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I find it interesting that the Census Bureau counts people of Middle Eastern or North African descent as White. How many people actually believe that Middle Easterners and North Africans are white? We almost always believe that only European Americans can be white, but apparently that's not the case.
Hispanics have the same options as everyone else. You could literally check all of them if you believe you fit.
I worked for the Census and had Filipinos who checked Latino/Hispanic for ethnicity and Asian for race.
I had a Puerto Rican/Dominican family who checked Hispanic for ethnicity. For Hispanic ethnicity, father was Dominican, so he wrote in Dominican. Mom was Puerto Rican, so she checked Puerto Rican. Both parents and their children checked black, white and Native American for race.
I know a Guyanese woman who checked black, white and Asian Indian for race, and she did the same for her children.
I'm Afro-Cuban. I checked Hispanic for ethnicity and black for race (though I could have chosen to add white, Native American and Asian too).
Not that hard.
Well now that you simplified it, I guess I could have written white and black. When I am in a black neighborhood, some people will ask if I am mixed. My skin is light, but my hair is curly , so many people want to play with it. They assume I am white and black , instead of Hispanic.
I find it interesting that the Census Bureau counts people of Middle Eastern or North African descent as White. How many people actually believe that Middle Easterners and North Africans are white? We almost always believe that only European Americans can be white, but apparently that's not the case.
There are some from places like Egypt and Morocco who are obviously black, and who have actually sued the Gov't to stop the blanket inclusion of North Africans in the white category.
Well now that you simplified it, I guess I could have written white and black. When I am in a black neighborhood, some people will ask if I am mixed. My skin is light, but my hair is curly , so many people want to play with it. They assume I am white and black , instead of Hispanic.
There are some from places like Egypt and Morocco who are obviously black, and who have actually sued the Gov't to stop the blanket inclusion of North Africans in the white category.
You obviously haven't met many Egyptians or Moroccans. Just because a book or Web link says something about a group of people doesn't make it so. I personally know Egyptians and Moroccans who are as "black" as me or "blacker" than I am.
I think I've been called every name in the book - Hawaiian, Thai, Mexican, Black, White, Native American, Spanish, etc. I guess I'm unusual looking. It depends on who I'm talking to, their own background, and my appearance at the time (especially my hair, etc.). Mexicans think I'm Mexican, whites don't know what the heck I am, blacks are just as confused... but it doesn't really matter... it's all good. I always consider it a compliment, whatever they call me, as long as it doesn't include an expletive or a derogatory term.
With my job as a janitor, often I see things going on and have to describe people to officers.
More and more I can't identify what people are.
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We almost always believe that only European Americans can be white, but apparently that's not the case.
