Posted on 05/21/2014 9:55:27 AM PDT by Olog-hai
Hispanics are often described as driving up the nonwhite share of the population. But a new study of census forms finds that more Hispanics are identifying as white.
An estimated net 1.2 million Americans of the 35 million Americans identified in 2000 as of “Hispanic, Latino or Spanish origin,” as the census form puts it, changed their race from “some other race” to “white” between the 2000 and 2010 censuses, according to research presented at an annual meeting of the Population Association of America and reported by Pew Research.
The researchers, who have not yet published their findings, compared individual census forms from the 2000 and 2010 censuses. They found that millions of Americans answered the census questions about race and ethnicity differently in 2000 and 2010. The largest shifts were among Americans of Hispanic origin, who are the nation’s fastest growing ethnic group by total numbers. …
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Come and get me, feral government goons!
Maybe that’s some of the basis for white privilege. Declare yourself white but because of a Spanish surname be eligible for affirmative action (discrimination against whites). Talk about having it both ways.
Hispanic is not a race.
Someone needs to tell La Raza.
Now that’s double dipping. Claiming white skin privilege and not giving up affirmative action status.
Sounds like a good idea until, as for an application for employment, you show up for the first interview. I would wear my Aunt Jemima costume that, pre-PC, I wore on Halloween as a kid.
Technically, neither is 'white' or 'black'.
“Hispanic is not a race.”
That is true, they are Caucasians.
Think I’ll refer to myself as a Black Russian from now on.
This is controversial. Once, they were supposed to be part of the Mongoloid (Asian) race. I think there are some arguments that indigenous people constitute their own race or sub-raceS, depending on where they are. Latin America is huge, so there’s a lot of genetic diversity by location.
Spaniards are “White”. Many Hispanics claim to be descendants of the Canary Islanders. I’m not sure why.
This is SO funny. I am white, and always check the button Hispanic. I like to upset the graphs. Sometimes I tell people I am Jewish. I never give accurate information.
I was born a poor black child.
“This is s—t, and this is Shinola.”
I want to be a long island tea.
Other than skewing crime statistics and welfare demographics, there isn’t much reason for most Hispanics in this country to identify themselves as white, unless, of course, they are primarily of Spaniard descent. The whole “white Hispanic” “non white Hispanic” thing is fodder for race-baiters. We don’t see the same confusion amongst black Hispanics or Polynesian Hispanics.
“So what is a race?”
A social construct created by humans.
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