Question about race!!! Answer and i'll answer your question or chance you!!!!

Applying to College
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<p>I have a somewhat complicated race question for filling out my common app. </p>

<p>I am pretty much Indian. One complication arises from the fact that my father was born in Ghana and spent the first 17 years of his life in Africa before moving to India and then the US. He is technically African in this way.</p>

<p>The common app lets you choose multiple choices for "race/background you consider yourself." I do have family in Africa so I do see myself as partially from there, even though I'm Indian.</p>

<p>What should I do??? I don't want to just check Asian if I can check African as well</p>

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<p>I think that you are a mixed race of African and Indian… (answer my question plz!!!)</p>

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<p>Is your father Indian race wise? He might be African by nationality but he wouldn’t be so by race.</p>

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<p>He is Indian race but has a very significant African background. That’s why I’m confused. The question is “what race or background do you consider yourself as” or something along those lines </p>

<p>What should I do?</p>

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<p>Sounds like you don’t self-identify as AA, so you’re not.</p>

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<p>But I have an african background so could it work?</p>

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<p>If you are remotely intelligent, you will know that you are not African. Neither will being African help you.</p>

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<p>Unless your father has some sort of Ghanan citizenship, you really shouldn’t choose African.</p>

<p>But there is nothing really stopping you from choosing African on your application. Only your guilt is stopping you.</p>

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<p><a href=“http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-admissions/1228264-race-college-admission-faq-discussion-9-a.html[/url]”>http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/college-admissions/1228264-race-college-admission-faq-discussion-9-a.html&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;

<p>Try post #8</p>

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<p>Thanks for the input! I’ll probably decline to specify lol</p>

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<p>Yankeesnation- I have some friends here in London who have similar backgrounds (I.e, their family emigrated from India to East Africa and lived there for several generations until Idi Amin kicked the Asians out of Uganda). Their culture is definitely different from Asians, British Asians and Asian-Americans, you should definitely write about this legacy in your applications. Have you seen the movie “Mississippi Masala”?</p>

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<p>The uestion is about race, not nationality. If your father is Indian, you should not check African.</p>

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<p>We are ALL out of Africa, if you go back far enough, and “race” is a non-valid term scientifically speaking. I suggest you stop using outdated terminology. For more in-depth reading on this topic:</p>

<p>[Anthropology</a> and Race - December 2011 | Anthropology Report](<a href=“http://anthropologyreport.com/anthropology-and-race/]Anthropology”>http://anthropologyreport.com/anthropology-and-race/)</p>

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<p>My question is what actually happens if OP marks African, gets accepted, and shows up in August?</p>

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<p>His ame will be oven to the diversity dean and the AA groups and he will be outed.</p>

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<p>“The common app lets you choose multiple choices for “race/background you consider yourself.” I do have family in Africa so I do see myself as partially from there, even though I’m Indian.”</p>

<p>Therefore your race/background is mixed - African/Indian, so you should check that box.</p>

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<p>Post #9 has answered the OPs question.</p>

<p>Closing thread.</p>