Miss Fisher went about it all wrong. OK, she may have gone about it right if her goal is to topple a SCOTUS ruling, but if she wanted to get into the school she should have done what I did: check the “black” race box on the application. No one checks to see if you’re actually the race you selected—you turn the application in, it gets thrown in a pile with the others and you’re long gone when someone actually reads it. Keep in mind that you’re dealing with a huge bureaucracy that can be manipulated to your advantage. I even won scholarships that I’m pretty sure hinged on my “blackness” even though I’m white as rice.
Select the black checkbox. If you are called on it, go to the university library and select any random anthropology text book. Each and every one of them state categorically the all of humanity came from africa.
That might work but...
I recall some firefighters in San Jose California got in trouble for doing that. They realized it was the only way to earn a promotion so a few of the white firefighters checked the ‘black’ box. All I recall is threats of suspensions for lying on an application - I don’t know what happened.
“No one checks to see if you’re actually the race you selected”
Can’t you get in trouble for making false statements on those forms?
You sure can on mortgage apps.
Well, the SC may take it out before this happens, but I always figured that it would collapse when a definitively “white” appearing student is denied entry and then shows DNA/genealogy showing they are 10-20% African.
Once they have to start doing elaborate genetic tests and specifying racial percentages to several decimal points the system can’t survive.
Mebbe an Urban Legend, but a white college applicant checked off the "Native American" box. In the "Tribe" box he put "SoSueMe". He was accepted.