RE: If you apply as white, the software smacks you down to the bottom of the school application list.
Can I sorta “lie” ( like Elizabeth Warren ) and put down “Native American” and when discovered to be white after being accepted, then use “I identify as Native American” as my defense?
How could any third party possibly determine that you are not of the ethnic or racial background which you claim?!
Do they, e.g., have access to your DNA?! And/or can they demand that you undergo a DNA test?
Besides, some ethnic groups (e.g., Latino) are purely cultural/linguistic - so how can they fault you for saying that you "feel" like you are actually a Bushman, if you've always "felt" more kinship with the Hottentots than with your lard-white, Lutheran parents?
Regards,