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This. I remember an anecdote by Ota Ulč, a Czech writer who escaped communism to emigrate into the USA.

When asked to select his race, Ota didn't realize "Caucasian" applied to him – after all he's Czech, not from Caucasus! So he checked "Other" instead. An honest mistake.

As a result, he got in no problem.



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