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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]GDS for 9th.

DS is from Hispanic as we are from Brazil even though his great-grandparents were from Germany.[/quote]

Goodness, so tell him that Latin and Hispanic are two different things. Brazilians speak Portuguese, not Spanish. Therefore, Brazilians are not Hispanic. [/quote]

It's a census designation not science. He can identify any way he wants.

https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2019/11/11/who-is-hispanic/

But isn’t there an official definition of what it means to be Hispanic or Latino?

A. In 1976, the U.S. Congress passed the only law in this country’s history that mandated the collection and analysis of data for a specific ethnic group: “Americans of Spanish origin or descent.” The language of that legislation described this group as “Americans who identify themselves as being of Spanish-speaking background and trace their origin or descent from Mexico, Puerto Rico, Cuba, Central and South America, and other Spanish-speaking countries.” This includes 20 Spanish-speaking nations from Latin America and Spain itself, but not Portugal or Portuguese-speaking Brazil. Standards for collecting data on Hispanics were developed by the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) in 1977 and revised in 1997. Using these standards, schools, public health facilities and other government entities and agencies keep track of how many Hispanics they serve – the primary goal of the 1976 law.

However, the Census Bureau does not apply this definition when counting Hispanics. Rather, it relies entirely on self-reporting and lets each person identify as Hispanic or not.[/quote]

Who is talking about census or science? [/quote]

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