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To: massgopguy
Since Arabs are considered "white" by the US census bureau, Shakira can't even rely on her Arab side to be considered "nonwhite."

The "Latino"/Hispanic category is absolutely ridiculous. Most people who we think of when we use the term could be classified racially as "mestizos."

13 posted on 04/30/2010 9:32:21 AM PDT by Clemenza (Remember our Korean War Veterans)
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To: Clemenza
True, according to the definitions of the US government, Shakira's racial background is "White Caucasian". She is the only child of Nidya del Carmen Ripoll Torrado, who is of Spainard Catalan) and Italian descent, and William Mebarak Chadid, who is Lebanese descent. All those ethnic categories are "white Caucasian" in the US census. According to US laws, Shakira is entirely white, regardless of whether she is of Hispanic of latino origin (the US government states that Hispanics or latinos may be members of any race, and 85% of the them fall into the "white" category).

And if she's going to get into a more informal discuss on what "skin color" racial profiling would determine, well, here's Shakira's physical appearance:

So either way you look at it, her argument that she could be targeted by the U.S. government for "racial profiling" as a "non-white" make no sense. Don't know why liberal pop singers always feel the need to inject their opinions into topics they know nothing about. Shakira, you shouldn't be lecturing us about Arizona law when you admittedly don't understand the US constitution, anymore than Joe Biden should be showing you how to belly dance.

46 posted on 05/01/2010 12:38:39 AM PDT by BillyBoy (Impeach Obama? Yes We Can!)
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