So this question appeared on a form I'm filling out, and I am 1/4 Spanish.

I'm kinda confused why they would have a special question for people from Spain...? When did they start caring about that?

Also, does 1/4 qualify me to check Yes?

I've checked No for now, but if there is a compelling reason why my Spanish background would matter, I'm all over the Yes box!

11/18/2010 3:19:18 AM

I consider myself a pacific islander

gotta get dat financial aid

I'm AstralAdvent and i approved this message.

11/18/2010 3:21:50 AM

Yeah, I'm gonna assume the "Spanish" part is for people from Latin America who identify more as European than African or Indian.

But I wanna rep my Spanish background so bad!

11/18/2010 3:31:32 AM

sometimes i wear a button up shirt but only button the top two buttons.

11/18/2010 3:43:17 AM

^

11/18/2010 5:19:52 AM

it's probably going by self-identification


so you're probably fine to tick off the 'Spanish' box if you want to

11/18/2010 5:23:40 AM

I'd say I'm Mexican but look more Asian.

11/18/2010 5:38:30 AM

I think you should ask yourself whether you like tacos and burritos. The answer lies within.

11/18/2010 7:45:01 AM

I'm cuban but i look white.

11/18/2010 7:50:48 AM

I think this form is racist

11/18/2010 10:26:56 AM

Quote :

"I think this form is racist"

11/18/2010 10:30:04 AM

speak spanish to me baby..... yeah

11/18/2010 11:27:10 AM

no, i am not

11/18/2010 11:29:31 AM

I'm part Italian and sometimes get confused for Spanish.

11/18/2010 11:31:21 AM

Quote :

"Oh god, you should have seen this one hot chick. She was totally Italian...or maybe some kind of Spanish"

11/18/2010 11:34:34 AM

^lol





Are you of [ethnicity], [race], or [nationality] origin?

[Edited on November 18, 2010 at 11:35 AM. Reason : ]

11/18/2010 11:34:41 AM

I'm 1/4 Cuban. I had a census person come to my door because I didn't fill out the form. She asked me specifically if I was Cuban. Not latin or hispanic, but Cuban. I said I was 1/4 and she said it counted. Sometimes I list that I am hispanic and sometimes I don't. It depends on what form I'm filling out.

11/18/2010 12:12:22 PM

Yes, Cuban B.

11/18/2010 12:12:52 PM

Quote :

"I'm cuban but i look white."

Same here. My fathers side of the family were French and Spanish colonists that settled in Cuba. They all looked pretty caucasion. No one ever believes that I'm hispanic because I'm not 5' tall with brown skin and a dirty mustache.

11/18/2010 12:15:29 PM

INS is on the way.

11/18/2010 12:23:38 PM

Asian/Pacific Islander -- man, that's half the globe!

11/18/2010 2:57:33 PM

I think it tried to cover the basis for what terms people use to mean "Hispanic"; it's like when the Census used "Black, African American, or Negro"

IMO "Latino" is too broad, because if interpreted as "from a place where Latin or a derivative is widely spoken" then it would include Italy, Brazil, Portugal, France, French Canada, Switzerland, Romania, and some other places...

while of course "Spanish" is too narrow, but then again many a person thinks "Hispanic" means "Latin-American" (which incorrectly includes "Brazilian" and excludes "Spanish" and "Filipino")

11/19/2010 5:45:58 AM

latino- latin american
hispanic- all spanish/portuguese-speaking cultures

11/19/2010 5:49:04 AM

I was pretty sure "Hispanic" just meant "Spanish-speaking"

while the (much less-known) term for "Portuguese-speaking" was "Lusophone" (in analogy to "Francophone" for French and "Anglophone" for English)

and at least the AP advises to use "Brazilian" or "Portuguese" or "Angolan" or "Timorese" instead of "Hispanic" or some other generalized term for people from the respective Portuguese-speaking countries Brazil, Portugal, Angola, and East Timor

11/19/2010 5:54:28 AM