I'm confused In the past a lot of survey forums ask you if you are [Female] or [male] and your ethnicity [asian, european, african . . . etc] but lately i've noticed an additional question Question one: Race? [Hispanic or Latino] or [Not Hispanic or Latino] Question two: Ethnicity [Asian], [American Indian or Alaska Native], [Black or African American], [Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander], [White (Peoples of Europe, the Middle east or North Africa)] Couldn't they just put in Hispanic or Latino into another category of Ethnicity? And what is the difference between Hispanic and Latino And what if you are African, but not American, doesn't the second question kinda exclude them? (sorry this one was funny to me) And I can't believe they use the terms "White" and "Black", I got this off a American University Statistics Survey
Whoever made up that question is a moron. Hispanic and Latino are ethnicities, not race. A Hispanic/Latino can be of any race, like a black Hispanic to a white Hispanic. There are no difference between Hispanic and Latino, just that certain people to be called one over the other.
just to make sure I'm understanding the terms correctly So I would be Race: Canadian Ethnicity: Chinese ????
I am not sure if the following is correct, but it is MY understanding. Strictly speaking, I believe Hispanic ONLY includes anyone of Spanish descent, thus Hispanic. But Latino indicates Latin Americans (aka those from Central America). Non-American Africans would be part of the "Black" group wouldn't they? That's my speculation. And yeah, that's one moronic racist survey. Race and Ethnicity are the same thing. HOWEVER, Race/Ethnicity is not the same as Nationality. So to revise: Nationality: Canadian Race/Ethnicity: Chinese
yeah that's what I always thought .. but I've never really given it much thought because people like to overcomplicate things these days
yes, nationality: where you live/citizen of and ethnicity/race: bloodline i can't believe they actually put the words "white" and "black" on the survey; what happened to the colors of the rainbow like red, yellow, orange, blue, purple and green ?
yea totally so us asians are no long considered yellow? middle eastern people are white? i thought they were brown and funniest are the red Indians (native americans, first nations of canada, alaskin natives, and inuit) would the mayan people be considered red too?
Hispanic and Latino are the same term. http://www.occ.treas.gov/Cdd/newsletters/summer05/cd/ethnicityandrace.htm Hispanic or Latino. A person of Cuban, Mexican, Puerto Rican, South or Central American, or other Spanish culture or origin, regardless of race. The term “Spanish origin” can be used in addition to “Hispanic or Latino.” I'm going to have to disagree. Race and ethnicity are not the same. Here would be my classification of a Chinese living in US. Nationality: American Race: Asian Ethnicity: Chinese
race and ethnicity.. pretty vague and confusing terms. i'll leave that to the experts.. haha. anyway.. if by the definition above, i'll say that 'chinese' is a race, while 'teochew' 'cantonese' etc are ethnic groups. 'asian' is definitely not a race.. cos there exist many races within the 'asian' category who differ from one another in terms of biological traits. It is also not a ethnic group, since we also differ in culture, location etc. Asia is a continent. 'Asian' is a demonym refering to ppl from Asia.
Asian is a race. And Chinese is not a race, its a ethnicity. Asian - A person having origins in any of the original peoples of the Far East, Southeast Asia, or the Indian subcontinent including, for example, Cambodia, China, India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Pakistan, the Phillipine Islands, Thailand, and Vietnam. Everyone in the countries listed has very similar traits, black hair, brown eyes, fair skin, small nose, and small eyes. Russian, who lives on the continent of Asia will never call themselves Asian.
uhh.. all these is really confusing... WHY would anyone want to ask these sort of questions together anyway?!?!
No they don't. Do you actually live in Asia or have been to many places in Asia to ascertain that observation of yours? edit: to be honest, we, people who do live in asia don't usually identify ourselves as asians either. and you need not answer my qn cos by ur comment, i'm quite sure you don't live in asia. and if you do.. you better not be too proud of your insensitivity to differences despite living in close proximity to others of varied races and ethnicity.
