<p>Some caucasan friends recently adopted a non-caucasian child from another country. Suffice it to say that the child will not be raised in the same socio-economic manner as most other children from his country or probably how he would have been had he been a member of that race born to parents of that race and background here in the US. They are a long way from college, but it raised the question, when the child does eventually apply, could he/should he check off the appropriate URM box?</p>
<p>Or does/should the designation mean more than just a person's own racial-ethnic background, does it (should it) also include family, upbringing,etc.</p>
<p>Clearly there are URM children who are raised by their own birth parents in high economic straits and who are given all the opportunities of non URMs. And there are children of mixed racial heritage or with surnames of a URM who may not seem typical. Those may or may not be similar situations. I can see lots of arguments in favor of both ways of looking at it.</p>
<p>I'm just curious what is the current practice in this particular case of an adopted child of another race.</p>