Can someone please explain to me why I keep seeing this? Do we really need help figuring out what isn't Hispanic or Latino?

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That's kind of messed up, (NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO) and I (HISPANIC OR LATINO) am ashamed at how that was handled (NOT HISPANIC OR LATINO).

Is that a joke?

That's ridiculous. I think the question in general is ridiculous, and should be taken off of employment, as well as all other applications and forms. There are differences in people of all ethnicities and to group them like that seems pointless and borderline offensive.

I think the question should simply say:

What is your ethnicity (optional, fill in the blank)?
_______________________

Sadly, no. It's very real and I see it often enough to post it and find out what's up with it.

I know the reason for it being included with white/black, namely that there are people whose skin tone is white/black but who identify as Latino because of culture.
But you don't see a lot of Hispanic Asians or Hispanic Native Alaskans. Someone's taken the concept a bit too far.

What's the application for? What's the job?

Let me start off by saying that it is dumb. But I do know why they do this.

Technically, Hispanic and Latino isn't really a race. There are white hispanics / latino, black ones, asian ones (see Peru and Ecuador, there's a very large population of people there who are descendents of asians)... So this ridiculously formatted question is trying to show that they understand there's several different "races" within this one category of Hispanic or Latino.

I am what could be considered a white hispanic or latino. (Don't get me wrong, I'm not painfully white to the point that I 1) can't jump and 2) need to put sunscreen on if I have to take out the garbage) So if I were a moron, and had to fill out this form, I would know not to click the white option.

Make sense?

I know why they differentiate between the white folks and the Hispanics/Latinos. We're all Caucasian, but because of Federal hiring laws and practices, they need to know what kind of Caucasian. Later they had to add the Black versus Hispanic/Latino because they forgot about the Caribbean and some South American races. As for the others, ?????

Yeah, the American Indian and Hawaiian ones are just assinine. There definitely are Asian Hispanics. One of my best friends in high school had the last name Wong. But his family was from Ecuador and didn't speak a lick of Chinese.

And if you saw my step-grandfather on the street, you'd swear he was Japanese, but he's Peruvian.

Grocery store.

There was a time you would not see that at all. We would make notations on job applications as to the person's perceived ethnic background during the days that I was involved with hiring.

This was to cover the company's butt that they were an Equal Opportunity employer and practiced affirmative action.

Frequently on the forms now, there is an option "Prefer not to say".

I think it's ridiculous to even ask the question.

In other words, Political Correctness run amok. The initial intent was fine, but obviously, it has gotten out of hand.

That reminds me of FriedBrains.

saywhatnow?

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The question of 'race' is such bulls**t.

They should ask for ethnicity and/or nationality. Or just ethnicity.

Race is a American concept that has led to nothing but division.

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Agreed

Agreed

You really need to think on that just a little bit more. Unfortunately, this is NOT just an American thing.

That's what I said! ^^^

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