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Originally posted by Spanky
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.
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That whole "Richard Reid" thing keeps coming back to bite you in the ass on this one.
