Why do job applications in the U.S. always separate “Hispanic or Latino” from everyone else in the ethnic background section?
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So why would a company need to ask this?
So my SO (who has been to Spain) told me that Spaniards were as white as me and her are (we’re both of English ancestry) and when I saw pictures I was blown away. I leaned the difference between Spanish and Latin that day.
Hispanic/Latino heritage overlaps skin color, as there are White, Mestizo, and Black Hispanics. They are a separate ethnic group that the US measures in the census, and they have unique issues with racism and discrimination, so Hispanic/Latino is separated out from the other questions to help with measurements and statistics.
Why can’t Mexicans who are 99% Native American click Native American? Always had that issue.
Because for some race bater made a stink about it and said they were offended and discriminated against because it wasn’t stated according to their liking.
We’d be better off hiring based on skill or experience or knowledge but race bating is a national sport. We have a culture that needs to make everything about race.
Hispanic just means you come from a Spanish speaking country, like Spain or Mexico.
Latino means you come from a country in Latin America.
So you’ll see a question like “What’s your race?” with answers like White, Black, Asian, etc. and then you’ll see a separate question asking “Are you Hispanic?”.
Why is it separate? Because Hispanic isn’t a race. You can be a White Hispanic, Black Hispanic, etc.
But being Hispanic is still treated like a minority status in America. So it’s not enough to ask your race because people want to know if you’re Hispanic too.
In short it’s because the US is *obsessed* with race and racism. In order to curtail racism it just makes the problem worse. Now racism is the new elephant in the room. It’s so bad that *food is racist*. Fried chicken, anyone?
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