Checking the "Race" Box

[David]

This is real issue for me. My wife is 50% Hispanic so our son is 25%. He's whiter than me though and I'm pretty white. It seems perfectly legitimate for him to check the Hispanic box and a financially bad decision not to.

[Jeff Higgins]

I've yet to see "drunken German Irishman", so I just check "other".

[Tim Hancock]

Originally Posted by Geronimo '74

I don't think we have any forms that require checking a race box.
Over here it would be considered... well... racist...

Here it is reverse racism..... It has been used to provide advantage to folks solely based on their race for years in this country where supposedly all men are equal in the govt's eyes. It has been used for hiring quotas, school enrollment, loans, grants etc.

So long as it continues in this country racism will persist.

[red-beard]

My Mother is English and my Father is mostly ethnically German.

I've always told people that made me French...

My wife was born in Mexico, but is 3/4 Spanish (father actually born in Spain) and 1/4 French. What should be check?

[Vipergrün]

Originally Posted by Red88Carrera

Clearly, if you appear to be caucasion, and have a penis(size doesn't matter here), you are not a minority......YET!

Cool, I think LA is now 51% hispanic! I'm now the minority. I want my entitlement and I want it NOW!