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wrands

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Are you Hispanic or Latino?....
« on: August 26, 2012, 02:55:20 pm »
Why is that almost all survey asked this question?  Hipanic or Latino?  Why not asked are you Canadian or Russian descent?

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Re: Are you Hispanic or Latino?....
« Reply #1 on: August 26, 2012, 02:58:00 pm »
American!!!!   :thumbsup:

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Re: Are you Hispanic or Latino?....
« Reply #2 on: August 26, 2012, 03:53:47 pm »
Yep thats me too an AMERICIAN. Why do the hispanic or latino get prefrences over other? Aren't we suppose to speak english in the U.S.? Sometimes i feel  like i am being force to speak spainish and i resent it.

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Re: Are you Hispanic or Latino?....
« Reply #3 on: August 26, 2012, 08:31:42 pm »
The Hispanic/Latino race is the fastest growing in the U.S.  The survey companies are just trying to track how many of them are taking the surveys.

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Re: Are you Hispanic or Latino?....
« Reply #4 on: August 26, 2012, 08:58:34 pm »
The Hispanic/Latino race is the fastest growing in the U.S.  The survey companies are just trying to track how many of them are taking the surveys.


Wow, do they have a lot of kids or do they just like to move to America in massive numbers?  Your wording is indicative of the former.  ::)
I'm sorry if my recondite verbiage is a little difficult to understand sometimes.  Using fancy vocabulary really is fun, you should try it!


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Re: Are you Hispanic or Latino?....
« Reply #5 on: August 26, 2012, 09:06:47 pm »
Surveys ask this question because many races can also identify as Hispanic. When they ask if you are Hispanic, they aren't talking about your race, they are talking about your ethnicity. This helps separate everyone into different groups, as companies are looking to provide certain products for certain target groups.

The U.S. Consensus states that White/European, Black/African American, American Indian/Alaskan, Hawaiian/Pacific Islander, etc... are races. They then ask if you are Hispanic (ethnicity). You can be a White Hispanic, Black Hispanic, etc... So you either identify as Hispanic, or you don't.


« Last Edit: August 26, 2012, 09:13:28 pm by twol »

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Re: Are you Hispanic or Latino?....
« Reply #6 on: August 26, 2012, 09:11:06 pm »
i always say i'm hispanic even though i'm technically white/mexican

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Re: Are you Hispanic or Latino?....
« Reply #7 on: August 29, 2012, 10:10:54 am »
Because we are the BEST ! ;D most of us finish surveys all the way to the end because we want to make sure we get the credit, if not we keep trying until we get qualified.

My parents were born in Mexico and I was born in the USA. I feel honored when surveys ask if I am Hispanic.

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Re: Are you Hispanic or Latino?....
« Reply #8 on: August 29, 2012, 10:21:12 am »
im hispanic on those

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Re: Are you Hispanic or Latino?....
« Reply #9 on: August 30, 2012, 07:16:08 pm »
Personally I think that it is a move in the reverse-discrimination direction.  Mortgage Loan applications have this question on it and I am offended by it.  I would think that anyone who is Hispanic or Latino would be offended by it as well.  With all of the ways that one can apply for a loan, these days, color/national origin isn't a determining factor in the decision as to whether an individual will get a loan or not.  Yet if someone refuses to provide this information in a face to face interview the person conducting the interview is required to guess at the national origin.  How screwed up is that?

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Re: Are you Hispanic or Latino?....
« Reply #10 on: August 31, 2012, 06:23:11 am »
Why is that almost all survey asked this question?  Hipanic or Latino?  Why not asked are you Canadian or Russian descent?

I think because there are more mexican americans then there are others. i don't know :dontknow:

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Re: Are you Hispanic or Latino?....
« Reply #11 on: August 31, 2012, 09:13:05 am »
I am hispanic, but I dislike when they ask so many times.  I am not mexican, and we do not like to be confuse with them either.  Mexican are fine, but each of us come from different countries, and it is frustrating when Americans see you speak spanish and right away confuse you with Mexicans, there are other countries south of Mexico, almost all of South and CentralAmerica plus Spain.
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Re: Are you Hispanic or Latino?....
« Reply #12 on: September 03, 2012, 07:17:14 pm »
I am Latin.... :thumbsup:

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Re: Are you Hispanic or Latino?....
« Reply #13 on: September 11, 2012, 04:13:57 pm »
Does it really matter?

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Re: Are you Hispanic or Latino?....
« Reply #14 on: September 22, 2012, 10:19:03 am »
Yep thats me too an AMERICIAN. Why do the hispanic or latino get prefrences over other? Aren't we suppose to speak english in the U.S.? Sometimes i feel  like i am being force to speak spainish and i resent it.
I would rather resort to treating them like zombies.

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