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Declaring yourself a minority on an application to get an advantage.
Posted on 11/2/17 at 9:41 am
Posted on 11/2/17 at 9:41 am
I know several people that have Hispanic last names but are white as Norwegians. Blond hair, blue eyes and Midwestern accents. And they can speak fluent Spanish.
Would it be okay for them to declare themselves in the minority demo on applications for college, graduate schools, jobs, etc.? We know minorities get preferential treatment. I mean, if they have Hispanic last names and speak fluent Spanish they should be able to classify as a minority, right?
Would it be okay for them to declare themselves in the minority demo on applications for college, graduate schools, jobs, etc.? We know minorities get preferential treatment. I mean, if they have Hispanic last names and speak fluent Spanish they should be able to classify as a minority, right?
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Posted on 11/2/17 at 9:41 am to GumboPot
The fact that you even have to ask this question PROVES there is no fricking such thing as WHITE PRIVILEGE.
Posted on 11/2/17 at 9:43 am to GumboPot
I'm something like 1/16 native american. Pretty sure I could open a land casino and get all sorts of "advantages" like on apps. Never done it.
Posted on 11/2/17 at 9:43 am to TDsngumbo
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The fact that you even have to ask this question PROVES there is no fricking such thing as WHITE PRIVILEGE.
Well, this is an effort to shed the "white privilege". It's a damn boat anchor.
Posted on 11/2/17 at 9:44 am to GumboPot
Hispanic/Latino isn't a race. Your skin color has very little to do with it.
Posted on 11/2/17 at 9:46 am to GumboPot
From this point forward, every job interview and application I fill out will be done as a non-binary, mixed race, autist.
Try to tell me I'm not any of those things.
Try to tell me I'm not any of those things.
Posted on 11/2/17 at 9:47 am to GumboPot
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Would it be okay for them to declare themselves in the minority demo on applications
Of course
For instance, I am a white upperclass straight male with one kid and a wife.
But I identify as an active duty army soldier and black lesbian single mother of 6 with an income below 20,000 when I file my taxes.
Posted on 11/2/17 at 9:48 am to GumboPot
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I know several people that have Hispanic last names but are white as Norwegians.
Hispanic is not a race but an ethnicity.
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Would it be okay for them to declare themselves in the minority demo on applications for college, graduate schools, jobs, etc.?
PSAT National Hispanic Recognition Program Qualifications LINK
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NHRP's Definition of Hispanic/Latino
To be eligible, you must be at least one-quarter Hispanic/Latino. Hispanic/Latino is an ethnic category, not a racial category, so you can be of any race.
You must have ancestors from at least one of these countries: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Spain, Uruguay, or Venezuela.
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I mean, if they have Hispanic last names and speak fluent Spanish they should be able to classify as a minority, right?
Is their ancestry traced back to a Hispanic ethnic group? If so, they have no problem
This post was edited on 11/2/17 at 9:50 am
Posted on 11/2/17 at 9:48 am to GumboPot
Hispanic just means of Spanish origin. So if they have a Hispanic last name then technically they're Hispanic, unless they were adopted.
Posted on 11/2/17 at 9:49 am to Breesus
Posted on 11/2/17 at 9:49 am to Pecker
my old boss swore up and down his last semester of college he wrote down a different race when he was filling out the federal aid paper work and received a check for the max allowable by law.
Posted on 11/2/17 at 9:51 am to YeahYeah
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Hispanic just means of Spanish origin. So if they have a Hispanic last name then technically they're Hispanic, unless they were adopted.
I knew a girl born and raised in Buenos Aires. Her parents were born and raised in Vietnam. She's Vietnamese, but she's also Hispanic imo. :mindblown:
Posted on 11/2/17 at 9:52 am to GumboPot
You're thinking about this too much. Just say you feel like you're Mexican, and boom, you're Mexican
Posted on 11/2/17 at 9:52 am to YeahYeah
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Hispanic just means of Spanish origin. So if they have a Hispanic last name then technically they're Hispanic, unless they were adopted.
There are several last names are Italian that sound Hipanic. I wonder if those can pass as "Hispanic".
Posted on 11/2/17 at 9:53 am to GumboPot
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There are several last names are Italian that sound Hipanic. I wonder if those can pass as "Hispanic".
Italians and Spanish are basically the same thing. Just look at Mario.
Posted on 11/2/17 at 9:53 am to GumboPot
Well they’ve made it clear that it isn’t okay to be white...soooooooo.
Posted on 11/2/17 at 9:54 am to SabiDojo
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I knew a girl born and raised in Buenos Aires
Did her parents die in the Klendathu bug attack?
This post was edited on 11/2/17 at 9:55 am
Posted on 11/2/17 at 9:55 am to GenesChin
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To be eligible, you must be at least one-quarter Hispanic/Latino. Hispanic/Latino is an ethnic category, not a racial category, so you can be of any race.
You must have ancestors from at least one of these countries: Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Spain, Uruguay, or Venezuela.
My Ancestry.com DNA results came back as 38% Iberian Peninsula (which is essentially Spain). Does that qualify?
Posted on 11/2/17 at 9:59 am to GumboPot
I think we have already determined that whites are the most discriminated group in America in 2017.
Posted on 11/2/17 at 10:00 am to GumboPot
May work good unless it's for a credit card or loan application.
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