Hispanic same as White?

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Can anyone shed some light on this?
I peruse the Florida Sexual Offenders site: http://offender.fdle.state.fl.us/offender/offenderSearchNav.do
a few times a year to see if any "undesireables" have moved into the neighborhood.
I notice that everyone with an obvious Hispanic name is catagorized by race as "White" ie; Lazario Barrios, Alexander Lopez, Antonio Orsino, Luis Tores,etc.
You get the idea.
There is black, Asian, White.....but no Hispanic.
(I didn't see Asian actually. Gotta check that.)
Are they considered racially White?:confused:
Or is this some PC motivated attempt to keep "Hispanics" off of the offenders list by labeling them "White".
Anyone know what that's all about?
 
I've been in the US for 7 years now, years back I remeber hearing that they put the two in the same catagory.

Either way, the way I read it, I could put down both as I have relatives in my family that came from Spain during the Inquisition, even though I'm a UK/CDN citizen...

Fun stuff huh...
 
Seems clear they are ON the offenders list.
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Again you miss the point!:rolleyes:
The point is that people who compile data for whatever reason are usually very careful to be precise with regards to ethnicity
On any type of application I've seen, Hispanic and White are seperate.
So why are they not seperate in this case?
You're a flaming liberal dem aren't you?
I would think you would be upset that Hispanics aren't getting the respect they deserve by being listed seperately.
 
So why are they not seperate in this case?
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A better question is, why are you asking people here to answer your question? Why not call the people in charge of the website. And if you don't like the answer they give, call 'em flaming liberals before you hang up and cry into your pillow. :p
 
If you agree with the half of the anthropology community that believes a biological distinction of "race" truly exists then there are only three: negroid, caucasoid and mongoloid. What we consider hispanics today are decendants of Europeans that banged natives, just like many of the "white" people in America are also decendant of Europeans that banged natives. Spaniards are no less white than Germans, Italians, Brits and Norweigans.

If you agree with the other half of the anthropology community that believes race is a purely social construct then the entire point is moot because race shouldn't be listed on anything, let alone a sex offenders registry.

That being said, it's not about PC anything. It's just that whoever decided the race categories for this particular list knows that hispanic can be a subset of all three biological races. "Caucasoid" hispanics are generall from north America and the southern half of south America (Uruguay, Paraguay, Argentina, Chile). "Negroid" hispanics typically make up the central american and carribean populations (Dominicans, Haitians, Nicaraguans) and "Mongoloid" hispanics are the Filipinos and other southern pacific islanders that are decendants of those that did the funky monkey (not always willingly) with the spanish conquistadors....which is why they have names like Quan-Ping del Toro. :p
 
You're a flaming liberal dem aren't you?
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now honestly, what the frak was the point of that? :rolleyes:

I should take offense to the "flaming" part but I'm not a fan of political correctness and honestly couldn't give a rat's ass and a half. :D
 
Technically there are only 3 races - Mongoloid, Negroid and Caucasian. Yellow, Black and White. Where should Hispanics be, they must be one of the 3. I totally agree with Redworm.
 
Maybe this is just another case of "the man" keeping the brother down? Seriously, what is the point of listing race on a list like this if not to embarrass the black community?;)
 
Not sure what Hispanics include. I know that on many questionnaires I see white with subgroup of Hispanic or non-Hispanic.

If it refers to the European Spanish then it is white. If it refers to the mesclados and indios then that is another thing. Seeing as how some of the old concepts of development of North America being populated by immigrants from the Asian land mass maybe this is a Mongoloid mix.

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This is going to get me flamed big time but here's the thing on 'Hispanic' as a race.

Hispanic is a mix of the Native American and the Caucasian races. It has only existed for about 500 years. It is an old 'Class' distinction. WAY back it was the Spaniards that were the top, or ruling, class in the Americas. The be Spanish was to be a member of that upper class.

As the natives and Spanish 'inter-married', sub-classes came about. The greater the amount of Spanish vs. native the higher the class. A LOT of sub classes were designated and being 'Hispanic' was the choice class. These class distinctions exist to this day in Mexico.

A lot of history and ground covered there but there's a synopsis.

So....who is Hispanic? All central and south Americans? What about the natives still there? What about Cubans, Puerto Ricans, etc. Does Spanish blood make you Hispanic? Well given that the Spanish are Caucasian, that would make it tough to say their blood makes you Hispanic.

So white and Hispanic are generally lumped into one category. I would bet that is going to less and less acceptable as they rise in political importance and their value as a demographic increases.

So....there it is. It's not MY opinion, it's history.

And PLEASE......before you go flaming back at me or calling me racist or other BS. DO THE READING BEFORE YOU POST.

I will call you onto the carpet if you whip out BS to nade or flame. I will agree with you whole heartedly if you present FACTUAL info that I am incorrect.
 
Hispanic is a mix of the Native American and the Caucasian races. It has only existed for about 500 years. It is an old 'Class' distinction. WAY back it was the Spaniards that were the top, or ruling, class in the Americas. The be Spanish was to be a member of that upper class.
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Eh? The Spaniards referred to themselves as Hispano (Hispanic), from the Roman name Hispania...
 
White

They were White in the late 1950s per the US Post Office Department. I daresay nothing has changed. Black, Brown, Yellow or Red and White, I try to respect all in sight !!!!!!
 
Hispanic as a RACE W.....not a word. In fact that term is the derivation of the term 'Hispanio' in the Americas. Needles to say.....Romans were WAY WAY before colonization of the Americas.
 
Redworm is correct. There is one more purported addition to the list; that being the newest classification of "Australoid". That debate is still up in the air, however.

THIS SITE pretty well nails the ethnic and racial origins of just about everyone. Hispanics, which sounds more like they come from the Island of Hispanola, are covered HERE.

THIS SITE shows the differences in the various races through skull traits.

This subject was covered quite fully in THIS THREAD when I broached the three races concept in my post #39 in that thread. I followed that up with my post #44 wherein I bowed out of the debate because this, unlike global warming theory, truly is settled science.

With that, I shall also bow out of this debate.
 
To those who replied with intelligent responces, thanks for clearing it up.
To those that seem incapable of an intelligent reply
A better question is, why are you asking people here to answer your question?
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Medication time again.:rolleyes:
Or is it time for your Little League game?:cool:
 
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