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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What a ridiculous concept that is ! White hispanic. Or faux cahontis : whatever I identify with to get ahead. [/quote]
Most hispanics are "white."  The vast majority of hispanics, if they check any race box, will check "white" per federal government categories set forth in the Common App.  Hispanic is an ethnicity, a yes or no question.  The race question is separate.  There is NO race category for Mestizo.  Native American does not apply as it requires a tribal number.  White is all there is.[/quote]

I’m not sure what you guys are getting at. I don’t think you can say most are white if so many will have a higher percentage of Native American blood than the rest of the continent.[/quote]
It is not about skin color or genetic percent.  It is about the US government race categories and that is not how they work.  The relevant Common App race category is titled "American Indian or Alaska Native" and a check in that box brings up additional boxes asking for [i]US tribal identification[/i].  Hispanics in the US with ancestry from Mexico and South America generally will not find it appropriate to check the "American Indian" box even when they know the name of the South American tribe (as is the case in our family, 20% NA per 23andme, which merely gives us a good laugh).[/quote]

Being Hispanic is NOT classified as a race category by the federal government. it is considered a heritage/lineage/nationality, and btw includes being an immigrant or child of immigrants from Spain. The "Hispanic box" is NOT in the same list as the race categories, it is a yes/no box all by itself. Federal government very explicitly states someone who is Hispanic can be of ANY race.

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Exactly, which is one of the many flaws of affirmative action.  Many many wealthy white Hispanics checking that box.  And colleges don't care because they want to claim diversity.[/quote]

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