<p>Hey,
I'm 1/32 Cherokee Indian, can I check "Native American" in addition to checking Caucasian? Ethical? I'm trying to provide a fair representation of who I am....</p>
<p>Not ethical... unless you are a member of the tribe/have a strong connection to who you are and you have identified yourself as a Cherokee Indian prior to the college admissions process.</p>
<p>If you were even a fourth, I could see this as okay if you had some connections to the tribe, but 1/32 is absurd.</p>
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I'm trying to provide a fair representation of who I am....
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Believe me, that would send a very clear message about what kind of person you are.</p>
<p>Im 1/8th but my great-grandfather chose to not join the tribe because he didn't accept handouts. lol poor me</p>
<p>Uhhh...no. You're caucasian.</p>
<p>I think the standard is one-eigth and you must be registered with the tribe.</p>
<p>Oh...I'm not trying to be unethical...I grew up with a great grandom and grandmom who spent most of their time with that side of the family and for some reason or another deccided to involve me a little with that part of my heritage (as well as teaching me to make pasta etc... [I'm also part Italian] ) Anyhow, thanks for the input.</p>
<p>Yeah, I think the standard is 1/8th. I'm 1/16th Cherokee (so close, haha).</p>
<p>the 'limit' is 1/8th. Any further off and it's not considered</p>
<p>do it</p>
<p>my friend was 1/32 and he put it, it's not like they are going to kick you out because of it.</p>
<p>Angljc is unclear on the concept of ethics.</p>
<p>There is a difference between doing everything you can to up your odds.... and doing the same unethically.</p>
<p>It’s not a big deal. If part of his identity is Indian, go ahead and put it.</p>
<p>. . . If it's not a big deal, then he can afford to not put it. 1/2, even 1/4 is one thing. 1/8 is really pushing it. 1/16 is a big stretch, but 1/32 is outrageous. That's five generations down.</p>