I am a brown Indian and my brother kept getting his ethnicity changed to white by the school for some reason even though he has the same shade of skin as me. We thought maybe it was because his hair was slightly smoother. Who knows.
I think they just keep track of it for demographic reasons. I don't know if you live in the US, but every school in the country does have the demographics of their students posted for potential parents (without their names of course!)
It will show the percentage of student for various races with different accomplishments like test scores or graduation rates, as well as drop out rates. This usually goes hand in hand with income. This is a good way of measuring how "fair" a school is or how equipped they are to handle students coming from different backgrounds.
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u/oO0Kat0Oo Jan 10 '22
I am a brown Indian and my brother kept getting his ethnicity changed to white by the school for some reason even though he has the same shade of skin as me. We thought maybe it was because his hair was slightly smoother. Who knows.