<p>“If you go to the CA you will see that 2 questions are asked. One about Hispanic ethnicity and one about race. Also note that Spain is an option listed when a students designates that they are Hispanic. That student can go on to indicate that they are white (and/or any other race) with no conflict with their Hispanic designation.”</p>
<p>The census must be using the literal meaning of “Hispanic”, which translates to “Spanish-speaking”, rather the most commonly used meaning, which translates to people originating the South and Central Americas. That’s weird because doing so is obviously an equivocation fallacy, as the only logical qualifier for Spaniards in Hispanic AA is their native language, yet the census also lists Chicano, which is a racial group, as another sole qualifier. </p>
<p>This proves race does mean something, just not in the case of the Spanish.</p>
<p>Ethically and racially, the Spanairds do not count as “Hispanics”. Filipinos sometimes have Spanish ancestry, should they receive Hispanic AA too? No, because they are not Hispanics. </p>
<p>One of my parents is from Brazil, and it makes no sense that we don’t classify as Hispanic yet people originating from the European country of Spain do. </p>
<p>I’m going to file a complaint.</p>