This is probably a dumb question.

I have a 18 month bi-racial daughter and the other day we had to fill out a form regarding race. What box do you check Black or White? I asked my boyfriend on a visit and he said that I should check black but I said it could be either because it is 50/50 right?

This is probably a dumb question.

I have a 18 month bi-racial daughter and the other day we had to fill out a form regarding race. What box do you check Black or White? I asked my boyfriend on a visit and he said that I should check black but I said it could be either because it is 50/50 right?
Yes, you are right....she is 50/50.....and a beautiful 50/50 I'm sure. If you don't want to check just one or the other....then I say check BOTH boxes. Maybe it will spark someone to update the forms and offer a bi-racial box....you never know....:)

Yes, you are right....she is 50/50.....and a beautiful 50/50 I'm sure. If you don't want to check just one or the other....then I say check BOTH boxes. Maybe it will spark someone to update the forms and offer a bi-racial box....you never know....

I was thinking along those lines as well. I know thats what my daughter does for my grandkids.

I say check both boxes too!

I'd check both boxes because she is a combination of both races. Yes, let the people with the forms get them updated so that they include bi-racial as well if they have to really, really know what race you are.

When I have to fill out forms like that, I do check both! She is both! Why does she have to be one or the other? She doesn't and she isn't she is both, so I check both! One time a lady told me I had to chose one or the other, I said NO she is both! She didn't say nothing back!

I personally use the other check mark. Keeps them guessing! But my sister uses both black and white for my nieces.

I went to a Head Start Conference a few years ago and they had a speaker that addressed the issue of what to check for bi-racial children. Basically, what he said was check whatever you would like. He said it is done for funding purposes, etc and if you want funding to go to Hispanic or African American assistance, check those boxes. I check Hispanic or white with Hispanic descent if it has that option. But, I agree with the check both, why not, they are!

I check other and beside it I put BW for black and white. I had a lady question me once and I asked her why should I make them choose and she shut up. You would think they would change those things.

I Check Other :thumbsup:

they always told me that african american rules out any other race my sons are black and hispanic and i was told to check african american which it doesnt bother me

I Dont Check Anything Does The Race Matter!!!!

I was told by the attorney general office that the baby race is what ever the father is .. actually i was also told this by the army not to long ago...

When i took an army test they told me that i couldnt check both.. anywayz.. i am considered a pacific islander..

I was told that the father's race is what the child's race is too...but I usually check both!!

I have noticed lately that some forms are putting "Multi Racial" on the forms, and I even saw one when filling out my daughter's school forms the other day that is asked for the 2 races if you had checked Multi Racial.

They're getting there......s-l-o-w-l-y.....

I have always checked "other" and written "human" next to it, even though we are all your basic Caucasian euro-mutts:)

This is probably a dumb question.

I have a 18 month bi-racial daughter and the other day we had to fill out a form regarding race. What box do you check Black or White? I asked my boyfriend on a visit and he said that I should check black but I said it could be either because it is 50/50 right?
Hello!
I am new to this site and have no idea if I am even doing this right. I live in Cheektowaga, New York and I have 3 children 5, 19 months, and 3 months. All bi-racial. I don't understand why people think to label any bi-racial child with any 2 races as just one. That's impossible. It took 2 parents to make him/her right? I check both actually even if it says check one. Or I just put other. I am Caribbean American (Black) and Dave is white, just to prove a point because Dave is the dad I put white. LOL........ I think it's all silly. But I personally will not give in to society and tell my child he or she is one race when he is of 2 races ya know? He or/she should just be able to be a person. When does the racism ever end ya know? You sound nice and I would like to hear back from you. This is a rough time for me and I really need some friends.
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I would leave it blank it the form says it's optional.

Other or refuse to answer

In NJ if they are more than 10% black they are black. I dont count, I guess. (Im white) I was like what the ****. I know one time my dad was filling something out and said what should I mark. I said blk.wht. thats what he is! He said ok :) I dont understand the whole thing. Its 2005...they should have blk/wht on the papers.

