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Ethnicity: Latina
Nationality: American
That's how I identify, but I agree it's all just so complicated.
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Census: Hispanic not a Race?
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I'm a Journalism student at UT, and I am working on an article about the Census. While I've been working on it, it has really made me think about the Census question asking participants to choose…Continue
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Helen Rodriguez replied to Melissa's discussion Census: Hispanic not a Race?"I know this is a super late reply but I agree with Claudia that race is different from ethicity. Hispanic is also a term that decribes a group of Spanish speakers. It's the reason why it includes Latin Americans as well as Spaniards. Latin…"
Claudia replied to Melissa's discussion Census: Hispanic not a Race?"Well I hate to be the one that will be negative to this discussion, but I took a course two semesters ago and this issue came up too. Doing reasearch on ethnicity and race they are two different things. Race deals with physical characteristics of…"
Miriam replied to Melissa's discussion Census: Hispanic not a Race?"I think it is just the fear white people have that LATINOS are taking over the US! I would never consider myself white, I am 100% proud slightly Americanized Mexicana. I really don't understand why Hispanic wouldn't be on the form, I think…"
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I'm a Journalism student at UT, and I am working on an article about the Census. While I've been working on it, it has really made me think about the Census question asking participants to choose their race. Hispanic is not considered a race and "Hispanics" are suggested to choose White as their race.I consider myself Latina but not White. Your thoughts?See More
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Melissa posted a discussionCensus: Hispanic not a Race?
I'm a Journalism student at UT, and I am working on an article about the Census. While I've been working on it, it has really made me think about the Census question asking participants to choose their race. Hispanic is not considered a race and "Hispanics" are suggested to choose White as their race.I consider myself Latina but not White. Your thoughts?See More
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