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Originally posted by Replaced_Texan
Hispanic isn't a race, it's an ethnicity. Speaking of which, where does it say what ethnicity you are on your passport? Because mine's pretty unclear on that, and I'm not really sure what it'd say if ethnicity were to be identified. Texan-Mexican-Polish-Italian? Same goes for my drivers license. And I've never seen the "ethnicity" section when I'm filling out my creditcard information at Southwest.com. Ditto for all of the above on religion.
Do we have to prove ethnicity back to our grandparents, or is parents enough? What if our grandparents are dead? Is an affidavit from my father saying my grandfather was an 9th generation Texan enough? What if we were born here, but English isn't our first language? If we were confirmed but haven't been to mass in 20 years do we still click off "Roman Catholic"?
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Hispanic is an ethnicty? How do you define ethnicity? Doesn't ethnicty usually pertain to a certain dialect of a language (or a language if it is not spoken by too many people) Hispanic can mean someone who speaks, or a descendent of somone who speaks Spanish with almost any dialect - correct? Does someone of Incan descent qualify as Hispanic? I don't think so. I could be wrong, but I don't think Hispanic qualifies as an ethnicity. It is too broad.
As for spotting ethnicty, you name is a big red flag. After that there are certain physical characteristics common to certain ethnic groups. Also an accent can be a help to pick you out. As for most Americans (that is anyone living in North or South America), and excluding some native Americans, most of us are muts so it is difficult to determine ethnicity. But as far as I know, there are not many muts joining terrorist cells or blowing up airplanes.
