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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m trying to understand why anyone would think Giselle B isn’t Hispanic just because she’s white. Are Afro Caribbean Hispanics now less Hispanic too? This is ridiculous.

Hispanic refers to a culture and it doesn’t matter what color you are, you’re either part of that culture or you’re not. [/quote]

+1.

I think OP is the typical American racist who truly can't understand why others are not as racist as he is.

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Agree with this. Who would want to return to an offensive term used to designate racial inferiority??[/quote]

OP here. Is Mestizo offensive?  I'm honestly not aware of this and if so of course I don't think it should be brought back. I use it because that is the only term that I know of that describes people who are Spanish and American Indian mixed. [/quote]

I should also add that it's not that I have a "need" to sort people out, but I find it peculiar that our society uses the term Hispanic to racially categorize a group of people when Hispanic is not a racial designator. For those of you attacking me for asking this, I ask you, what race is Erik Estrada?  Most people would say Hispanic, but as has been pointed out over and over again that is not right. So what race is he then? [/quote]

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