What does being hispanic mean?
I don't live in the U.S., so can anyone answer the following questions:
1)If you are black and born in Latin America, are you black, hispanic or black hispanic?
2) If you have hispanic parents, you are white and are born in the U.S., are you white or hispanic?
3) If you have native hispanic parents and you are born in the U.S., what are you?
4) If you have native hispanic parents and you are born in Germany and come to the U.S., are you considered hispanic?
6) If your great grand parents are those from 3 are you still considered hispanic?
5) Does the term hispanic include Spanish people (from Spain)?
6) If your mother is a U.S. white and your father a white hispanic are you white or hispanic?
7) If your father is a U.S. white and your mother a white hispanic are you white or hispanic?
8) If your parents are both black hispanics and you are born in the U.S. are you black or hispanic?
9) If one of your parents is a U.S. black and the other a black hispanic are you black hispanic or black?
10) If both of your parents are U.S. whites and you are born in a Latin American country and grow up there are you white or white hispanic?
11) If both of your parents are U.S. whites and you are born in a Latin American country but grow up in the U.S. are you white or white hispanic?
12) Question 10 but having U.S. black parents instead of white.
13) Question 11 but having U.S. black parents instead of white.
14) Why is it not common to see the term black hispanic but instead white hispanic is commonly used?
15) If you are brazilian are you hispanic? If yes, then what about if you are from portugal?
16) If portuguese and/or spanish people are considered hispanics then are italian and greek people also hispanics?
17) If two U.S. whites adopt a white baby in Latin America, is the baby white or hispanic?
18) Same as 17 but black parents and black baby instead of white.
Sorry, but I simply can't understand such term. Why is place of origin so important, why mix it with races? Shouldn't it be a separate category? And even then, why divide people racially anyways.
Oh and one last question which is not related to the term hispanic:
19) Is Michael Jackson black or white?
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1)If you are black and born in Latin America, are you black, hispanic or black hispanic?
2) If you have hispanic parents, you are white and are born in the U.S., are you white or hispanic?
3) If you have native hispanic parents and you are born in the U.S., what are you?
4) If you have native hispanic parents and you are born in Germany and come to the U.S., are you considered hispanic?
6) If your great grand parents are those from 3 are you still considered hispanic?
5) Does the term hispanic include Spanish people (from Spain)?
6) If your mother is a U.S. white and your father a white hispanic are you white or hispanic?
7) If your father is a U.S. white and your mother a white hispanic are you white or hispanic?
8) If your parents are both black hispanics and you are born in the U.S. are you black or hispanic?
9) If one of your parents is a U.S. black and the other a black hispanic are you black hispanic or black?
10) If both of your parents are U.S. whites and you are born in a Latin American country and grow up there are you white or white hispanic?
11) If both of your parents are U.S. whites and you are born in a Latin American country but grow up in the U.S. are you white or white hispanic?
12) Question 10 but having U.S. black parents instead of white.
13) Question 11 but having U.S. black parents instead of white.
14) Why is it not common to see the term black hispanic but instead white hispanic is commonly used?
15) If you are brazilian are you hispanic? If yes, then what about if you are from portugal?
16) If portuguese and/or spanish people are considered hispanics then are italian and greek people also hispanics?
17) If two U.S. whites adopt a white baby in Latin America, is the baby white or hispanic?
18) Same as 17 but black parents and black baby instead of white.
Sorry, but I simply can't understand such term. Why is place of origin so important, why mix it with races? Shouldn't it be a separate category? And even then, why divide people racially anyways.
Oh and one last question which is not related to the term hispanic:
19) Is Michael Jackson black or white?
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Comments
I have a friend whose partents are from Suriname. They met in amsterdam and married. He was born there. He's more dutch than the "real" dutchmen I meet there. So figgure that one out.
The reason for the rise of the term is to associate yourself with being white or European and not Indian, or a native person.
In the U.S. there was a very large white majority. Because of this they could easily overrun the Native American population and also easily keep control of the slave population which was of course black. The numbers were so overwhelming that they were even unafraid to make laws like the one drop law which made you "black" or slave if yo had one drop of African blood in you.
When you compare to the situation in Mexico, and other Latin countries, you have just the opposite. There was a rather small white population trying to control a very large native population. Overtime of course people began to mix with regard to the populations. However power had to be kept as close as possible and so the more "white" or Spanish you could prove you were, the more likely you were to have and continue to receive status because of your background. This power by shading of white to black exists even today. It is especially true in countries like Brazil.
Anyway.. that is a nice start on it, I am sure some others might add some more details.
Nick
Many people find it offensive and prefer either Latino or Chicano.
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I have a friend whose partents are from Suriname. They met in amsterdam and married. He was born there. He's more dutch than the "real" dutchmen I meet there. So figgure that one out.</strong><hr></blockquote>
I sincerely question that - most Surinam people I know in Holland think they're Snoop Dogg.
If he's more Dutch than "real" Dutchmen I suppose he is:
White
A cheapskate
A know it all
Nosy
At least bi lingual
Square?
If yes - granted - he's really very Dutch
<strong>1)If you are black and born in Latin America, are you black, hispanic or black hispanic?
Hispanic - a Chinese born in Australia is still Chinese
2) If you have hispanic parents, you are white and are born in the U.S., are you white or hispanic?
If both your parents are hispanic there is not a chance that you are white - next question please.
3) If you have native hispanic parents and you are born in the U.S., what are you?
Hispanic - Hispanic is a race - American is a nationality
4) If you have native hispanic parents and you are born in Germany and come to the U.S., are you considered hispanic?
Yes - as above
5) Does the term hispanic include Spanish people (from Spain)?
No. Strangely enough they are considered white. Even though they are latin.
19) Is Michael Jackson black or white?
black - being a race is not determined by the colour of your skin - the colour of your skin is determined by your race.
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I think most of those are wrong.
Being spanish is a nationality.
Hispanic is demographic term based on language i.e. spanish-speaking.
Black and white are colours, not 'races'.
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I think most of those are wrong.
Being spanish is a nationality.
Hispanic is demographic term based on language i.e. spanish-speaking.
Black and white are colours, not 'races'.</strong><hr></blockquote>
But at least we agree on how to spell "colour"
Now, the term white. I tend to think of white people as people who's entire ancestry is from Europe. I tend not to think of Hispanics as completely white.
According to the dictionary, I got the terms a bit miffed though. Hispanic refers to Spain or Spanish speaking america.
You might be of Spanish origin, and therefor think of yourself as European
but the true test is not what you or your fellow Hispanic people think of you, especially those with indian blood,
but what does the WASP, White Anglo Saxon Protestant, the landed gentry of New England think of you:
and they will think of you as Hispanic even if you are third generation from Spain with a strong crisp Castillian accent.
A person might cast disparities at their more native-blooded Hispanic neighbors; their darker skinned brothers, as much as possible, but they will still be lumped together with them from the perspective of the WASPs who really define the state of things here in the US.
Hell, even in some ways us Irish/French Catholics are considered Hispanic by these Old Money families on the New England estates . . . . . Even if we come from very Old old world familes . . .
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A Spanish-speaking person living in the U.S., especially one of Latin American decent...