we want her to know about her heritage. We have to fill out info to get her ssn and we are not sure if we should check white or white/asian. We want to be fair to her, because this will come up many times in her life and we want to be honest with her.
2006-09-08 16:02:35 · 19 answers · asked by Anonymous in Family & Relationships ➔ Other - Family & Relationships
Don't you hate it how you feel obliged to fill that out - what does it really matter? Though it's for "identification purposes," it doesn't feel too good to have to mark "other." I would check both White and Asian - seeing as she is both. Recognize and embrace both her cultures, which I'm sure you're doing! God bless
2006-09-08 16:05:50 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
I do believe the first place to check and be sure would be the adoption clinic. but if it was my analysis I would say caucasion.I my self am 1/4 Italian 3/4 white so on paper when filling out legal documents I file as white. Hope this helps and good luck.
2006-09-08 16:15:36 · answer #2 · answered by bmr k 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Both! she should be proud of her heritage and be tought that its ok for her to be proud of her heritage. I would check both on the application and if you like you can include a little note beside it said she is 1/4 korean and 3/4 white.
2006-09-08 16:07:51 · answer #3 · answered by deadly_rose_04 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
somebody who's 3/4 something is many times that--so somebody 3/4 white and a million/4 black, as an occasion, may well be white with some black blood IMO. the single drop rule is stupid, constantly has been, constantly would be--extraordinarily whilst a individual hits a million/sixteen black. That individual isn't black!
2016-10-14 11:58:14 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
She is white/asian. You said it yourself, she is 1/4 Korean and 3/4 white.
2006-09-08 16:04:45 · answer #5 · answered by ♥dream_angel♥ 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Is 1/4 Korean not good enough??? I am Mexican, but at least third generation American (I have no Caucasian blood that I know of). I am just as "American" as any white person. I like "Jeopardy, Elvis, Marilyn and McDonald's". I think officially she is white (as far as bureaucracy goes). If she wants to embrace her Korean blood, that's all good. She is who you raised her to be.
2006-09-08 16:13:15 · answer #6 · answered by hartovalion 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Pick white/Asian. The choice would best describe her, and you did mention you wanted to be honest with your daughter. Picking white would be denying her Korean half, which she should be provide of. Asian power :). <---Chinese
2006-09-08 16:07:26 · answer #7 · answered by Mark4505 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I am not trying to be funny, but I have a friend that married a asian girl and he is as white as it gets. They tell their son that he is a twinkie. Yellow on the outside and white on the inside, but for official information they decided to say he was asian so they could get any freebie government hand outs that whites do not ever get. They wanted to give him the best chance for success in the future.
2006-09-08 16:06:54 · answer #8 · answered by Dalton125 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋
If it helps any I am French, English, Irish, Swedish, Chippewa, AND Cherokee and on my birth certificate I'm white? My SON is all of those things PLUS African American and on HIS B.C. HE'S WHITE! I actually tried to fight that one, but the hospital said if the parents aren't married, the child takes the race of the mother? My son LOOKS " black", but he's considered "white" so I wouldn't worry about it, no one really ever looks at your B.C. but you anyway....
2006-09-08 16:10:34 · answer #9 · answered by conniechung 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
How about homo sapien? It has been many years since I obtained my Social Security card, but I don't recall my being required to state my racial/ethnic heritage. If this is mandatory, it is wrong!!
2006-09-08 16:10:30 · answer #10 · answered by Proud Liberal 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