I am Hispanic and was adopted from migrant worker at 2 weeks old.

SeniorStruggling
Mon, 01 Aug 2016 15:18:35 +0000

@WISdad23 not true, you are part of whatever ethnicity you grow up as. Hispanic/Latino as a culture envelopes many different races. I am white, but I am hispanic, why? Because I was born in Mexico and have Mexican parents. Since it is an ethnicity it may be transferred from parents to children regardless of race. Same goes for american born white hispanics. I have a friend who speaks fluent Spanish and is very connected to her Guatemalan heritage, however she is white as can be(ginger actually) and was born in the us. When she checks boxes it goes caucasian(hispanic).

Make sense? It’s not choosing whatever you want.