Parents to mixed children get in here!!

[tastelikeyum]

What have you been told to put down for your childs race?

I'm black and my husband is hispanic. When I do paper work I put my children as black hispanic. When I went to another place I was told to just put hispanic for my daughter. I told the lady my daughter isn't just hispanic she is black too. She then said we only go by the fathers race!! WTF?!?! So when I went to get my sons SSC I was told to just put him as black?! WTF?!?! My daughter has other listed for her SS but my son, whom has the same parents, is just black?

I don't like identifing them as one race because they are not.

What do you do?

[Anonymous 1]

My sister in law refuses to check any box because her kids mixed; shes white, her husband is black. When they tell her to check a box she tells them there isn't one for mixed kids, so they tell her to check off black, and she just says "they're not black" and hands back the form.

[Sassy762]

If there is only room for 1, then I put "black"

If there is room for 2 then I put "black & caucasian"

[PoisonousBlonde]

I check white and Hispanic.

[Mrs.Pedro]

I haven't been encountered with that question yet, but I will probably go by my DH ethnicity unless it has a mixed option.

[Hazel2013]

My son is cuban and mexican. I usually just put Hispanic.

[babyboy117]

I wish they had a "bi-racial" option.

[tastelikeyum]

 They really do need the option. It would make things SOOOOOOO much easier.

Quoting babyboy117:

I wish they had a "bi-racial" option.

 

[mattiehatter]

I hate ethnicity questions and I'm white.

[TrouserMouse]

 Hispanic is not a race.  I would choose black for the race and Hispanic for the ethnicity. Hispanics come in all colors. 

Edit: Sorry, I meant to put that no matter what country their family is from, they can be any color just like Americans are. 

[babiegurl47]

I usually put other and if that's not an option I just put black.