I love the human comment. :)

If I can check both I do, if it says check one I check black

I have also heard that the race of the father is also the race the child is supossed to be considered. I usually check black, white, both, or other, depending on my mood at the time.

I check black for my daughter

Aww Michelle, she is beautiful.

My children are black/white biracial...I check black, thats just me, when its their turn to check boxes they can check whatever they like.

I check black for my daughter
You have a beautiful daughter, Michelle!!! Thanks for sharing her picture! :)

Not meaning to sound crude, but the way I think of it is this: Daddy may have made a little deposit but they came from MY body so I put my racial background down. In Hawaii, there's Pacific Islander, Hispanic, etc. So the ones I pick are Pacific Islander (for the Hawaiian side), Asian (for the Chinese side) and Caucasian (for the Haole side). There, covered ALL bases!!! My children's fathers were both Caucasian so it's already covered.

i check both boxes, or other, sometimes i do see a biracial box, if i see that i ll check it. i dont believe his race is whatever his father is, which is black and im white...he's both. im not going to deny him that.

I have a qestion! If they go by fathers race..what happens if the "father" is black/white himself and the mother is black. Do u put other?

Girl I love it...I can some lady in an office having a straight up nervous breakdown when you come in! And I can see you taking pride in it!

I have a qestion! If they go by fathers race..what happens if the "father" is black/white himself and the mother is black. Do u put other?

i have a handsome 21 year old bi racial son whose in the navy i have a beautiful bi racial 19 year old daughter and a georgeous 11 year old bi racial daughter whom i am very proud of when they were and one still is in school i always checked both boxes cause i wanted them to always acknowledge both of their races once when my 19 year old was going to middle school the principal wanted to talk to me because i checked both boxes i explained to her i do that because my children are of both races they needed for racial quota purposes for me to check one or the other i told her check whatever you need for that purpose because she fits into both my children have the best of both worlds ! now here in chicago they have finally come out with forms that say black/white guess they got the hint that black /white is a race that has been around a long time and is definatly growing so check them both acknowledge your babys race

hmmmm...Never thought of that.....My son is half puerto rican/half white......He is 4 weeks old so I haven't come across that yet.....I would check both boxes.....Sometimes they don't have an option for hispanic though.......

that is a good question!

I have two bi-racial children one 16 and one 6 (black and white), however, I choose not to choose a ethnicity for them, if they do not have a other, then you choose nothing. When I went to enroll my oldest daughter in school, I explained to the school board that I would not choose one, so they said to enclose a letter in her school file regarding the issue.

The government will want you to choose black, however this is the 21st century and you do not have to choose. If you choose either or, then when your child gets old enough to qualify for college scholarships that apply for only black children and you put in her transcripts that she was white, oops there is going to be a problem. Besides the right is not yours it is your children's if they want to choose when they understand the ramifications of the issue they will choose for their own.

Peace the mixture of the human race:p

:rolleyes: i also have 4 bi-racial children. when my oldest 2 were small they said it was the fathers race which is black well when i check blk the doctor looked at me like i was crazy because my son who is now 14 is almost my complexion so i just check both now

My daughter (15 yrs) is Mexican and Black but I've always checked black. I consider her black. She does not look mixed at all, I guess his genes took over mine. Although, she speaks spanish and can relate to Mexicans very well she too considers herself black. It's not really a big issue for me that she prefers her black culture. The main reason I think it's because Mexicans (my family) always remind her she is black, while blacks always think of her just being her...

im white and have 2 black children to look at my kids you wouldnt even no they where part white both are very dark complected we get a kick outta people asking them if their adopted there both beautiful black children and we dont care what other folks say, ive taught them you werent put on this earth to please anyone your here to please yourself, so we check black with our heads held up high

All 3 of my boys are mixed with the same thing...black, hispanic, west indian and native american....the oldest 2 have the same father...3rd one has his....for the oldest 2...I check black...because it's their main race....for my youngest...I check hispanic because his father is puerto rican and cuban.

i have 2 beautiful little girls that are both biracial
father black and me white
i always checked black
i remember in school they used to say to go by the father
anyway my oldest is a little darker but my little one
she is my complextion, blonde hair, blue eyes
but i dont get any crazy looks over it

Iwe are all your basic Caucasian euro-mutts:)

Euro-mutts... I like that! I don't know if I'm Irish, Scottish, German... mixture of all... all I can tell ya' is that I sun-burn easily! OK?!!! :D

Seriously, though, my 4 children are bi-racial (white and black). When they were young and I had to feel out forms for them, I usually checked both. As they got older, I just asked them, what do you feel today? Black? or white?

