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Originally posted by sugar and spice
They can make a reasonable guess at what race you are if you have a first name like "Aisha" . . . or a last name like "Chang" or "Gonzalez." Or for that matter, a last name like "Dimitroyovskaya." Of course you can't guess the color of everyone's skin by the name they have, but you can make a reasonable guess and be right on in most cases. The little box isn't the only clue to someone's race.
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What if you were identified solely by your SSN? The adcoms wouldn't even see your address (so they wouldn't know if you were from Little Italy, Harlem, or the Upper East Side), just your numbers?
Just a thought, addressed to everyone, not just sugar and spice. I only picked up on what she wrote and started thinking....