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**Ceriopal** · 04-17-2011, 07:07 AM

You just took away all doubts I had about the US... I don't see why that would be perceived as bad though. The purpose of the Census is to collect an accurate account of demographics. So a Hispanic person can check off their country of origin (Mexican, Brazilian, etc) or that they are of African descent, European descent, biracial, triracial, Latino, etc....but they are still Hispanic regardless of racial background. So that's why there's specifically a Non-Hispanic White box. A cultural difference still exists between White Americans and White Hispanics.

04-17-2011, 07:07 AM	#10
Ceriopal Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 386 Senior Member	You just took away all doubts I had about the US... I don't see why that would be perceived as bad though. The purpose of the Census is to collect an accurate account of demographics. So a Hispanic person can check off their country of origin (Mexican, Brazilian, etc) or that they are of African descent, European descent, biracial, triracial, Latino, etc....but they are still Hispanic regardless of racial background. So that's why there's specifically a Non-Hispanic White box. A cultural difference still exists between White Americans and White Hispanics.
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