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[quote=Anonymous]White is socially determined.  Who is a person of color is socially determined.
Who is discriminated against is socially determined.  When I went to college in Ohio, the forms there barred discrimination against people of Appalachian origin.  They were certainly white, but also discriminated against and a protected class.

Spanish people should absolutely not be considered people of color in the US.  There should be clearer definitions of who is and who is not hispanic.

Just because it's subjective doesn't make it meaningless.  I don't think any of us would say racism doesn't exist.  I hope not at least.

My mother in law is half Portuguese and half Brazilian.  She was absolutely discriminated against as a person of color in a variety of ways.  Her in laws did not want her marrying into their families because she was basically considered colored 1970s.

That particular family was probably discriminating against her more because of her Brazilian side (which did include African and significant indigenous DNA) than her Portuguese ancestry from both sides.[/quote]

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