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Asian generally means Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Mongolian or Southeast Asian, people from the Indian subcontinent are called 'East Indian', people from Morocco to Pakistan are labeled 'Middle Eastern'.
Chinese, Koreans Japanese, and all east asians ( not philipeans) are considered under East Asian in the census and we consider them asians. Indians are under Asian Indian as of 2010. Middle eastern is Asian and Sub group- West Asian. Although they are also considered white.
And i go under Asian Indian in the census and Indian in regular life. People from neigbouring countries of India are also considered Indian (not like they care though).
They're newbies. Part of new America but not part of the great traditional America of the past.
Asian generally means Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Mongolian or Southeast Asian, people from the Indian subcontinent are called 'East Indian', people from Morocco to Pakistan are labeled 'Middle Eastern'.
As Morocco is in Africa it's presumably right they're not deemed Asian-Americans, but I see your point.
Well considering Hispanic and Latino is majority white in the United States but can also be black, oriental,jewish,muslim etc...I think your confusing race with ethnicity...Hispanic and Latino is a ethnicity and can be all races....
Hispanic and Latino is most white? Where did you hear that from? Use some logic and take a look at some Hispanics and Latinos in America. They are mixed not white. Very few in the states are white. And white hispanic is like Sofia Vergara.
Seattle4321 Where did I hear that from? OMG. A. I am a white hispanic caucasion guy as my grandpa came over here from Spain. Logic does not dictate facts lol Hispanic can be white,black,or oriental or mixed with all. The majority of hispanics/latino in the US claim white. Just because you only see the stereotype does not mean its fact or logic.lol
In the 2010 United States Census, 50.5 million Americans (16.3% of the total population) listed themselves as ethnically Hispanic or Latino. Of those, 53.0% (26.7 million) self-identified as racially white. The remaining respondents listed their races as: some other race 36.7%, two or more races (multiracial) 6.0%, Black or African American 2.5%, American Indian and Alaska Native 1.4%, Asian 0.4%, and Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander 0.1%.[1]
The respondents in the "some other race" category are reclassified as white by the Census Bureau in its official estimates of race. This means that more than 90% of all Hispanic or Latino Americans are counted as "white" in some statistics of the US government.[8]
Hispanics and Latinos who are native-born and those who are immigrant identify as White in nearly identical percentages: 53.9 and 53.7, respectively, per figures from 2007. The overall Hispanic or Latino ratio was 53.8%.[9]
White Hispanics are widespread, with Florida and Texas being 2 states with some of the highest percentages of Hispanics self identifying as white.[10]
I think both of y'all can be correct. If we are classifying the races based on self-identification, then the vast majority of Hispanic Americans are just Caucasian American. If we are doing so based on what race we would consider their ancestors from, say, three to four centuries ago, then I would not be surprised if the majority of Hispanic Americans were Mixed (most likely mixed Amerindian and Caucasian).
In my opinion, those are both valid ways of approaching the topic of race.
I think both of y'all can be correct. If we are classifying the races based on self-identification, then the vast majority of Hispanic Americans are just Caucasian American. If we are doing so based on what race we would consider their ancestors from, say, three to four centuries ago, then I would not be surprised if the majority of Hispanic Americans were Mixed (most likely mixed Amerindian and Caucasian).
In my opinion, those are both valid ways of approaching the topic of race.
Correct, there is a lot of variation by region of Latin America, but DNA studies show the average Mexican is 60% European heritage and 35% Native American. In Northern Mexico there is a higher percentage European DNA markers and in the Yucatan there is a higher percentage Native American. Central Americans have more Native American background. The reason many of these mixed race people identify European as their ancestry is because in the past being 'white' was more prestigious than being an "Indio," so people emphasized their European ancestry and hid their Native American heritage.
I think both of y'all can be correct. If we are classifying the races based on self-identification, then the vast majority of Hispanic Americans are just Caucasian American. If we are doing so based on what race we would consider their ancestors from, say, three to four centuries ago, then I would not be surprised if the majority of Hispanic Americans were Mixed (most likely mixed Amerindian and Caucasian).
In my opinion, those are both valid ways of approaching the topic of race.
Why would they identify as Caucasian? They clearly aren't. Caucasian is European/ levant area/ Caucasian mountain area. If you are doing the census is should be a check for Hispanic since its cultural and if you check that then you need to check the next option which is either white hispanic, native hispanic, and mixed hispanic. If you look at a census and it say 50% of Hispanics are white that is REALLY misleading.
Correct, there is a lot of variation by region of Latin America, but DNA studies show the average Mexican is 60% European heritage and 35% Native American. In Northern Mexico there is a higher percentage European DNA markers and in the Yucatan there is a higher percentage Native American. Central Americans have more Native American background. The reason many of these mixed race people identify European as their ancestry is because in the past being 'white' was more prestigious than being an "Indio," so people emphasized their European ancestry and hid their Native American heritage.
Well most Mexicans in America CERTAINLY look native. I'm not sure how they could hide that/emphasize European ancestory, do they use the mirror ever?
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