Who would count as a URM and who would count as a ORM?

SoCalkid8807
Thu, 13 Jul 2006 21:49:33 +0000

While I have a good idea of who constitutes as a URM and who constitutes as an ORM, I know that some populations in different races have fared rather differently in the United States. For example, some groups of Hispanics do better than others, and some groups of Asians do better than others.

In your opinion, which of the following groups would qualify as URMs and which would qualify as ORMs?

Blacks
African Americans (descendants of slaves brought directly to USA)
Blacks of Caribbean origin/descendants of Caribbean immigrants or immigrants themselves (Jamaicans, Haitians, etc.)
African immigrants/children of immigrants from Africa (Nigerians, Ghanaians, etc.)

American Indians
Alaska Natives
American Indians

Asian/Pacific Islander Americans
Cambodians
Chamorro/Guamanians
Chinese
Filipinos
Japanese
Koreans
Laotians/Hmong
Polynesians (ex: Native Hawaiians, Samoans, Tongans)
South Asians (ex: Indians, Pakistanis)
Vietnamese

Hispanic Americans
Central Americans (ex: Salvadorans, Guatemalans, Nicaraguans)
Cubans
Mexicans
Puerto Ricans
South Americans (ex: Colombians, Ecuadorians, Peruvians)
Spanish Americans (pure Spanish ancestry)

Arab Americans

Iranian Americans