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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So a rich white kid from a wealthy white family in Argentina or Chile or Uruguay (which are among the "whitest" countries in the world, ironically), can claim to be Hispanic and gain AA benefits?

[quote=Anonymous]The U.S. Census Bureau defines the ethnonym Hispanic or Latino to refer to "a person of Cuban, Mexican, Puerto Rican, South or Central American, or other Spanish culture or origin regardless of race"[/quote]

As it is I suspect the admissions panels are pretty good at spotting the difference between a white Hispanic and non-white Hispanic. I doubt a white applicant whose parents came to America from Spain or Argentina is going to get much of a boost, if any. [/quote]

You just described my family. We are white. We ARE Hispanic. Clearly my kids checked the Hispanic/Latino box, because they are both of those things. We visit our country of origin frequently and the kids have varying degrees of spanish fluency.

The question is NOT "how Brown are you?"[/quote]

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