[HN Gopher] Applying to College, and Trying to Appear 'Less Asian'
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       Applying to College, and Trying to Appear 'Less Asian'
        
       Author : twiddling
       Score  : 22 points
       Date   : 2022-12-02 21:03 UTC (1 hours ago)
        
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       | xhkkffbf wrote:
       | A friend from the Philippines just happened to have a grandfather
       | with a spanish surname leftover from the spanish occupation.
       | Voila. The friend checked the "hispanic american" box. Checking
       | the "asian" box would almost certainly been less successful.
        
         | CorrectHorseBat wrote:
         | Why doesn't everyone just fill in African American? Everyone
         | can trace their roots back to Africa.
         | 
         | I'm only half joking, how would it ever be possible to verify
         | such a claim?
        
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