To my knowledge, Hispanic is an ethnicity, not a race. For example I have a friend from Cuba who is black. His race is black and his ethnicity is Hispanic.The Annoyed Man wrote:Maybe hispanics are considered white for the purposes of this statistic? Form 4473 asks TWO questions about race/ethnicity:lildave40 wrote:I see no mention of the Hispanic legal citizens on the chart. I wonder why?
When the race/ ethnicity lines really got confusing is when the term "African American" came into play. "African" an an ethnicity, not a race, but for some reason it is accepted.
I have a white friend from Africa, that always checks "African American" when filling out any paperwork. It drives people (especially Government agencies) literally insane. He is however truly an African American.
On the other hand, my SO best friend is from the Islands and get offended when people call her African American. She says (in her Island voice) "I'm not African American, I am Jamaican American"