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Nope, they're not.  [b]In almost all tests out there Hispanics slightly out score Blacks[/b].  Might not always be the case in MoCo because we get a lot of kids of poor non-English speaking immigrants, but in general this pattern holds for most things like IQ, SAT scores, crime rates, house hold income, school suspension rates etc.  It's frankly amazing how consistent this pattern is.  Hell, it even holds for STD rates.[/quote]

"Hispanic/Latino" is not a race. There are black people who are Hispanic/Latino. There are Hispanic/Latino people who are black.

I wish I had a nickel for every time I've typed that out on DCUM.[/quote]

While I agree with you 100%, its irrelevant here because MCPS makes you effectively choose.  There are intricacies of the Hispanic group, biracial group, etc.  that aren't even being looked at here.  AND labeling is part of the problem.[/quote]

This is correct.  For the purposes of MCPS demographics everyone is pigeon holed.  How consistently this is done is a separate issue, but no one is counted in more than one category.  When DCUM uses these terms it's usually in reference to MCPS data.[/quote]

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