I'm white, ex-husband hispanic, what box should I check for race of children that only allows one answer?
148861
You DON"T.. That is an opptional question you don't have to answer it & they can't make you... they can't discriminate against race, creed, color, etc.. If they try to make you then your rights are being violated..It's nobodys business.. And I'm sure that your children are beautiful no matter what race they are.....
790941
Try researching your genealogy. It may prove to be a difficult task and you may never find out. Just be comfortable with being a human being and do not worry about the percentage of other races that made you up. You are a child of the universe like everyone else. You have a right to be here.
1100624
Could go either way. Latin, since you are from Latin America &\nHispanic because you come from a Spanish-speaking country.\nOf course, these are cultural/ethnic designations without any racial connotation. Being of Argentinian heritage, you are most likely unmixed white of Spanish, Italian and/or German extraction. I'd go with Hispanic, if I had to choose! (It's more Eurocentric and best applies to people from Spain, Uruguay,  Argentina, Chile & Cuba.)\nThat is, of course, assuming that your ancestry is from Spain. So many Argentinians (& Uruguayans) are actually of Italian extraction. Italians are more Latin than the Spanish, who  really are more of a Celtic people.  Anyway, you are an American!
517799
I'm White and I don't think so.I like the channel.If you look on tv these days that's all you see is us.Hispanics have their own channel and it doesn't bother me.On another note anybody can be racist,but you have to tell the truth when it comes to us because we are often the perpetrators of hate.I mean look at some of the answers you are already getting,you have ignorant people spouting off at the mouth.You say your not "racist" but I think you might need to check yourself.I'm proud of myself and I don't need to put down Black or any other ethnic people to make myself feel better about me!
923938
they were just chosen. if race is such a menial issue then why did it matter what race they were? i tell you what would have been racist, if they had chosen the children, seen that they were all white and then gone out of their way to find a black/asian/hispanic child. tokenism should be discouraged.
578493
I married a man of another race.  My family has been pretty accepting of him, thankfully.  But I have also seen a good friend of mine struggle with her dad for years to accept her boyfriend of another race, and he never did, and they eventually broke up.  Her dad was afraid of how other people would treat my friend and her boyfriend, and their children someday.  I think the generations before us have seen people do really mean things because of racism, and sometimes they are scared of that stuff happening to their kids.  You are in a tough place.  I hope your mom can get to know your boyfriend and see him for what you see in him.
345473
tell your mom to cut the cr@p. you have the right to know where your father is.\n\noh, and avoid the spanish words and mentioning the color of your skin, in this question you are giong to get a lot of cr@p about it. I hate it, but it will happen.
852077
I am a white man, US born, and grew up in the deep south.  That being said, I am of Welsh, Irish and German ancestry.  While some may consider that to be racially pure, I have never considered it.  My wife is 1/8 Cherokee, yet my son is Blond with blue eyes.  Who really cares?  What difference does it make?\nAs long as we dwell on matters such as this, we cannot move beyond them.
429479
Here's one by race and one by ancestry, hope this helps.
849058
California is one for sure, and I am guessing that states like Nebraska, Iowa, Texas, Arizona, New Mexico, Nevada, Wyoming, Montana, and Oregon, have not because generally these states are more populated by white's, or hispanic's. Sorry, I looked for a link, but couldn't find one on this issue.
961961
My guess would be that there is a hidden agenda, depending on how the questions are phrased.  If the question is about YOUR race or your child's race, then I would not answer it.  If the questions say something like "how important is it to you that your child meet people of various races?"  then i think it is less dangerous.
334587
Are you a racist?\nNot...dam, what's the word...Inferring anything about you, just wondering.\n\nProbably just as many as white fathers and Latin American Fathers.
1050676
Have you talked to you mom about this?    Family is about love not color.  MY family is mixed to,we have 6 kids..  my daughter is African American,Indian,Italian. I married a Mexican. so we have alot of mixes we call it his your & ours. Is someone making you feel different or left out?  I would try to talk it out with my family or talk to the person making me feel like i don't belong. FAMILY is about love and caring, if they give that to you your half way there and maybe you need some time with someone from you dads family to get to know your afican amercian half.
979304
You shouldn't, if you don't identify with the term! I am also tan and dark haired and always put "other" under the race designation. Somehow, I don't feel "White" describes me and thus never adopted the term!!!
450535
OK, first of all, race is all in your head. The differences among members of a so-called "race" are greater than the differences between one so-called race and another. \n\nOn the other hand, racism is very real behavior, even if the differences between races that inspire racism have no scientific basis. In an effort to track the success of government efforts to combat racism, the US federal government has established five official races: \n\n1) American Indian or Alaskan Native\n2) Asian\n3) Black or African American\n4) Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, \n5) White \n\nThe US federal government also recognizes two official ethnicities: \n\nA) Hispanic or Latino\nB) Not Hispanic or Latino\n\nThe definititions for these groups are found in the first link listed below in the "Sources" section. \n\nNow, if you ask people who they are, they either have a tough time putting themselves in these categories, or they don't. Folks in Hawaii often have such complex backgrounds (Portuguese-Hawaiian-Chinese, for instance), that they just shrug and check a box. If you ask them about it, they might say, "It's just a form. It doesn't have anything to do with who I am." On the other hand, children with one Black parent and one White parent find this kind of form much more difficult. \n\nVery often though, even the folks who are pretty sure they belong to just one of these groups are wrong. Recent DNA research suggests that about one-third of White Americans have some fairly recent African ancestry. The Black population in the US seems to have an even greater degree of European and African ancestry. One study looked for known genes with an African origin in the DNA of Black individuals in the US and found none of them in about 5.5% of their sample of that population. \n\nEach of the categories you list has people whose ancestors came from many different countries. The best way to tell who is what is to ask each individual. The US government used to give pictures of eye and nose shape to its census workers to help them tell the difference among races, which is a ridiculous approach. It is much simpler and accurate to merely ask the person.  That's the best truth you will ever get.
17999
75.1 % of respondents said they were White and no other race\n12.3 % are of Black or African-American descent\n12.5 % Hispanics - who may belong to any race \n3.6 % of respondents are Asian
107919
On a birth certificate in Hawaii, parents fill in their ethnicity. It is not like the continental U.S. where you check a box. The ethnic diversity is so great in Hawaii that checking a box to indicate "White, Black, Hispanic, Asian/Pacific Islander or other" would not suffice. The blood quantum of each ethnic group is not addressed.