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Latino/Hispanic

zbdent

(35,392 posts) Tue Apr 3, 2012, 10:25 AM Apr 2012

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I have heard the meme "I never heard of 'White Hispanic' before Trayvon Martin" and variations ... [View all]

but I spent a portion of 2010 being a census enumerator ... and I remembered that answering "White" as your race on the census form had nothing to do with answering your ethnicity - which could be Hispanic.

So, any time that a person pushing the RW agenda says "I never heard of White Hispanic", I remember the form (see questions 8 and 9 for "Person 1", questions 5 and 6 for "Person 2-6&quot :

http://2010.census.gov/2010census/pdf/2010_Questionnaire_Info.pdf

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I have heard the meme "I never heard of 'White Hispanic' before Trayvon Martin" and variations ... [View all] zbdent Apr 2012 OP

Remember Bush? HockeyMom Apr 2012 #1

while I was an enumerator, I lost count of how many people initially answered "American" zbdent Apr 2012 #8

"White" is a relative term in the US. immoderate Apr 2012 #2

I heard what appeared to be a "leftish" argument yesterday ... zbdent Apr 2012 #5

The designation, isn't white, non hispanic? Baitball Blogger Apr 2012 #3

me too, of course there are caucasian hispanics. Argentina is like 95% Bacchus4.0 Apr 2012 #4

I think most people don't realize that Spain is in Europe. Arctic Dave Apr 2012 #6

I had never heard of it, or at least never noticed it before arcane1 Apr 2012 #7

It is still about the dominant culture.. ProudProgressiveNow Apr 2012 #9

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