QUESTION OF THE DAY: "Multiracial" racial classification on applications?

Here's an interesting article about a woman's fight with her local school district over the racial classification of her biracial son:

True colors:  Mom protests Unified enrollment form,
claims bias against biracial kids
by Terry Flores, Kenosha News Online
http://www.kenoshanews.com/article_comments/view_comments.php?articleNum=3360178

So here's today's Beige World Question of the Day:

Should there be a "Multiracial" racial classification on applications?

Let us know what you think by posting a comment.

Comments

[Kay]

There should definitely be a multiracial classification on every application that is asking about race. This is listed on most college/university applications.

[Daina]

Most definitely. Being multiracial is a class of it's own. If there is a Caucasian class, African American class, Asian or Latin, why wouldn't there be a multiracial class? It can be frustrating at times to pick one or the other and why should anyone have to?