Being smart (which can be quite annoying at times) they have reached the point in their maturity, they have decided they are both, too. They ARE both.

I'm glad to see the forms are changing. The US was suppose to be a rainbow -- glad to see it is slowwwwwwwwwwwwly becoming that.

We have two daughters, half white and half puerto rican. When they came around to do the census, my mom, the genius she is, asked them what to check if the kids were mixed...the guy told her it goes by the father's ethniticty and if we wanted them to get ahead in the world,to check Hispanic. So we checked Hispanic and I now realize the man was rather ignorant because that isn't necessarly true...they will get ahead because of their hard work and desire to be the best they can be not because they are half puerto rican.
I should have checked both!!

It depends on my mood, There are times they get no answer from me and there are times I will check every box that applies. ( 2 of my kids are panamainian,blk,wht) just to make the work harder for them. I know its a how many of this race we have in this program type thing but Im sick of it we are all people. it shouldnt matter, as soon as everyone sees that then those boxes wouldnt matter would they?

I just thought u guys would like to know my husband's take on this: check which ever one is going to get them that Ivy League education!!! Boy is he nuts!!

I put OTHER or decline to state. My baby girl is black/Puerto Rican/White. Its up to her to decide when she is older what she choses to put. I hate those freaking things anyways! I put Other Non-White for myself (I'm black & Puerto Rican). :thumbsup:

My son is biracial! Black father and white mother. But I will personally NEVER check him as OTHER or even call him MIXED!! What does that sound like...other?! As for mixed, that kinda sounds like slightly touched mentally doesn't it? I always tell him and check him BLACK for the simple fact that society still follows the ONE DROP RULE. He will always be perceived as black. I guess this sounds rather harsh but then things are a little more accepted now than they used to be...thank GOD!

My son is biracial! Black father and white mother. But I will personally NEVER check him as OTHER or even call him MIXED!! What does that sound like...other?! As for mixed, that kinda sounds like slightly touched mentally doesn't it? I always tell him and check him BLACK for the simple fact that society still follows the ONE DROP RULE. He will always be perceived as black. I guess this sounds rather harsh but then things are a little more accepted now than they used to be...thank GOD!
My boys are also mixed, he's black and I'm white (but people always assume I'm mixed myself makes me laugh).. I myself also refer to them as black because they got his gene's obviously, they have mostly black features, there skin color is light but they have the nappy hair.
I don't like to refer to them as 'mixed' or even 'maloto'...(sp?)
There who they are thats all that matters, race isn't an issue with my family they except my children for who they are... I'm lucky I haven't had to deal with the racism with my family, but if that was something that would have been an issue I wouldn't have had them in my life or my children, nobody comes before my children!!! or the ones I love for that matter.. :angry:

W8NDY

I'm german and Mexican and I check other all the time. Then I write human next to the box.

I too,have heard you should log the father's race and not the mother's. I'll be da^%ed if I deny my mother after she carried me for 40 weeks. Was in hard labor for 46 hours and 10 minutes to give birth to me.:D
Considering my father's part in it probably only took a whopping 5 minutes.:eek: :eek: :eek:

My children are bi-racial and if I have to choose one I check black because that saves me having to answer any questions my children look black and if they have an other I check that. Social security cards you can only choose one so both of my children have black marked. They don't mind and neither do I.

sometimes i check three (black, white, and other for irish) haha. im biracial, but they don't have an irish box. and im not white skinned, but i guess i look more black? Either way I just check whatever. At school they even had a part on the registration where it asks if you have a tribal name. I don't but I put one anyway. Sometimes just to be obnoxious i check all the boxes.

