[Texas Eagle]

Joe seems well versed on this issue. Perhaps he can answer a question that has plagued me over the years and has cost me countless hours of sleep. well, maybe not countless hours. Maybe two minutes.

Here's the question. If a Latino woman and an African-American man ( or a African-American woman and a Latino man) have a child, is the child Latino or African-American?

[Vermont Lt]

You are getting into Eugenics. Oh wait, that’s called “Genealogy” now. Lol.

When they start asking if your maternal grandmother has 15.7% Jewish blood....nope. I misspoke again. African, not Jewish.

This is a slippery slope.

[hanamizu]

” is the child Latino or African-American?...”

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It depends on the perks given out for each. I had four students whose dad was a black American doctor and mom was Malaysian. The boys looked like Tiger Woods. When one was applying to college, I asked what race he put down. Black was his instant response. Way easier for him to get accepted and scholarships as a black than as an Asian.

[Pearls Before Swine]

If a Latino woman and an African-American man ( or a African-American woman and a Latino man) have a child, is the child Latino or African-American?

The obvious answer is that it depends on what program they are applying for.