Specifications on Race Requirements

Applying to College
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<p>Yeah, it looks like YOUR GRANDPARENTS might have a claim to be Hispanic under one definition. But they are not the ones applying to college here. Did you get your clothes singed when the family house got burned down? How's your Spanish that you grew up speaking? Pretty fluent, huh?</p>

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<p>It boils down to a question of character. If you take advantage of a technicality to claim an admissions boost that you know was not intended for you, you are the one that is going to have to live with yourself. If you want to spend four years at college looking over your shoulder and hoping that the school doesn't "check up on" what you put on the app, well, that's your choice.</p>

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<p>people with less than 1/8 are not putting it down, except people who are actually lying on their applications. Don't assume this is a national tragedy</p>

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<p>Purplechick, you have to understand that the Latin American culture is very, VERY similar to Spanish (Castillian, really) culture. There are differences, of course; and there are things we have that the Spanish don't.</p>

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<p>or what about when u have to speak to your college counselor and they see that u marked hispanic and asks u questions about your background or even speaks to u in spanish. lol
what now</p>

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<p>i think the 1/8 thing is only for native americans and they have to have proof of affiliation with a tribe...</p>

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<p>I'm west indian. I can't speak any other language besides english, and I'm a first generation US citizen. Does that make me any less West Indian? I don't embrace my culture as much as some...I enjoy being American, and would choose to embrace this culture instead (i belive you refer to it as "whiteness")</p>

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<p>that's how it is sometimes. I don't see why everyone thinks assimilating is so horrible as long as it's not forced</p>

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<p>My bad, I meant "whitewashed"...don't want to change your beautiful quote.</p>

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<p>seriously if one chooses to not embrace one's culture it strips one's culture</p>

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<p>...you're obviously not getting the point...why should one embrace their culture if they don't agree with it?? What if they prefer another? It's almost the same concept as freedom of religion.</p>

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<p>sigh...</p>

<p>purplechick, stop arguing about culture. the field on the application is "ETHNICIY/RACE" not "WHAT CULTURE DO YOU FEEL YOU EMBRACE MOST?"</p>

<p>you're latino, wahoo, good for you, i'm thrilled that you're so proud of it, but that doesn't make you any better than people who are of hispanic descent and don't go to latino parades and take up salsa dancing.</p>

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<p>lol, i use the term "whitewashed" too haha. but not to denigrate anybody, just making fun of myself.</p>

<p>it really depends where you live. purplechick says she lives in an area where 98% are latino, so obviously all those people with similar heritage will reinforce each other's culture.</p>

<p>but like me, i am asian (filipino), and my parents have immigrated here from the philippines 2 decades ago. however, the neighborhood i live in is mostly white and some other asians. the school i go to right now is in a very white area, and the school is over 65% white, with like 15% latin american, 10-15% asian (all of which aren't all filipino). when i talk to people from other areas where there are over 50% asians, and a lot of those filipino's, their attitude and outlook different than mine. from being in a mostly white neighborhood and school, i am more assimilated and more like my caucasian peers. i don't denounce my culture, i have big family gatherings and can speak the language, and retain core cultural traits, i've been to the philippines, but i have incorporated american traits as well. </p>

<p>from the outside, how i act, and how i talk... i act "white", although that doesn't mean i don't know where i came from... lol there are even jokes about it for asians, blacks... etc... </p>

<p>egg = white on outside, yellow on inside - refers to white person who is obsessed with asian culture, etc, usually referring to japanese stuff like video games, anime, etc</p>

<p>oreo = black on outside, white on inside</p>

<p>pineapple = well not really skin tone... but brown/brunette on the outside, blonde on the inside... lol</p>

<p>banana = asian (yellow) on the outside, white on the inside.</p>

<p>some of these terms offend people, other people find them funny. they have some more of these terms on wikipedia</p>

<p>america is such a diverse place, a melting pot... it is possible to be american and still keep your own culture</p>

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<p>i frickin said already put hispanic although the type of hispanic colleges want are latin american
keep in mind that you might shamefully represent latin american kids if u make up part of the school's "latino student population"</p>

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<p>BY THE WAY did i mention that by you putting hispanic might take away the sit of someone who is the type of hispanic they are looking 4.</p>

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<p>Who decides how to define latin american kids??? Are they supposed to dress, act, and learn a certain way? Ok im done...this is pointless.</p>

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<p>u guys might not now how latin american kids are because perhaps you were not exposed to their culture.
this is PRECISELY why colleges want the real thing</p>

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<p>w t f, you're stupid...culture and ethnicity are different things, get a dictionary, you need one.</p>

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<p>I seriously doubt that there's a 'specific Latin American' kind of prospective student colleges look for. I'm sorry I don't totally embrace the 'Latin American culture.' I have more of a sense of pride for my parents' country of origin - not really, though - than for being Latin American. But the fact of the matter is that I am Latin American. It encompasses such a broad base that there is no way that there can be a specific kind of Latin American colleges search for.</p>

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<p>Agreeing with JyankeesSS2...the first part.</p>

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<p>JyankeesSS2 u don't know shyt
i am angry at the fact that people are *<strong><em>ing asking what to put in the application when they *</em></strong>ing know what to theyshould put.</p>