I am misxed race/bi-racial... when i fill out forms (when there isnt the option of mixed) i either tick the boxes which say black and the one that says white, or i tick other and state that i am mixed!

sometimes i check three (black, white, and other for irish) haha. im biracial, but they don't have an irish box. and im not white skinned, but i guess i look more black? Either way I just check whatever. At school they even had a part on the registration where it asks if you have a tribal name. I don't but I put one anyway. Sometimes just to be obnoxious i check all the boxes.

I'm gonna start checking all the boxes too!! LOL! Thats funny as hell!!

hmm...well if i checked whatever race their father is...i would still be checking 2 boxes LOL. i've never really hesitated to check "black"...it never came up as this huge issue...after all...what are these boxes for? LOL. but i suppose from now on i will check "other" and let them think about it! :idea:

Both!

I have always checked other. I know they actually changed the US Census forms during the last census.

I have never heard of the father rule. I do know in most states that old rules exist on the books and it use to be 1 drop of black blood made you black.

For my two sons I check "other" and write next to it Asian-White-Mexican.
For myself, I check "other" and write Asian-White or I check both boxes.
I notice now they have more options for us to pick from.

I usually check both, but sometimes only check black, just depends on what I feel like at the time. But when I first had my daughter I was so confused at the question. She is 3 now, so I've been doing it for awhile!

My cousin was made to check black. And as angry as she was there wasn't a spot for her to check bi-racial, she came to find out that now her daughter has a chance at the United Negro Fund (did I type that right?) for college. And as expensive as college is these days, any funds is good funds :) Her birth cerificate says black.

There's a thought ;)

Stacy

I also always check both or other just depends on my mood :ha: But the cool thing I though was when I was doing Jasmines birth certificate stuff it had a box for multi racial.

For my 2 year old daughter I always check Hispanic/latino (I'm caucasian NOT white because I am a mix of european ancestory, her dad is Hispanic but he likes to say Mexican he was born in the US) Why? because I KNOW from personal experience you can greatly benefit from being Hispanic here in California you can get tons of money and benifits for education (I know how expensive it can be). To me it does not mater weather or not they know she is half Caucasian because myself along with everyone who knows us knows she's 1/2 Caucasian, 1/2 Hispanic. All that matters is they (hospital/Doctors/Schools) know that she is "Hispanic" so that they have it on record and when the time comes for her to go to college there won't be any dispute over this and there will be plenty of resources for her to use.

My daughters are biracial and I always check the hispanic box because here in California there are more opportunities and college money for the minorities that are not available to the Caucasians. It's just a fact of life here.

I have always made my own box under the( other) box.I know that old rule that if there is any black you put down black, but I think thats stupid!! They are an even DNA mix of both of us, I want my credit too! Besides that I dont want them to only identify with one race, if you refer to them as black their whole life, they will identify with just that, and I want my kids to be proud of their black and white heritage.

I always check both boxes because that is what they are.

my son is "biracial" and i either don't check anything, b/c half the time they won't question it, or i just check both! On most forms you are not required to check an ethnicity b/c of laws and regulations at least thats how it is at my job!

:dance: Myself, I NEVER check the race box when it comes to my son. They don't have a box for his race. He is bi-racial. He is not half and half. He is a whole person. He is not mixed, dogs are mixed. He is a whole bi-racial person. Other???? Yeah right!!! He is a whole bi-racial person. He knows who he is and what he is...It's not his fault-the rest of the world doesn't know there is a bi-racial race out there. And when they do, and put a little box to check next to bi-racial, then they will get a check mark from me, (and him). :)

I have always marked white although my father is mixed my mother is white and I am blonde haired and blue eyes I appear very white I have been told I should mark black because of my father.

I would check "other" and write "human". I've done that myself and I'm 100% white/Caucasian. Sometimes it just irritates me that race/nationality has anything to do with anything on a form (or anything else for that matter). Oftentimes they ask for statistical purposes and you don’t have to check anything.

