The ignorance of these comments is amazing. YES, "hispanics" most definitely ARE "Caucasian"! Did you people get past the 4th grade? Have you ever heard of a dictionary -- it's on the internet. Seriously, it is! And here is how the PEW Research Center (you've never heard of them, I suppose? Sigh...) defines "hispanic" in the context of the U.S. :
“Americans who identify themselves as being of Spanish-speaking background and trace their origin or descent from Mexico, Puerto Rico, Cuba, Central and South America, and other Spanish-speaking countries.” This includes 20 Spanish-speaking nations from Latin America and Spain itself, but not Portugal or Portuguese-speaking Brazil."
IT HAS TO DO WITH YOUR LANGUAGE -- and of course, language is wedded with culture. And yes people who are from Spain or Portugal are Europeans -- e.g. "caucasian." AND just like people from Georgia, or Mississippi or Arizona or Utah -- they may ALSO have had ancestors who are American Indian, African-American, Asian, Pacific Islander. If your family has been in NC for many generations, you might well be VERY surprised to find out who some of your ancestors were!
steve |
San Francisco, CA |
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