When asked "What is your ethnic background" What should I put if I'm Mex/White?
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If it's a form you're filling out and there isn't a category for mixed race, put either one you want. Or check both and let them figure it out. \n\nIf someone asks you and you feel like telling them, you could say "my mom is caucasian and my dad is mexican."  If people ask they probably are just curious.
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Don't let others get you down. I doesn't matter what they think. And be glad that their curious about you. It brings up conversation because you can then ask them the same question. Cause "whites" or other minorities are rarely from one region. Take for instance me. I'm white, but you can basically call me a "mutt" because I'm not a purebred. Ha! Ha! I'm a little bit England, Swiss, Danish (no wonder I like pastries? LOL and some other places mixed in with it.\nSee? We started a conversation! Now do that with the kids at school. And be glad that you have "light-skin" and not "dark as most of the black kids there".  Just means you're special because you're unique then. Is one of your parents white? Or somewhere down the line?\nP.S. Your smarts has nothing to do with you're looks.\nKeep up with your good grades, little egg-head!\nBigger Egg-head\nSmileyCat : )
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Just be polite. I deal with alot of Hispanic people, and I speak English. I am slowly learing spanish. I think I'm doing very well, but I've had alot of Hispanics make fun of the way I speak Spanish. It's degrading! I'm sure they wouldn't like it if I made fun of their English! So...just be nice!
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Yeah, I would check other and out to side write (of the human race).  Now on the other hand if they want to know about your cultural or ethnic background, that is another story in itself, and even then they should just have a long blank line so that I can fill out my ancestral roots.
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You are both Korean (your ethnic designation) and  Argentinian ( your Nationality or national origin) and probably could  be considered  Latin American but probably are not Hispanic as the designation is usually defined.
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Are you hispanic or Mexican-American? What color is your skin. Besides that what is your problem? Why do you talk like you are better than illegal aliens and even better than white people in the USA.You urinate and defecate just like anybody else. Stop putting out the bullshit you put out about illegal aliens.
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If you bring up skin color your racist. Gringo and names like it are racist. Bring up  "white rich" racist. \n\nAnd Mexico didn't own all of the western boarder, Native Americans lived there as well. Your countrymen literally handed everything over to the spanish when they came. Gold and all. Your politicians sold off your lands, we paid for then, your politicians pocketed the money and enslaved your nation.\n\nEvery country in the entire world including Mexico feel they have the right to say if anyone can come live in their country or not. Reality check. Every country in the world requires immigration papers and require you to ASK before coming. \n\nIn answer to the question? Yes a great many amnesty supporters are throwing up the race card alot. When they see they have no grounds for their arguement thats were they take it to manipulate the conversation away from the facts of the issues.
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Could go either way. Latin, since you are from Latin America &\nHispanic because you come from a Spanish-speaking country.\nOf course, these are cultural/ethnic designations without any racial connotation. Being of Argentinian heritage, you are most likely unmixed white of Spanish, Italian and/or German extraction. I'd go with Hispanic, if I had to choose! (It's more Eurocentric and best applies to people from Spain, Uruguay,  Argentina, Chile & Cuba.)\nThat is, of course, assuming that your ancestry is from Spain. So many Argentinians (& Uruguayans) are actually of Italian extraction. Italians are more Latin than the Spanish, who  really are more of a Celtic people.  Anyway, you are an American!
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Look u stuck up racies witch I'm 1/2 white and the other chactaw indian and 50% italian so u can get over your white trip because hes gonna be loved and mexican and for his daddys there great guys. witch don't ever answer any of my questios if u don't have something positive to say or to help me.\nby the way they all look the same
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What personal crap?  \n\nThey ask your religion, race and income right?  Those questions are all part of the census, they need to know who lives where what their beliefs are and what their income level is.  Can't you opt out of some of those questions?
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if race shouldn't matter, then race shouldn't be on the application.\n\ncan you imagine if they asked what polital party you belonged to?\n\nto me, asking for someone's race on an application is clearly a form of racism, and one that doesn't always harm or benefit the race of the person being asked.\n\n//
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Unless you're made of porcelain, put "Chinese".  Actually, you can just put the generic "Asian", unless they specifically request differently.
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Start the trend that the term Caucasian is a racist term.  I want to be known as Danish American or Irish American or Latvian American; not lumped into a single homogenous category.\n\nUse this logic every time you fill out paperwork where they ask your ethnicity and list Caucasian.  If they harrass you, call them bigots and call the local ACLU to tell them you are being harrassed because of your ethnicity.  It makes them crazy.\n\nSign up the info@peta.org email address to every meat processing plant's email\n\nSwear in public alot and cite the first amendment rulings that say obnoxiuos speech is covered.  Tell them they are illegally censoring you if they ask you to stop.\n\nTell PC Professors at universities that your opinion counts and that if ever a grade is lowered because of your opinion, you will write the dean of the school and the president of the universIty that you are being harrassed and prejudiced against because of your beliefs.\n\nSTAND UP AND TAKE THE COUNTRY BACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Ask this in the immigration Q&A.
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I'm half mexican but look very white.. with green eyes even. I always put myself as white because that is that I most look like. Though I put "White- of hispanic desent" (spelled?).. if that option is offered
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In the last form I filled out I was referred to as               Non-Hispanic White. How's that for racism?\nAn implication that I am lacking as I am not a member of this group or that group. I have Black friends who also have problems with the hyphenated Americanism implying they are not "fully" American.\n\n I am Irish,\nNorwegian,\nEnglish,\nFrench,\nScottish,\nGerman-American :)\nThey would not let me hyphenate the whole way, they kept cutting it off at French, even when I used commas instead of hyphens
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we just want to be people.  if you are ever in a conversation with someone and they want to describe someone they saw or spoke to they will always be  descriptive if the person was black.  ie- hey i saw this black guy with really cool dreadlocks.  if they are speaking of anyone else they wont use ethnicity