Nothing. It’s entirely political in an effort to artificially create a victim group who needs protection from the government. Spaniards who come directly to the US from Spain are considered White. But those who come from Spain to the US via Latin America are Hispanics.
I acknowledge that many who come to the US from Latin America may have mixed race whose ancestors may have even been enslaved in those countries. However, and ironically, the slave owners in those countries were likely of Spanish descent and those owners would be entitled to Affirmative Action protection if they immigrated to the US.
Nothing. It’s entirely political in an effort to artificially create a victim group who needs protection from the government. Spaniards who come directly to the US from Spain are considered White. But those who come from Spain to the US via Latin America are Hispanics.
I acknowledge that many who come to the US from Latin America may have mixed race whose ancestors may have even been enslaved in those countries. However, and ironically, the slave owners in those countries were likely of Spanish descent and those owners would be entitled to Affirmative Action protection if they immigrated to the US.