I usually check both too...but the schools have been trying to encourage me to pick one...why??? They say that if I choose African American that my sons will get more opportunities (and I thought that Affirmative Action wasn't in effect anymore) but I still think that they are BOTH...now that they are getting older, I think that really it's their own choice...and I have 4 sons, 2 choose Black 2 choose White by their own leanings...so I can't really argue w/ their own assessments of themselves.

I check black because that is the ethnic side he favors. Not for the forms sake but for funding sake.Of course my son will know that he is mixed but I choose to nurture his African American side to give a securety in who he is to be prepared for the world ahead of him. Wheather we feel it is right,fare or race hating it is real and I want my son to be comfortable in who he is in side and out so he wont be fased when it comes his way. This is just the way I choose to raise my son.

LOL! thats funny :) I liked that.

I check both boxes for my son. He's both.

I used to check both black and white for my kids. My children are not "other". What is an "other", anyway? These days I have seen "multiracial" as an option and they use that.
But I agree, what difference does race make. We are all members of the human race.

I check all 4 races I am (cherokee rican black german) , but if it's something where I can only pick 1, I pick native american.

Does it really matter what box you check? In 30 to 40 years we'll all be multi-flavored, multi-colored, "I can't identify that" mutts anyway!

I mark other if it is on the form but their have been cases where I write in smart comments like 100 yard dash.

gemini that is funny. i usually check both boxes or mark other and put BW. if they have a problem then its their own personal issues. my babies are both not one or the other.

when my son was an infant i really had an issue with it but for some reason now i don't - maybe the system wore me down - lol! if they have multracial box i check that - if they don't i check black - i use the one drop rule.....that's how he is viewed by other's anyway -

My daughter is black, white and a tiny bit of Native American. She calls herself brown. There is no category for that so I leave it blank.

I was at the Division of Family services today, better known as the welfare office. We just had a major power outages for 7 days, me I had no water too but our city of st.louis was out of power darn near, ice was hard to find, and water was on a boil order and yoy could not boil with no power and how are people without power supposed to know there is a boil order and oh my gosh it was a mess, so we were down there as they were giving everyone a one time amount for food, but u had to go doen there with an id and fill out a paper and get it mailed with 4-7 days. so one of the questions was race, it had black, white, hispanic, and something like Asain, but no other box. ok so this is the welfare office and i know there are a gang of mixed kids here, why would they not have a muti racial box or other box with a line next to it to give race if it is that important to even know. if they are taking stats and that is why they always ask that for for no relevance other than that, why do the multiracial people not get stats, or irish, or whatever. You know what I am saying hopefully

I always check both boxes (black and white). I've had a few people say things to me because my son actually looks like his dad (black) but my daughter looks like me (white), not realizing that she actually is biracial they have changed it in the system to white and I've made them change it back to biracial

ok peeps.
I have 3 mixed kids 5 7 8 yrs old i have filled out so many of those boxes.. heres what I do... i make my own box.. Biracial.. or depending on what form it is? i put..Nona u damb bussiness. i do hate it when that question is asked? because my children are just children...why do we have to say what race they are? dose it really matter?
however? I am white, and my man black, ive found that my kids are best excepted as BLACK. I raise my children Black, because in this world that is what they are...

I, too was told whatever the fathers race is , is what I am suppose to put down. Well, why they father? Why is he any better then the mother? lol. But, to be honest I do put african american cuz my kids are very dark for being interracial. They dont look like they have white in them at all.

I Was Told Legally You Must Follow Whatever The Father's Race....what If He Is Also Mixed?!?!
Anyway, I Had Registered My Beautiful Molado Children To An Upscale School ...when Applying For The Scholarship I Was Told They Gave Out So Many Per White, So Many Per Black, And So On. I Did A Little Research To Find Out Which Race Was Higher In Percentage When Applying For These Scholarships And I Marked The Lower Percentage Of The Two....reason Being The Higher Would Be Unavailable Quicker. Another Hting I Found Out Is When Bussing Students (state Of Ct) To Other Districts Than Their Own, Race Does Matter. According To Dept Of Education Protocol The State Must Also Create A "racial Balance"..(ie; When Putting My Children In A Predominantly White School, I Check On The Application That They Are Black)....most Of The Time This Is For Tuition Based Schools Or When Applying For Financial Aide, Etc.

