All I want to know
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lcrespo-1 — 19 years ago(July 22, 2006 11:56 PM)
Nationality: citizenship recognized internationally
Ethnicity and Race:
In North America some ethnic groups - Italian, French, German, Spanish, Swiss, etc. - are considered Western European/"Caucazoid" by race. In that case, there are "Caucazoid" hispanics, "Negroid" hispanics, and varying combinations of the two (not to mention combinations with indiginous peoples). Descending from a Spanish speaking country does not identify a persons race, but it does identify a persons ethnicity.
Many cultures around the world define race in different ways. The one universal truth about race is that where ever you go in the world the definitions tend to be arbitrary. North Americans tend to define race by inherited physical features. Rigid compartmentalization makes Hispanics so difficult to identify racially in this country.