Hi all,
I noticed that on LSAC you have the option to choose Black/African American OR U.S./African American.
What is the difference?
Black/AA vs. U.S./AA Forum
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AAJD2B
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Re: Black/AA vs. U.S./AA
Black/AA - Naturalized citizen or green card holders who were born in another country though may be seen as black in the US. For example, Afro-Caribbeans, Black Africans from Kenya/Nigeria/Ghana or some similar variation.
U.S./AA - Born and bred citizens of Afro- persuasion on US soil.
U.S./AA - Born and bred citizens of Afro- persuasion on US soil.
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femmefatale
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Re: Black/AA vs. U.S./AA
@AAJD - Thanks for clarifying!
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KingJamesLBJ
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Re: Black/AA vs. U.S./AA
Where is this option? It only lets me check Black or AA. Under ethnicity edit
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DPhoenix
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Re: Black/AA vs. U.S./AA
Same here.KingJamesLBJ wrote:Where is this option? It only lets me check Black or AA. Under ethnicity edit
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femmefatale
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Re: Black/AA vs. U.S./AA
@Phoenix
Maybe it depends on the school?
I was actually filling in the demographic information in the application for one of the schools I'm applying to.
Maybe it depends on the school?
I was actually filling in the demographic information in the application for one of the schools I'm applying to.
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Cocoblues
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Re: Black/AA vs. U.S./AA
femmefatale wrote:@Phoenix
Maybe it depends on the school?
I was actually filling in the demographic information in the application for one of the schools I'm applying to.
Yup. I distinctly remember Penn asking for these distinctions. I found it quite odd.
