How to list race/ethnicity

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Stop making excuses for your dishonest behavior. The "system" is not forcing you to lie that's your personal choice and it reflects upon your character and your character alone. If you hate having to do this then just don't do it.
 
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Yeah I see the bait

Yehhhhh trolling is real on SDN... I feel like if we see a troll post we should just ignore it completely. But then... you never know
 
Pacific Islander has become the newest "recently acquired" ethnicity, I'm afraid.
I saw well over a dozen this year who don't seem to come from any of the islands generally considered to be associated with this connotation (e.g.Polynesia, Melanesia, and Micronesia).
 
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And what your ethnicity is matters because....
 
Pacific Islander has become the newest "recently acquired" ethnicity, I'm afraid.
I saw well over a dozen this year who don't seem to come from any of the islands generally considered to be associated with this connotation (e.g.Polynesia, Melanesia, and Micronesia).
I've seen plenty Asians identify themselves as "Polynesian" here in Hawaii! I find it amusing and quite strange... :eyebrow:

OP, you're white and Asian. Be proud of who/what you are.
 
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My daughter is half Navajo. I am not the Navajo half, but I can still claim Native American by proxy. That’s how this works, right?
 
My daughter is half Navajo. I am not the Navajo half, but I can still claim Native American by proxy. That’s how this works, right?

Only if you are pregnant with another child and can say with a straight face that you have a little Navajo in you.
 
I'm Cambodian. One of the school I interviewed at brought out the only cambodian faculty they have and guess who interviewed me? Him. Obviously I didn't lie and I speak fluent Cambodian so it all worked out. But seriously, don't play the system. A lot of the ADCOM have been in the game longer than you and I have been alive.
 
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