I am of Afro American, Caucasian and North American Indian descent. Under the Great Law, the law handed down by the creator to the Indians in the beginning of time, you are what your mother is. In my case, since the female line of my family is Indian, I am Indian. In western society, however, I am considered, at least by white people, as Afro American because black blood overpowers white....yes I know but that's the way I like to look at it...LOL....I personally "pass" as white although I prefer to think of myself as Afro American. Until I visited Washington, D.C. in 2005 at the invitation of the Black Panthers, I had never been accepted as black by other black people. That was a cause of so much frustration and, indeed, anger for so many years because I did not understand why my own people rejected me. I was thrilled, however, when both the Panthers and the Nation of Islam accepted me as their "brother". Just to confuse you all, I am also of the Jewish faith and the 5th name on my birth certificate is Mohammed, a fact of which I am so damn proud. Did I grow up confused or what?....LOL....but, no matter what they say, I am Afro American in my heart and that is all that matters. Praise be to God.

I am "white", my husband is "black". We both pick other or choose not to answer on forms that ask race. We believe that we are all the human race. We will put that for our children as well. We are all human that's all there is to it!

Not totally on topic but my daughter is Biracial....and when they did her birth certificate it says "white"....my housing forms say I have a "white" daughter, it really makes me mad because she is biracial. shes not white shes not black....I call her my coffee with cream...but they always assume shes white. I want her to know BOTH of her heritages ( her father is Zimbabwean) and how can she do that if her race has to fit in a box???

My children are bi-racial and I always choose black....they say you are what your daddy is.....that's what I was always told....

i am mexican, american indian, and a little touch of italian too. my husbands white, and we plan to have kids. i'm not blind to the fact that race plays a big part in our society although i still can't see why. i was taught whatever the mother is then that is what the baby is but i'll let my babies decided when the get older.

well my daughter is white rican asain native american italian and blk and her father is black i jus tput her down as blk unless there a multiraical section which sometime s there are. I put her as black on her birth certifacte which is funny cause she look more rican than any thing

I akways check both.

My man is African American, Caucasian, and Cherokee Indian, but he just puts "Black", he looks just black anyway. We don't have children yet. But we'll probably check "Black". Males usually have the more dominant/stronger genes or choromosones or whatever when it comes to the baby's looks. I read that somewhere anyway. But you never know. He said when he was born he looked white. The maternal side of his family are very darkskinned (they're mixed black and native american), but the praternal side of his family are real lightskinned, his father is mixed (black and white). I also read that grandparents can also exert a great influence on your children's skin tone. I did a lot of research a long time ago. Because I was watching Montel once and this guy was saying this kid wasn't his baby because the baby was "too dark" but it turned out he was the father. And I wanted to be prepared because I don't know if our children are going to come out really dark or really light or which side or generation of his family they'll take after. And I didn't want to have to go on Montel to prove it, heh, incase he thought they were too light or too dark to be his babies. I'm sure he wouldn't think that anyway because he knows his wifey's fidelity is unparalleled, but I just wanted to let him know anyway. I'd probably just put "Black" or "Other" or check both "Black" and "White" or something. We'll see. I can't wait for us to have our children. He'll be out in 3 months and we can get started on making our familyyyyy.

They always told me to check the fathers race && as of today, thats what they qo by,,even on my sons birth certificate it states that he is african american! they qo by the fathers race..why I dont know..but either way it dont bother me

My son is majority black, I just check black so there's no confusion, but he's black, white and a smidgen of Puerto Rican... so I guess that makes him Neopolitan ?

i always mark the other box and next to it write Bi-racial but they do need to update the forms with a box of its own

As a biracial child who marks my own boxes here's what I do. In my case it's simple math (I don't know why the intelligent people who make those segregations can't understand that). I am 100% human. But if that isn't enough, take 50% of one race (black) and add another 50% of my other race (white) what do you get? Drum roll please! I am a PROUD mulatto, mutt, half & half, whatever. If you are equal parts of something how can you be more of one than the other?

