don’t even see the purpose of the term African-American …
& Black & African-American aren’t the same.</p>
<p>^ as Jcancollegebound said</p>
<p>the point is when you tick African American I think that’s what they expect to see, whether or not what I said is completely accurate.</p>
<p>the point is when you tick African American I think that’s what they expect to see, whether or not what I said is completely accurate.</p>
<p>[Caucasian</a> race - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia](<a href=“http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caucasian_race]Caucasian”>Caucasian race - Wikipedia)</p>
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<p>A friend of my sister’s was a white boy who lived in South Africa until high school, though I believe his father was a U.S. citizen. Technically, it isn’t the same thing because he was from South Africa, but whatever. Anyway, he put African-American on his applications. When a school tried to contest this, he showed them proof that he was really from Africa, and it was allowed. Not sure if this helps at all.</p>
<p>Your situation reminds me of Obama… in a positive way. :)</p>
<p>^^I don’t think that story actually happened</p>
<p>I think the fact that you’re asking this question indicates you do not identify as African American in your day-to-day life. Consequently, I personally think it would be immoral for you to identify as such for the purpose of your college applications.</p>
<p>You could always put other and clarify, right?</p>
<p>Swedefish - yea that’s why on the 11 applications I’ve already submitted I just left it blank. My friends told me I should have so I just wanted to see what other people thought. I’m not trying to fool admissions or try and be someone I’m not.</p>
<p>Clearly you are “multi-cultural”. I agree with Post #6.</p>
<p>Multi-racial! It will be difficult to Identify yourself in few more decades in America</p>
<p>I merged the latest question, which included this statement </p>
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<p>into the FAQ thread to answer the question that was associated with today’s new thread. By the federal definition, linked to from post #2 in this FAQ thread, a person from North Africa is “white.” An “African American” is, by federal definition, a BLACK person from Africa. Here’s the direct link to the federal webpages with the definitions: </p>
<p>[Black</a> or African American persons, percent, 2000](<a href=“http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/meta/long_68176.htm]Black”>http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/meta/long_68176.htm) </p>
<p>My thanks to the CC participant who mentioned that link in another thread somewhat more than a year ago. That helped me a lot when constructing this FAQ thread. </p>
<p>P.S. I agree with the statement from the questioner that I have quoted in this reply.</p>
<p>by the way im african american and i heard that because colleges need diversity, they tend to sometimes weigh race as a factor. is this true?</p>
<p>yes, and do</p>
<p>dont be an ass about this. u know u want to. if you dont some asian kid somewhere would die inside bc ur not using ur “opportunities” (just like a rich kid going dropping out of HS).</p>
<p>barack obama used it. martin luther king used it. the fresh prince used it</p>
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<p>Martin Luther King went to an HBCU. What sense does that make?</p>
<p>You’re a URM. It works to your advantage so why wouldn’t you use it?</p>