What to put on the self-identification tab of the common app

Applying to College Common and Coalition Application
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I am a Chinese-Lebanese, with a fairly common Chinese surname. Would it be recommended that I tick the ‘Asian’ and ‘white’ tab, or simply leave it blank?

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I would say go with whichever you feel the most comfortable with or what you feel is the most accurate. I chose to put my race, and my friend is Kazakh and white and I think ended up putting Asian and white as well.