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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Under DCPS categorization, "white" people cannot also be "Hispanic."  You have to pick one or the other (which is absurd, but that's another topic).

So that fact could be contributing to -some- student bodies that look whiter than the DCPS pie chart would suggest.

ie, in my son's class, there is a Caucasian snowy-"white" child whose Mom was born in Buenos Aires.  Dad is from Midwest.  DCPS considers him non-white and part of the 32% not-white kids in 12:08's example.  Even though he is pale like a sheet, lighter-complected than my kid and -- the clincher -- speaks not one word of Spanish.   
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I cannot believe I am reading this. First of all, Latinos are white. It is an ethnicity not a race. Second, did you take any world history classes? Argentina was settled much like the US, except they killed off the indigenous population unlike here. You are a f*cking idiot. The color of the child's complexion would not necessarily be dark because s/he could have ancestors from England, Germany, or Poland, for example. Ethnicity is an identity. Who the F*ck are you to say what anyone's identity is?![/quote]

I think you and PP agree - the kid is white.  The Latino category is vague enough to include totally white people but is really meant for discriminated-against part indian minorities.  And remember, Italians, French and Romanians are "Latinos" too - no minority status for them!

PS -- we pretty much killed off our native population too.[/quote]

Hey PS, maybe you need to travel more. Remember the whole Trail of Tears? The Native tribes are primarily out West. I knew a large number of Navajo, Apache, and Tohono O'Odham tribal members when I lived out West. They are still alive. We have far more than Argentina. This message brought to you by a Blackfoot married to an Argentinian with a blonde child. Genetics are a tricky deal, folks. You never know how that punnett square is going to work out.

Latino is a designation for Latin American.[/quote]

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