on an application when it asks what your ethnic background is and they have mexican..... and hispanic boxes to check off from.... what would be the diffrence??? thanks in advance for the answers.....
2007-01-25 04:16:42 · 3 answers · asked by prettilady03 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Other - Cultures & Groups
Mexican = person with ancestry from mexico; american indian+african+spanish=mexican
Hispanic = [more inclusive term] all others with spanish blood and are spanish speaking. (puerto rico, south america, spain, etc)
although generally speaking hispanic is a social term not a race or ethnicity that includes mexicans and all those with spanish speaking bloodlines.
this application seems to isolate those from nearby mexico, from other hispanics. maybe because of NAFTA. [North American Free Trade Agreement]
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2007-01-25 04:38:37 · answer #1 · answered by LadyB!™ 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I'm thinking Mexican is for actual Mexicans and Hispanic combines other Spanish speaking Latin Americans. Just a guess. Why it's seperate, I have no clue.
2007-01-25 04:19:42 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
if your not of Mexican ancestry, say Honduran, then you would be 'Hispanic".
As poster number 1 said.
2007-01-25 04:21:02 · answer #3 · answered by robert2020 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