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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Where does the ethnicity stop, though? I'm always so confused about this. I'm 1/2 hispanic via my mother who is 100%. I've always just checked "white" for my kids recognizing that they are more white than hispanic. But am I wrong? My DH is not technically white but there's no box for him. 
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They can be white and Hispanic. White is a race and Hispanic is an ethnicity. Your kids can be marked as Hispanic because they are. They would be eligible for scholarships for Hispanic students.[/quote]

But when is someone ethnically “Hispanic?” Is someone whose parents came from Argentina and whose ancestors all came from Spain “Hispanic?” What about someone whose parents came from Argentina but whose ancestors came from Italy? What about someone whose parents came directly from Spain? Can someone from Argentina whose last name is Spanish claim to be Hispanic, but someone whose last name is Italian is not? Why in any of these cases should anyone afforded special consideration for acceptance? The whole concept of the term is so vague. Just one example of the slippery slope that racial indentity politics can create.[/quote]

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