no hispanic blood, still considered hispanic?

[entomom]

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I think it’s irresponsible for people to mark their ethnicity based on what’s convenient or what will get them the most money.

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<p>True</p>

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If he truly identified as Hispanic, he would have marked everything as such from the beginning.

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<p>Unless they did not understand the difference between ethnicity and race and assumed that since they are Asian racially that they were not considered Hispanic in the US. Most people believe this way, I should know because I have explained this so many times on this forum. Take a look at all of the ‘am I Hispanic?’ type threads on this forum, look at post #2, look at the part of your sentence that I cite below.</p>

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To say he is Hispanic [when he isn’t biologically]

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<p>Once again, race is a biological concept, Hispanic is not. You inherit being Hispanic only in the sense that your parents or ancestors pass the culture down to you, it is not part of your blood or genes.</p>

<p>One more time, from the US Census bureau:</p>

<p>[Persons</a> of Hispanic or Latino origin, percent, 2000](<a href=“http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/meta/long_68188.htm]Persons”>http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/meta/long_68188.htm)</p>

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Hispanics or Latinos are those people who classified themselves in one of the specific Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino categories listed on the Census 2000 questionnaire -“Mexican, Mexican Am., Chicano,” “Puerto Rican”, or “Cuban” -as well as those who indicate that they are “other Spanish/Hispanic/Latino.” Persons who indicated that they are “other Spanish/Hispanic/Latino” include those whose origins are from Spain, the Spanish-speaking countries of Central or South America, the Dominican Republic or people identifying themselves generally as Spanish, Spanish-American, Hispanic, Hispano, Latino, and so on.</p>

<p>Origin can be viewed as the heritage, nationality group, lineage, or country of birth of the person or the person’s parents or ancestors before their arrival in the United States.</p>

<p>People who identify their origin as Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino may be of any race. Thus, the percent Hispanic should not be added to percentages for racial categories. Tallies that show race categories for Hispanics and nonHispanics separately are available.

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<p>As sunmachine and I have said, it is honesty that is the key.</p>