Great. I'm 100% Axis of Evil blood yet I'm still "white."

[pg22]

Despite the fact that I have an uncle named Ali, and an uncle named Mohammad, and the fact that my Commander in Chief would like to blow their native home land back to the stone age, I have to check off 'white' on my law school applications.

Can't a brother be a minority, if even for a second?

For God's sake, do you consider Borat white?

/whine

 

[Chaotic42]

Aren't you "Other"?

How white do you have to be to check off white? I have some Blackfoot Indian ancestors.

 

[misle]

Originally posted by: pg22
For God's sake, do you consider Borat white?

Sacha Baron Cohen, who plays Borat, is a british born and jewish. I don't know if he would be considered white or other.

 

[funboy6942]

Originally posted by: Chaotic42
Aren't you "Other"?

How white do you have to be to check off white? I have some Blackfoot Indian ancestors.

The way the USA is today as soon as he checks off other the feds are taking him away to a secrete camp forcing him to do unspeakable sexual acts to try to force out of him the location of Muhoobabubba.

I feel for you though OP. Im kinda torn up on which to chose because I am half Porterican and half everything else. Im not really sure if I can call myself a minority and get all the good stuff or do I have to keep selecting white
Maybe now that I am disabled I should mark off minority, Im sure then I be able to get all kinds of assistance no questions asked being a disabled minority

 

[pg22]

Originally posted by: misle

Originally posted by: pg22
For God's sake, do you consider Borat white?

Sacha Baron Cohen, who plays Borat, is a british born and jewish. I don't know if he would be considered white or other.

I know this. And in fact, he is half Axis of Evil blood (mother is Persian).

I literally meant Borat. Just by looking at him, you wouldn't call him white, would you?

 

[pg22]

Originally posted by: Chaotic42
Aren't you "Other"?

How white do you have to be to check off white? I have some Blackfoot Indian ancestors.

On some, I could put other, but then list what...Persian? I'm sure they will file it under white anyway.

But some of the apps actually say "if you are middle eastern, choose white"

I'm lookin' for any advantage and this ain't helping!

 

[pg22]

Originally posted by: funboy42

Originally posted by: Chaotic42
Aren't you "Other"?

How white do you have to be to check off white? I have some Blackfoot Indian ancestors.

The way the USA is today as soon as he checks off other the feds are taking him away to a secrete camp forcing him to do unspeakable sexual acts to try to force out of him the location of Muhoobabubba.

My pops is a fed

 

[Ronstang]

There are only 3 races and you are white by those guidelines. What is the difference? Are you looking for some preferential treatment? Preferential treatment is reserved for Blacks in this country, didn't you get the memo?

 

[pg22]

That's because back in the day whites gave them preferential mistreatment.

Does this mean when I have kids they will have preferential treatment, as restitution for my hardships?

 

[Adn4n]

I have to put "Caucasian" since I am born in Bosnia and Herzegovina. I wish they had a field that I could mark that read: "Refugee of War in dire need of financial aid HOW COULD YOU REJECT MY FAFSA MY PARENTS MAKE $5/hour"

[/rant]

 

[pg22]

heh, I guess they are getting stricter!

 

[Kanalua]

You will learn in Law School that you can simply check any minority status you want (I would recommend against Native American, as that is easily identifiable - i.e - Tribal status). Check that you are black, Hawaiian (Pacific Islander/Polynesia), Hispanic. there will be no way for the school to "disprove" your heritage.

Unless the schools admissions packet specifically asks for it, or alludes to proof, you are under no affirmative duty to prove your heritage purely for admissions (you may have to prove your ethnicity to claim any other "rights" such as in-state tuition program (certain out-of-state ethnicities may qualify for in-state tuition - i.e. - Out of State Native Hawaiians at the University of Hawaii and other schools) or tuition waivers/grants/scholarships).

You have greater protection against having to prove your ethnicity at a state college, rather than a private college (ie - don't claim you're Native American (Tribally affiliated) if you're not, and use that to get in to, say, BYU...they will toss you for such a indiscretion...but, if you claimed you were Hawaiian, and then didn't seek any sort of minority benefit once in college (scholarship, tuition waiver, book money) you will not be asked to provide proof of heritage/ethnicity.

 

[raildogg]

Originally posted by: Ronstang
There are only 3 races and you are white by those guidelines. What is the difference? Are you looking for some preferential treatment? Preferential treatment is reserved for Blacks in this country, didn't you get the memo?

Very easy to use this to attack something. You think it is, but that is not a fact. Other minorities don't get as many opportunities as blacks? Wow.

And Borat does not look white, he looks MiddleEastern, Central or South Asian.

 

[raildogg]

Is Sascha Baron Cohen Jewish from both parents? And he is half-Persian?

 

[jadinolf]

Originally posted by: pg22
Despite the fact that I have an uncle named Ali, and an uncle named Mohammad, and the fact that my Commander in Chief would like to blow their native home land back to the stone age, I have to check off 'white' on my law school applications.

Can't a brother be a minority, if even for a second?

For God's sake, do you consider Borat white?

/whine

Sounds to me that you are white. Something wrong with that?

 

[Kanalua]

everyone is missing the point. You can put your ethnicity as anything you want. They aren't going to check. There is no way for the school to prove that you are not what you claim you are!

 

[jagec]

Hispanic is the easiest. If you grew up in a Latin country, have a distant relative who's Latin, but don't speak a word of Spanish yourself, or just like salsa music, you can be Hispanic.

 

[pg22]

Originally posted by: jadinolf

Originally posted by: pg22
Despite the fact that I have an uncle named Ali, and an uncle named Mohammad, and the fact that my Commander in Chief would like to blow their native home land back to the stone age, I have to check off 'white' on my law school applications.

Can't a brother be a minority, if even for a second?

For God's sake, do you consider Borat white?

/whine

Sounds to me that you are white. Something wrong with that?

Yes, only because I'd like every possible advantage to get into law school

And I also find irony in the fact that "towel heads" are white. Somehow I think many a whitey would be shocked to find Osama, Mullah Omar, and Sadaam are also whities

 

[WhiteKnight]

I'm half Chinese and half Caucasian (almost exclusively Irish). I always check all that apply if allowed, other if it's check one only, and white if there is no "other" option (thank you very little DOD security clearance application...). From what I understand, a lot more colleges are allowing "check all that apply" now, but when I applied back in 1998 they were mostly "check one only".