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I used to work for a federal agency that dealt with this stuff and went to a lot of meetings around the OMB race/ethnic directives.
Personally, given what you say, I would check yes for you and your children. However, it's all a personal choice. Some people who are multi-racial or -ethnic check multiple boxes, some check just one ... it's your decision.
According to Wikipedia:
The U.S. Office of Management and Budget currently defines "Hispanic or Latino" as "a person of Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, South or Central American, or other Spanish culture or origin, regardless of race".
I would say you fit that definition. It doesn't have to be 100%.
Katherine
by pat of butter in a sea of grits on Wed May 07, 2008 at 09:57:19 AM PDT
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That is very helpful! I always wondered how these determinations were made.
Thinking about the "anti-miscegenation" laws in the Southern US yesterday, (because of Mrs. Loving), I wondered how such a racially mixed populace had ever pretended there was such a thing as "racial purity".
by Suzanne77 on Wed May 07, 2008 at 10:18:36 AM PDT
I think the idea of purity was only for whites, sadly enough.
Sally Hemings, for example, had I believe only one of her four grandparents who was African American but she was still considered "black," enough to be a slave.
by pat of butter in a sea of grits on Wed May 07, 2008 at 10:24:02 AM PDT
I had no idea...
by Suzanne77 on Wed May 07, 2008 at 10:26:55 AM PDT
My little girl is a "halfsie." I consider her Latina; I am guessing my white MIL would beg to differ.
In the end, I am guessing it will be up to my daughter how she chooses to identify herself...
by Erika on Wed May 07, 2008 at 10:26:48 AM PDT
told us to put Hispanic on all of our forms because later we might want scholarships. That's my Mommy, pragmatic as anything. But to be honest, she was the one that spearheaded our immersion in Mexican culture. My Dad and his siblings were pretty assimilated, depsite their first language at home being Spanish.
by Suzanne77 on Wed May 07, 2008 at 10:29:03 AM PDT
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