Is Hispanic a race?

Question

If not then how come my newborn neice was just put down as Hispanic?

Answer 1

Anthropoligically speaking...there are three races of peoples....Caucasoids; Negroids and Mongoloids [asians]...

Then there are ethnic groups and nationalities...Hispanic is a term that has been coined to designate those from Spanish speaking countires [nationalities]
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To classify humans on the basis of physical traits is difficult, for the coexistence of races through conquests, invasions, migrations, and mass deportations has produced a heterogeneous world population. Nevertheless, by limiting the criteria to such traits as skin pigmentation, color and form of hair, shape of head, stature, and form of nose, most anthropologists historically agreed on the existence of three relatively distinct groups: the Caucasoid, the Mongoloid, and the *******.

The Caucasoid, found in Europe, N Africa, and the Middle East to N India, is characterized as pale reddish white to olive brown in skin color, of medium to tall stature, with a long or broad head form. The hair is light blond to dark brown in color, of a fine texture, and straight or wavy. The color of the eyes is light blue to dark brown and the nose bridge is usually high.

The Mongoloid race, including most peoples of E Asia and the indigenous peoples of the Americas, has been described as saffron to yellow or reddish brown in skin color, of medium stature, with a broad head form. The hair is dark, straight, and coarse; body hair is sparse. The eyes are black to dark brown. The epicanthic fold, imparting an almond shape to the eye, is common, and the nose bridge is usually low or medium.

The ******* race is characterized by brown to brown-black skin, usually a long head form, varying stature, and thick, everted lips. The hair is dark and coarse, usually kinky. The eyes are dark, the nose bridge low, and the nostrils broad. To the ******* race belong the peoples of Africa south of the Sahara, the Pygmy groups of Indonesia, and the inhabitants of New Guinea and Melanesia.

Answer 2

A socially constructed race? Yes!
An actual biological race? No!

The term Hispanic was created by the U.S government in the 1960s to lower the white population on the census. Most Hispanics in the United States are Mestizo; a mixture between the White Spaniards and the various tribes of Native South Americans. Hispanics can be of any race; although some racial types predominate in various areas of Latin America.

Answer 3

Hispanic is NOT a race. There are many races within the Latino community, including White, Black, Native Indian, and even Asian. Some segments, like the Cuban community, show very few mixed-race individuals. In fact, Cubans exhibit a race discrimination behavior within their community that is similar to that of the general market. Other groups, like Puerto Ricans, are very mixed. Argentineans are mostly White and some Latin American countries, including Mexico, have a strong Native Indian background.

For years, however, the U.S. Census considered Hispanic a race. They have changed that definition since before the 1970 census and in 1977 the Office of Management and Budget issued the “Race and Ethnic Standards for Federal Statistics and Administrative Reporting”. They established the U.S. racial classifications to be American Indian, Alaskan Native, Asian or Pacific Islander, Black, and White. They added ethnic classifications of “Hispanic Origin” and “Not of Hispanic Origin”. Unfortunately, we continue to see the race question in most market research studies and marketers in this country continue to label Hispanic as a race.

The misconception that Hispanic is a race is so ingrained in this country that many Hispanics are confused themselves. This creates a big problem in marketing research, because many would check “Other” if “Hispanic” were not included in the race category. Yet, many Hispanics would check “White” or “Black” and not “Hispanic”, if “Hispanic” was included as a category. The answer is to divide the question like the census does and to pay close attention to how the questions are worded.

Answer 4

hispanic isn't a race in line with say. that's an ethnic team. Hispanics are people who're extensively speaking of spanish speaking ancestry. they arrive from certainly one of those ethnic communities, ofthen exhibiting the mixing of ecu(spaniard), African, and American Indian beneficial factors. In some techniques they are taken care of as a seperate race, b/c they do have some roots that manay blacks on my own do no longer. additionally even nevertheless many are ethnically white, they have roots that many different whites don't have(eg the german, irish and english) Even interior the hispanic "race"(i take advantage of this time era very loosley), there are particularly some dialects of the spanish language from place to place and depending on their area or ethnic make up they may be dark, easy or someplace in between.

Answer 5

I'm Latin American. Do I look like "Hispanic"? In Argentina, everybody is blond with blue eyes. In Brazil, there are 4 million Japaneses. In Guiana, almost the entire population comes from INDIA and CHINA. Do they look like "Hispanic"? This expression is just a way to put all Latin Americans inside the same chest.

Answer 6

Well Hispanic is a race, people usually judged them as uneducated people who come from Mexico or Spain, looking for cheap work in America. Hispanic is also when both or your parents are from a country that speaks Spanish as it's native language.
Which is not true, because my father and mother are Hispanic (Well my mom is Cuban) and they both went to college and we live in a great neighborhood.

Answer 7

No, it is an ethnicity. Not very indicative of what country, though. Is she Mexican or Puerto Rican like the Americans think are poor and dirty or is she South American or really from Spain.

I know where I'm from, lots of Mexicans who are ashamed of being Mexican will claim to be Spaniards and would rather die than admit to being a Mexican, as if we didn't already know.

Hispanic now just means of Spanish origin even though the "Hispanic" people I know are 98% Native American (or whatever the south american or mexican equivalent is) and 2% spaniard just because a conquistador raped their great-great-great granny and made her into a catholic. Whatever!

Answer 8

Hispanic is basically synonomous with Latino. Both mean "of Latin American descent." I've heard that Hispanic is more of an origin descriptor than a racial one, because you can live in a Latin American country and be white or black (many Argentinians are white, of European blood, though I would call those people whtie rather than Hispanic). Yes, Hispanic has come to be known as a racial term. I see it and Latino to be racial terms (synonomous with each other). Most people from LA are of mixed blood. Over 90% of Mexicans, for instance, and the majority of people in Latin America today have mezcla ancestory - Indian, white, black. I see Hispanic as a term to describe these folks. Though some will say, Hispanic just means living in LA or from there, I see it as a term to describe those of mixed blood who come from that area, or have roots in that area.

To whomever asked, people from Spain are considered to be WHITE. Spain is a European country. Hispanics can have Spanish blood, but if they're 100% Spanish blooded, even if they're living in a Latin American country, they are white. The term Hispanic derives from "Spain," and traditionally means of Spanish descent, but it has been adapted to describe people Spanish-speaking people from Latin America. Make sense? Hispanic is typically its own race on paperwork. There is Hispanic, and non-Hispanic white, black, Native American, Asian/Pacific Islander, and now sometimes, Middle Eastern.

Answer 9

O K if Hispanic= person from a Latin American country, What do you call someone from Spain? Please take a look at Hispanic people, they are European White, Black, Native American and Arab. The simple truth is that La Raza is not a race but a language group. Sorry

Answer 10

It is an ethnic descriptive not a race.


Perhaps your niece has Hispanic parents or grandparents, however, if it is an error, try and get it fixed now before it becomes a problem in later years.

One of my children's birth date was changed and we did not notice ...the year as well as the day was changed...... He is now an adult and he has to change it, but refuses to bother with it.... NOT a good idea because it CAN cause problems