It is very important to teach multi-racial children to be proud of all their races. Marking only one race will teach them that they should ignore the race they "don't look like" instead of cherishing it.

Marking your child’s race as only the father's race is utterly ridiculous! I don’t want to believe someone would do that. Teach your child(ren) that they are a beautiful menagerie and they could quite possibly be more open-minded for it. Multiracial children are what they are. Don’t let society and the government tell you who they are. You determine you, nobody else.

Well.. I refuse to check one box even tho it clearly states check one only..I check two. SOmetimes there is an option that says "mixed" but what is that I mean there are so many combos out there... my job says "two or more races".
And for my child it will be the same.

I have always checked black. My 14 year old son says he says he is the color that people see. Or he jokes that he is "blite" or "whack". He even used "halfrican" for awhile. At first I was upset that people who heard him say those words would be offended but he finds humor in the fact that people are sooooooooooooooooooo tied in to the color of someone's skin. I just love the fact that my son has grown up around both races equally and he is comfortable with anyone or anybody regardless of the color of their skin. He told me it is us adults that are worried about the crap, not him or his friends!

When my 12 year old was first born, I had a WIC appointment. I checked both boxes, and was told by the lady I had to shose just one. I told her she's not just one she is both. The lady insisted I had to chose one, so I chose Hispanic, which only seemed to make her mad. From that day forward, that's what I always mark. I've not tried marking the 2 ever again, and it's what I've done for the rest of my kids too. I guess if the people who read the forms don't like it, that's their problem.

My kids are "mixed" too. They are French, German, Irish, and Scottish. But they don't have boxes for those. Just white. My dad is 3/4 French and 1/4 German. My mom is Scotch/Irish and so is my ex husband. So I guess my kids are moslty Scotch and Irish. The point is my heritage is very mixed. I am a mutt. It seems weird that we still have boxes to check if you are "white" or "black". America is a melting pot! My nephew is bi-racial, black and white. It used to bother him that kids called him "mixed" until I explained that nearly everyone in America is "mixed" in some form including me!

I have a son who is hispanic (from me) and black (from daddy). I usually just check black...it doesn't really matter to me. But my husband says...he's not hispanic...he's black. We also have a daughter (mine from a previous relationship with a hispanic) He tells my daughter that she is black too...although my daughter is extremely pale and almost looks half white!!!!

i draw my own box and check it its time america caught up. im not white but i have to check white because im not hispanic or black. this is time for a change on those darn forms

I thought that you were whatever the father is

I thought that you were whatever the father is

that is how you are considered by the US Govt and some countries

i heard you are supposed to check black because the color pigment is more domiant. i haven't filled out anything where i have to check my baby's race. but his daddy is black and i'm white.

i heard you are supposed to check black because the color pigment is more domiant. i haven't filled out anything where i have to check my baby's race. but his daddy is black and i'm white.

i have never heard that before, i was told when i filled out for the army it was whatever my father was ..

I have 3 boys and when they were younger I used to try to check both boxes but I was always told that I had to choose one or the other so I chose the race of their father. It is sad to say but when my oldest son was filling out his forms for college we realized he could get a lot more as far as grants if he marked hispanic instead of white. For my other 2 boys we mark black on all papers. My boys are comfortable around all races and race doesn't matter to them.

This was interesting to read and it is shameful that we are checked off on a box by color, when will this country get over it.

Being of mixed descent myself, not to mention my son, we check Other. Then let them guess.

They should just have one box that says "human" ....

well, i've been faced with this elusive question, and it's funny because all i did was think about this thread.

well in the end all of my girls got checked off as black. ha.

The other day I was going through this at the social security office. I put both for my son (hispanic/black). the lady at the window said I could only put one option. I couldn't make up my mind. So she said I could leave it empty:) . I don't understand why I couldn't put both NEW GENERATION!

