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So, the breakdown of % of Blacks vs. % of Hispanics, really has more Hispanics than Blacks in the U.S.
Is this a political play on words? Does this give Blacks more power than Hispanics?
Has this become, like the current White House, so wordy that very few understand this?
Is race an appearance only????
Hispanics certainly have a appearance of being Hispanic.
If Hispanics were given a 'RACE' perhaps more would be included in i.e. advertisements, movies, news articles,etc.
These racial and ethnic breakdowns really don't tell the picture.
Kris Kirk
Gainesville, TX
To KK in Texas:
In Texas Hispanics are likely all Mexican or Central American and thus have a mixed Spanish/Indian appearance. But, that is not the case throughout the U.S. or throughout the former Spanish empire.
I've met Cubans, Puerto Ricans who are White, Black, and mixtures thereof , with most displaying little if any Indian features.
The adoption of the term "HIspanic" as a race seems driven by America's racial spoils system, which gives people an incentive to fill in a box on application forms that will benefit that person the most in the evaluation process.
Notably, the term is generally not used outside the U.S.
JG in New Jersey
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