<p>sbjdorlo:</p>
<p>First congrats to your son on deciding MIT. I had my bets it was going to be Princeton. I am going to PM you later this week. Two very nice students from my DD’s high school are also going to MIT. Since we are from the same area it I think it would nice for them all to meet. Both boys are on my DD’s robotics team and both are smart like your son. They have great parents and I think you would all get along. Having some support from home at MIT could go a long way to helping your son. Plus both students really like math like your son. </p>
<p>As far as your question a couple of ways I would direct your son is to seek out the minority affairs office at MIT or Hispanic student groups. Second there are local organizations (I will PM them to you) that are solely directed at Latinos and getting into college. I bet they have dealt with this before and I could give you great advice. I know a teacher who counsels Latinos in our town and her spouse is an elected official. If it the college you are speaking about I would contact that college about this this incident. One time is random but twice is not. Also remember our UC had those significant race issues I think last year so they would be sensitive to this issue. I would definitely mention that he was accepted to schools such as Caltech etc. Finally if you want I do have contacts in the media if you want to make this incident more well known. </p>
<p>Although this will give you no comfort your son is in good company. My father is very dark and Mexican-American. He holds a Ph.D and is a college professor (over 30 years teaching) He has a tendency to dress casual when not teaching an actual class (shorts and t-shirts) He has been stopped by police at his own university and community because he looked “suspicious”. Of course he loved embarrassing the police showing them his faculty card. We were outraged but figured it was the short shortsightedness of the police and not his problem. </p>
<p>I have to run to help a student with their essay but I will pm you with more.</p>
<p>Of course I am sorry this happened to your son. Here he has the awesome results of his college applications (which probably makes him one of the top students in our community) and something like that has to happen to him.</p>