My grandpa was half Black and white while my grandma was part Choctaw Indian and Black. I've never had the ordeal of having to opt for what Race I am. I am Black. They told me so! Although mixed with the blood of three races, the law says that I am the race of my father or mother (whomever is of color). Moreover, in the time of slavery, if you had an ounce of black blood, you were Black. I am sure that all of us would like to be comfortable to express all of our cultures and hertitige, but If you really take notice of a child of color, they tend to reflect the image of being one of color. If you or your child have Black, Hispanic, or Indian over or undertones, you dont have to worry because society perceives them/ us to be of color.

i was looking at one of the forms where i work and where it used to just say pacific islander, it now says pacific islander and east indian

Im wondering when the'll put on them ...Black of Hispanic descent.

My son is mixed blk/white So I usually put down that hes blk when filling out paper work are whatever....

My kids are also half black and white...the Dr wrote they were white at birth, I said no they are half and half....now it says nothing...I like to mess with the paper work and check all that applies...let them figure it out. I am half Indian, swedish, german, and the kids father was black and Indian...I check all that applies....want a good laugh?? My daughter told the Dr when she was 3 that she was plastic...the same color as her baby doll....wouldn't that be a nice box to check off....

My daughter told the Dr when she was 3 that she was plastic...the same color as her baby doll....wouldn't that be a nice box to check off....

Awww, out of the mouths of babes...if only we retained that common sense into adulthood...(well, meaning for those who don't)

I am bi-racial, and will be till the day I die.. To claim only one race, is to deny the race of one parent... My mother is white, and my father is black.. I am a mixture of both of them, and proud to claim both of my races.. As I've always said, I have the best of both worlds...

I have always checked "other" and written "human" next to it, even though we are all your basic Caucasian euro-mutts:)

Niice... i like it. LOL I'm gonna have to think of that next time I fill out a form..

I have always checked both boxes. My children are now grown and they continue to mark both. I actually have one that checks 3...see I am 1/2 "white" & 1/2 hispanic and they are black as well...so there's the 3. LOL

It was 18 yrs ago but when my son started kindergarden I checked other and put Human on the line. They tried to force me to choose but I refused. He will be graduating in a couple weeks and now the choice is his. I will respect whatever he chooses.

you could check other there is that opition on most of those forms!

I either check both boxes or the bi-racial box (which is being seen a lot more lately!)

I Always Put White. Because I Am And He Is In That Place But Who Know And I Dont Really Undersatnd Why The Hell Anyone Needs To Know What Race U Are For Any Reason At All.
Sabrina

I mark both black and white....she totally looks like a little white girl with a nice tan....she knows that her mommom is white and her dad is black...Love you TaeTae and Colby

my three boys are also mix with white i am black and their dad is white and i also get confuse on what to put, but on some forms i put mix but their dad always tell me to put white my kids look more Mexican than white .lol

Sometimes I check both boxes, sometimes I leave it blank. Sometimes just for fun, I check every single box offered :) It's so annoying they ask anyway.

I have to mixed daughters and I always check both boxes (black and white) one time they told me I could only check one box, I said OH REALLY? which half of my daughter am I not supposed to claim? They didn't say shit to that!

First of all I am bi-racial and I am twenty four. I always by law check bi-racial it is against the law if it is not on an application or whatever. Or you can put multi-racial. I am white and black and native american. I would never disrespect my family by putting just one race down. I love both sides and wouldnt have it any other way.:)

i will check other and then write in human, that's what we are, human

i will check other and then write in human, that's what we are, human

I can't wait until everyone is peanut butter brown and able to mix the best of Chapelle and Seinfeld.

Oh, that is gonna be so sweet.

:)

I sometimes check black and white but most times I check black as that's the side I identify with the most.

I have 3 bi-racial daughters. It depends if the application says check ony one, then I put black. But if I can pick more than one race I check Hispanic and Black. I am Mexican and there dad is black.

:)I check both .

I alllways acknowledge both ancestral lines by writing in my nationalities ....not just ticking colour:)

I check both The Hispanic box and the african american/black box most times but if I have to choose I choose the other box then write in Mexican/Black.