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<p>Regarding the link,</p>
<p>When I was a kid, I recall having to identify my race on all kinds of forms, including standardized tests, long before I contemplated completing an application for college admission. From my perspective, checking the box, or boxes to indicate one’s race should be as automatic as providing one’s name.</p>
<p>I believe this is generally true for Americans with ancestors who were born in the USA, but not necessarily true for recent American immigrants who did not need to identify their race as a kid. So, it is not as automatic for us. It is also not as automatic for my son who was born in an America where racial discrimination is illegal and Admission Officers at top universities are trying to undo it´s effects.</p>