Baneleaf wrote:
This would be a great argument to have. Check African American on every box. When they try to call you out you can destroy their argument by the fact that whether you believe in the religious version of how humans were created or the scientific version, Africa was the cradle of civilization for millions of years. So yes, we are all from Africa at some point in our lineage. When they wipe the puzzled looks away you can take your discounted education and walk away as a proud African-American.
I was trying to Google around to see if there has ever been a case of a white person claiming African-American to gain admission to a selective university and couldn't come up with anything.
I feel like someone somewhere must have tried it.