In registering for the LSAT, I indicated that I was two races: Caucasian/European and Hispanic/Central American.
My father was born and raised in the Canal Zone in Panama, to two American parents, one of European heritage and one with roots in Panama. He, his parents and siblings all speak both English and Spanish, and all look pretty fair skinned. I am fair skinned, don’t speak Spanish, have been raised in an upper-middle class American household. Although on medical forms and similar materials I sometimes identify myself as both white and Hispanic, I feel like it would be hard to define my experience and identity as anything other than white, and that doing so to get an advantage in the admissions process would be both unethical and contrary to the spirit of affirmative action policies.
Thus, I have never claimed URM status, and I don’t intend to do that in my law school application. However, for my LSAT registration I did select both White/European and Hispanic/Central American for my ethnicity. I am now worried that I have muddied the water a bit. I know that the LSAT shares all your registration info with your scores, and I don’t want to seem inconsistent or, worse, dishonest.
What do you guys think?