Adopted... Hispanic? :D

[entomom]

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I find this odd. I think if a kid is of one race/ethnicity and is adopted by another, he still is his original ethnicity.</p>

<p>If a White child is adopted by AA parents, I don’t think he should be checking the AA box. That would seem unethical because of the potential admissions advantages.

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<p>The reason you find this odd is because you don’t comprehend that race is a biological term, whereas ethnicity is not, it is a complex social and cultural concept. That is why Hispanic ethnicity can be ‘adopted’, either by a child being adopted into a Hispanic family or by someone immigrating to a Hispanic country. Race is not something that can be adopted because it is biological and determined at birth. </p>

<p>I found this helpful, perhaps it will help you to understand the difference in these terms:</p>

<p>[Concepts</a> of Diversity](<a href=“http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/med/research/csri/ethnicityhealth/aspects_diversity/concepts/]Concepts”>http://www2.warwick.ac.uk/fac/med/research/csri/ethnicityhealth/aspects_diversity/concepts/)</p>

[perazziman]

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If a White child is adopted by AA parents, I don’t think he should be checking the AA box. That would seem unethical because of the potential admissions advantages.

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<p>Just as biological children of Jewish parents could be adopted by Christians and brought up to be Christians, a child of any race can be brought up by Hispanic parents to be ethnically Hispanic. </p>

<p>Race on the other hand is biologically transmitted by the child’s biological parents. Adopting a child does not change it’s race.</p>

[perazziman]

<p>ps: checking a box does not confer automatic advantage. The holistic admissions process is more complex than that.</p>

[itsv]

<p>Thanks everyone. I will refer the student I mentioned to this thread.
Much appreciation. Itsv</p>