Does White-Hispanic sound odd? "Hispanic/Latino People Identifying As White On The 2010 Census"

[snagglepuss]

The following video is a young bi-racial man (his Dad is Black, his Mom white) talking about about new terms such as White Hispanic and White with Black ancestry. He points out that a large part of the Latin/Hispanic population that lives in the USA identified as being "White" on the 2010 census and by doing so increased the White population in America by 6%. He believes that the US has introduced these terms to hide the fact that America is becoming less White.

[pnwmom]

1. No, because "hispanic" isn't a racial designation, any more than "Spanish"

or "French." It's an ethnic designation.

[RC]

2. Correct. They are all classified as "Caucasian"

So, white would be a correct choice, regardless of actual skin color.

[pnwmom]

3. The "correct" choice for a hispanic would be however they identify.

Which should probably be the same choice for everyone. Based on the textbooks when I was in high school, that's how it was done in Brazil -- you were whatever race you declared yourself to be.

[RC]

4. I don't really go along with race on forms in the first place.

My daughter is white, both sides. On my side, I am 128th American Indian. Pretty thin, huh? Well it shows up in my daughter. Black hair, oliveish color skin, facial features. I watch her being born. She has certain family characteristics, so I know for sure she is mine. There have been issue when she fills out forms and says she is white/Caucasian. Who cares? We are all people and those were school enrollment forms.
BTY she is a 4.0 engineering student, getting paid by the school for tutoring junior/senior year engineering students in math. (Gotta brag)

[pnwmom]

5. My daughter is also a tiny bit Indian,

though she has red hair! And she also is a math-loving engineer.

I agree -- racial designations are getting less and less meaningful, as people intermarry.

[marmar]

6. All Hispanics are not classified as Caucasian. You can be black Hispanic, Asian Hispanic etc.

[emilyg]

8. I don't think so.

[marmar]

7. He might not be totally off on that assertion. There's a lot of fear. (Hello, Tea Party!)....

....... but you can also figure out the non-Hispanic white population from the Census stats, which gives you a truer picture of the increasing diversity of the country.