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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Are "white Hispanics" included in BIPOC?[/quote]

White Latina here and no, I do not consider myself BIPOC. Technically I do have some indigenous ancestry (more than Elizabeth Warren), so I think it is a bit of a gray area. But most people who don't know me see me as White and treat me as such which is different from how my friends and family who are BIPOC are treated.[/quote]

Your employer considers you Hispanic in its calculations of diversity.  Absolutely no doubt about it.  Your appearance and language make no difference.  If you have a Latin sound name they will assume it.  OTOH, if you have an Anglo sounding name and everything else is the same, they won't.  If you look at employer or school data, there is a reason that institutions that used to have 5-10 percent diversity suddenty have 30-40 percent.  They are looking for people who can check different boxes regardless of whether that is reflected in anything else about the person.[/quote]

Are you suggesting I'm not as qualified as my White coworkers because I'm Latina?[/quote]

Absolutely not.  NO.  I am saying that even it your race/gender had nothing to do with your hiring, it is still something you company wants to make reference to in its data about its employees.  Companies are expected to show a significant percentage of employees are diverse.  So, for example, in the Federal government we are asked tons of questions about our demographics.  We are now asked what gender we were "assigned" at birth and also how we identify today.   No one cared about that 10 years ago and e already work there but the government wants to gather data on race, gender etc so it can describe how diverse its workforce is today.   [/quote]

Okay, what's the big deal then? I am Latina/Hispanic. I speak Spanish. It's not incorrect to categorize me as Hispanic.[/quote]

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