Weird question....but I need to know.?

Question

I have two children....my husband is black and I am white. I have to fill out some paperwork about both of them and it asks what race. What do I answer?

I don't care what I put, it doesn't matter to me at all. But there is no check mark for bi-racial.
It is either black white hispanic

Answer 1

It is an optional answer anyways dont answer and write a comment on it. Make it state your paper doesn't list my childrens race. Please fix error on worksheet.

Answer 2

I used to have the same problem (not that I'm black or white)...but because I'm 1/2 hispanic. There usually isn't a category for 1/2 of one and 1/2 of another. Every now and then, there's a box for Other. That's what I would check and then write in there, 1/2 Hispanic, 1/2 ....whatever. Now for your dilemna, I would simply write out on the side, 1/2 African American, !/2 Caucasiun [sp]. It's an imperfect world, but one that we can survive in.

Answer 3

I hate this question, too, because I'm white and my husband is Mexican. I usually check off both Caucasion and Hispanic on those questionnaires regarding my kids' race. Frankly, why does it matter? I'm getting to where I want to not answer at all.

Answer 4

You can choose or check both.

A friend's daughter is bi-racial and she wanted to transfer into a heavily black populated school. Because of racial quotas, she would not be allowed unless she was "white." Since she was bi-racial, she was allowed to select that as an option.

Answer 5

Im white and hispanic so when it came to that they usualy said the boy gets whatever his father is and the girl gets whatever his mother is.
So if you have a son he would be black and a daughter white.
But I always thought that was absolutley silly. So checking both might actually be a very good idea.

Answer 6

Hmm... well... both of my sisters are half-white and half-mexican. When ever my mom has to fill out a paper like that, she always just asks my sisters what they want her to check-mark. Most of the times they say, "Hispanic" for they are both dark-skinned and not white bread like me. But... I think asking them what they think about it and what they want to put down may answer your question.

Answer 7

It depends on what box you want to check. Let the person who gave you the paperwork know that there isn't an appropriate box for you to check. Do they have a box for other?

Answer 8

You should NOT be required to answer that question. But technically wouldnt you check the white and black boxes?
Or isnt there sometimes a box that says "not caucasian"...

Answer 9

Most American Blacks are mixed already. So if your husband says he is black, then mark black. Or if you want to go with majority genetics, you should probably mark white. But since it is a racist question at it's core, why mark anything? ... or mark them all!!

Answer 10

The govt considers a person to be black if they are at least 1/8th African American. so even though I'm Hispanic, i do answer that my children are African American. i know people don't like to answer these questions, but to be honest, your children might benefit from certain programs targeted toward African-American children.