<p>So.... If i get a sun tan and rename myself to Kitchwa, will i get AA benefits?!?</p>
<p>ummmmm....okay maybe ur looking at this from the wrong perspective- changing ur physical appearance to be a "minority" is ridiculous. You obviously dont know what it is really like to be a minority in this country- puttin' on some front just for a day just so that u can reap ONE benefit is crazy why would u do that????. There is nothing wrong with acknowleging or celebrating that aspect of ur heritage whether u are 1/4, 3/5, 2/7 what ever- but instead of changing ur physical appearance maybe u should explain how u feel in a college essay that would say alot about ur character instead of going to an interview wit a fake tan..... Love the skin ur in =) lol. *( i had to add that ....hehe)</p>
<p>a name can't be a "dead giveaway." i'm sure a college will understand if say, your father was hispanic and your mother was native american, so you would be half and half but not have a "traditional" native american last name. what about my friend that i met this summer who's name is adam parker but is navajo and lives on a reservation??plus it's not like people of a race all have a "certain" look or some bs. i have plenty of blond haired, blue eyed hispanic friends.</p>
<p>either way most of you are going about this the wrong way. if you identify yourself as a certain race that is what you should put down. if the OP doesn't identify himself as hispanic, he shouldn't put it down. if he did, it would defeat the purpose of AA.</p>
<p>by identify yourself i mean you truly consider yourself Nicaraguan, not that you just see it as part of your BG but nothing significant. (kind of how my friend who's grandfather was from puerto rico, wouldn't mark it down because he doesn't primarily consider himself hispanic. plus he looks asian lol)</p>
<p>most of the replies to this post are so stupid, it infuriates me.</p>
<p>the end.</p>
<p>amen......</p>
<p>y'all... i was joking</p>
<p>heh heh</p>
<p>ur so funny...........................</p>
<p>^i know......</p>