Biracial School Registration

by Frustrated Mom
(Connecticut)

I have never gone on any blogs before but I really need some help and can not seem to find anyone that is understanding my frustration. My husband and I have have two children and he is black and I am white.

We have a son who is 11 months and a daughter who is almost five who is starting Kindergarten in the fall and when I filled out her school registration I failed to fill out the ethnicity because they did not have an option for biracial. Only Black/Non Hispanic, White/Non Hispanic, Hispanic, Asian, or Native American.

I was then contacted by the school that stated that they were unable to complete the registration unless I chose one of the above, so that they could fill out that portion of the form.

I am very hurt that my husband and I have tried so hard to educate our daughter about her two cultures and now we are faced to make a decision whether we should classify her as Black or White? Am I the only parent out there that has been faced with this craziness before?

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