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The term "Hispanic" originated during the 1970s to specifically enumerate certain people of Spanish derivation (generally Mexicans, Spanish-speaking Caribbean people, and maybe it has expanded to Central Americans and South Americans given their migration to the US in recent years.
Despite Filipinos being of Spanish derivation in the Asian part of the world, I have always noticed that on forms, they are generally listed with other Asian groups but not with "Hispanics."
I have always thought of them as Asians, not Hispanics.
Do you classify yourselves as Polynesians?
How do you classify yourselves? There's a conversation going on in another chat where no Filipinos are included and I'd just like to get someone who is Filipino to comment so we can stop speculating.
The percentage is fairly small 3-4% and they are mainly concentrated in the cities/urban areas like Manila or Cebu.
I have read the information on Wikipedia but my question is more about how Filipinos in America classify themselves. Do they consider themselves to fall under the "Hispanic" label or not? Under the Asian label or not?
I have read the information on Wikipedia but my question is more about how Filipinos in America classify themselves. Do they consider themselves to fall under the "Hispanic" label or not? Under the Asian label or not?
Thanks!
My Filipina friends consider themselves Asian. But they acknowledge the Spanish influence of the culture in the Phillipines.
Ditto here. A Filipino co-worker definitely considers himself Asian. However, I think that, especially if Catholic, their culture tends toward the Hispanic.
They throw these all-out tacky weddings, just like Hispanic quincaneras. But unlike Hispanics who can be a blast because of how mercurial they can be, Filipinos tend to have this "put on" monotone "sun is always shining" demeanor that gets annoying, and you want to tell them "snap out of it, and get real."
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If this isn't the correct forum for this question, please redirect me.
The term "Hispanic" originated during the 1970s to specifically enumerate certain people of Spanish derivation (generally Mexicans, Spanish-speaking Caribbean people, and maybe it has expanded to Central Americans and South Americans given their migration to the US in recent years.
Despite Filipinos being of Spanish derivation in the Asian part of the world, I have always noticed that on forms, they are generally listed with other Asian groups but not with "Hispanics."
I have always thought of them as Asians, not Hispanics.
Do you classify yourselves as Polynesians?
How do you classify yourselves? There's a conversation going on in another chat where no Filipinos are included and I'd just like to get someone who is Filipino to comment so we can stop speculating.
Thank you!!
Related to that point, that "Hispanic" was a category specifically created to unite those with descent from Spanish colonies, likewise the category "Asian" (as the term used on the US census) was also first used for the sake of uniting a group for statistics (in this case, based roughly on "continent" -- though those with ancestry east of the Middle East) in 1980 I think (with definition shifted a bit in 1990). Before that time various groups, such as Indian, Filipino or Korean might have been classed differently/separately or put into other categories.
They generally don't speak Spanish as a first language & most have little to no Spanish ancestry (Spanish & Spanish-sounding surnames were just adopted by many). The influence is mainly cultural & linguistic, and even that is limited in comparison to other former Spanish colonies.
I think "Asian" is the most accurate of these terms. However, I don't care what people self-identify as.
Any Filipino I've ever known considers themselves Asian WITH Spanish influence, but their language is heavily Spanish.
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