Are Jewbans considered "Hispanic"?

[gatorgirl711]

Question:

Are Jewbans considered Hispanic??? My dad is Cuban and my mom is half British and half Puerto Rican (not JewRican, though. lol), so I definitely identify myself as somewhat culturally hispanic, but am 3/4 white.

Opinions?

[Bulldog86]

Aren't you also 3/4 Hispanic? Or am I misunderstanding something?

Normally "race" is self-reported anyway, right? So as long as you're not this guy, you should be in good shape. Especially if you've ever joined any Latin student orgs that you can talk about in an essay or something. I think "Hispanic" is more about cultural identification anyway, compared to "black" or "white".

I have a friend who got "National Hispanic Merit" in high school. His mom was Puerto Rican and his dad was just plain old white US American.

[gatorgirl711]

Thanks! I guess I'm 3/4 hispanic and 3/4 white. lol

I got the National Hispanic Merit Finalist award, too. My friends thought it was hillarious because I'm very pale (see profile pic) and have a very Jewish last name. haha

[steuby]

I'm in a similar boat being whiter than Powder (the character from the movie of the same name), but most of my family takes pacific islander/native american/ and who knows what other traits. I don't think I could have, in all honesty, checked any box other than white, so I just ignored the race question altogether. Maybe there should be a mut box.