Why is that mexican american, cuban american, chinese american and so on and so forth are considered seperate minorities, but white people are lumped under 'white'? Why is there no german american, irish american, scottish american, ect minorites? If it just went by color, why are cuban, peutro rican and mexican all considered seperate? They're all the same color, just like white people are (actually, if you look at an italian and a swede, they are definately NOT the same color)
My example- a college application or the SATS both ask for a race- peurto rican and mexican are seperate on those, but 'white' is just lumped together. Can anyone give me a logical reason for this?
2007-01-11
02:36:36
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