Using the map for Hispanics might not tell you anything, unfortunately. Because it's a really big deal how much of anything you are and what those things are. And we're really good at being able to tell you're lying.
That is the problem. There are many racial tensions and they depend on: what you are (say, white with black hair Hispanic and black) and how much (3/4th white and 1/4th black)... and so on and so forth.
That makes a big difference how people are treated. A BIG DIFFERENCE.
And many people don't understand that and aren't bothered to understand that there are fine-grained differences in discrimination in these cultures. And I don't know how I would ask that, other than asking for your family background after they admitted their Hispanic-ness.
They are really missing the point in how they ask if you are Hispanic. Because not all of those catagories are the same level and can be mixed with other things. (and the upper-class Hispanics will discriminate against being too white, too blond, too redheaded, etc. also)
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Date: 14 May 2010 10:19 pm (UTC)That is the problem. There are many racial tensions and they depend on: what you are (say, white with black hair Hispanic and black) and how much (3/4th white and 1/4th black)... and so on and so forth.
That makes a big difference how people are treated. A BIG DIFFERENCE.
And many people don't understand that and aren't bothered to understand that there are fine-grained differences in discrimination in these cultures. And I don't know how I would ask that, other than asking for your family background after they admitted their Hispanic-ness.
They are really missing the point in how they ask if you are Hispanic. Because not all of those catagories are the same level and can be mixed with other things. (and the upper-class Hispanics will discriminate against being too white, too blond, too redheaded, etc. also)