obviously, you wouldnt want to commit fraud or get your kid involved in fraud. however. i’m looking at the actual question on the aid application.

Question 2. Please select the racial category or categories with which you most closely identify by placing an “X” in the appropriate box. Check as many as apply.

the questionasks about “having origins” in a particular location. So, black is having origins in any of th eblack racial groups of Africa.

Technically, I think, we all have origins in Africa. Need to check the archaeological record again…but isn’t that the cradle of mankind? So technically, i don’t think it would be fraud to “identify” as having origins there.
the question doesn’t specify a certain percentage, so 50% african, or 1/5,000,000,000,000 seem to be similarly treated.

It might be fraud to identify as having origins in Asia say if you didn’t have a connection there…

butchered cut and copy version of usaid question..

RACIAL CATEGORY (Check as many as apply)
DEFINITION OF CATEGORY
U American Indian or Alaska Native U Asian U Black or African American U Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander U White
A person having origins in any of the original peoples of North and South America (including Central America), and who maintains tribal affiliation or community attachment. A person having origins in any of the original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, or the Indian subcontinent including, for example, Cambodia, China, India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Pakistan, the Philippine Islands, Thailand, and Vietnam. A person having origins in any of the black racial groups of Africa. A person having origins in any of the original peoples of Hawaii, Guam, Samoa, or other Pacific Islands. A person having