http://www.mixedmediawatch.com/2005/09/04/article-mixed-students-in-the-classroom/ Sat, 17 May 2008 18:14:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 http://www.mixedmediawatch.com/2005/09/04/article-mixed-students-in-the-classroom/#comment-1080 cici Mon, 19 Sep 2005 01:37:08 +0000 http://www.mixedmediawatch.com/index.php/archives/2005/09/article-mixed-students-in-the-classroom/#comment-1080 yes i can relate i realte to one of my ethnicities because one of my parents abandoned the family. i dont know them, i'm not in contact with them , i don't look like them. and that parent does not want me. yeah yeah i know that you cant change who you are but i feel no connection to my other side. yes i can relate i realte to one of my ethnicities because one of my parents abandoned the family. i dont know them, i’m not in contact with them , i don’t look like them. and that parent does not want me. yeah yeah i know that you cant change who you are but i feel no connection to my other side.

]]> http://www.mixedmediawatch.com/2005/09/04/article-mixed-students-in-the-classroom/#comment-1007 Lyonside Tue, 06 Sep 2005 18:38:37 +0000 http://www.mixedmediawatch.com/index.php/archives/2005/09/article-mixed-students-in-the-classroom/#comment-1007 in college, I put Other: biracial on forms. Mysteriously, every other semester or so, I was in the main office asking them to change it BACK to Other: biracial. One semester it was black, the next it was white. It was supposedly a computer error... really? I suspect someone changed it depending on what demographic they wanted to show was on campus. Seems petty, until you realize that the school is about 90% white in the undergraduate and had about 250 people in my graduating class (not counting grad school or continuing ed or part timers)- so shifting a few students here or there would really matter. in college, I put Other: biracial on forms. Mysteriously, every other semester or so, I was in the main office asking them to change it BACK to Other: biracial. One semester it was black, the next it was white. It was supposedly a computer error… really? I suspect someone changed it depending on what demographic they wanted to show was on campus. Seems petty, until you realize that the school is about 90% white in the undergraduate and had about 250 people in my graduating class (not counting grad school or continuing ed or part timers)- so shifting a few students here or there would really matter.

]]> http://www.mixedmediawatch.com/2005/09/04/article-mixed-students-in-the-classroom/#comment-1006 Jen Tue, 06 Sep 2005 18:11:22 +0000 http://www.mixedmediawatch.com/index.php/archives/2005/09/article-mixed-students-in-the-classroom/#comment-1006 I can relate to this confusion. When I was in high school, the front office forced me to indicate whether I was Asian or Caucasian. I left that part of the form blank on purpose because most racial identify forms force you to indicate one or the other. But I refuse to acknowledge just one side of my ethnicity. I am as much a Filipino as I am an American. It's about time the public school system and much of the general population recognize that. I can relate to this confusion. When I was in high school, the front office forced me to indicate whether I was Asian or Caucasian. I left that part of the form blank on purpose because most racial identify forms force you to indicate one or the other. But I refuse to acknowledge just one side of my ethnicity. I am as much a Filipino as I am an American. It’s about time the public school system and much of the general population recognize that.

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