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Old 12-19-2020, 11:07 AM
 
Location: OC
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Originally Posted by BostonBornMassMade View Post
Right there’s a lot of racial fear, colorism and confusion. Some Hispanics think checking “white” will be Beneficial too then somehow. Outside of some Tejanos and Cubans I’d bet 95% of Hispanics in the US are brown, mestizo, or black.
Makes sense.....unless we're talking about Austin's diversity. Most Hispanics in Austin are actually white people. It's the only Texas city that has that.
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Old 12-19-2020, 11:13 AM
 
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Makes sense.....unless we're talking about Austin's diversity. Most Hispanics in Austin are actually white people. It's the only Texas city that has that.
That can't actually be true
I went to Austin and I saw tons of North Mexican Mestizo looking Hispanics
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Old 12-19-2020, 11:14 AM
 
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Are you saying that an indigenous person from Guatemala, a black Cuban, and a white Spaniard all see themselves as the same race because they are all Hispanic?
Most are mestizo or triracial.

Hispanics overwhelmingly identify as Hispanic befoew anything else.
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Old 12-19-2020, 11:16 AM
 
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1. Thank you OP
2. Where's Austin?
3. Most Hispanics I know don't call themselves white.
I don't know ANY Hispanics who call themselves white. Even the white looking ones get mad when people call them white.

Keep in mind it's considered bad and uncool to be white, so of course Hispanics aren't going to voluntarily identify with that.
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Old 12-19-2020, 11:24 AM
 
Location: OC
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I don't know ANY Hispanics who call themselves white. Even the white looking ones get mad when people call them white.

Keep in mind it's considered bad and uncool to be white, so of course Hispanics aren't going to voluntarily identify with that.
I've met a couple of pretty country ones, one called himself "a tan white boy." Glad they have pride
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Old 12-19-2020, 11:25 AM
 
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Hispanics may "identify" as white because of an inferiority complex.

But they are overwhelmingly brown and mestizo.
Wow.
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Old 12-19-2020, 11:27 AM
 
Location: Houston, TX
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1. Thank you OP
2. Where's Austin?
3. Most Hispanics I know don't call themselves white.
Austin is on there. 43.9%.

Agreed on point three. All Hispanics I know who are actually white in skin color identity by their country or origin, not their race. They would be far more likely to identify as Hispanics than white. Black Hispanics are an exception though. That’s more a mix bag.
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Old 12-19-2020, 11:32 AM
 
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I've met a couple of pretty country ones, one called himself "a tan white boy." Glad they have pride
It's not really pride IMO though, it's kind of silly for someone who looks white to claim they aren't white.

It's more that in 2020, being white is considered to be very negative so why would anyone do that given the choice?
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Old 12-19-2020, 11:33 AM
 
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Austin is on there. 43.9%.

Agreed on point three. All Hispanics I know who are actually white in skin color identity by their country or origin, not their race. They would be far more likely to identify as Hispanics than white. Black Hispanics are an exception though. That’s more a mix bag.
In my experience, Afro-Panamians (like Pop Smoke) tend to identify more with being black while mixed race Puerto Ricans and Dominicans identify primarily with being Latino.
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Old 12-19-2020, 11:39 AM
 
Location: Houston/Austin, TX
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It's actually not because you used Hispanic as one of the categories and 65% of Hispanics in the US identify as white.
Let me correct you real quick, the census identifies 65% of Hispanics as white. Most Hispanics are mixed race but the it would be harder to keep up with using this method.
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