Why are americans so stupid when it comes to defining hispanics??

Question

And why do they think that spanairds arent caucasion (white)? I never seen a group of white ppl so ashamed that they wanted to remove themselves from being called white to being called "white hispanic" whats the difference?

Answer 1

Group of people? so your saying all Americans define spanairds as mexicans?  hipocrital basterd...lol your pathetic, trying to sound smart but you end up sounding like an idiot.

Answer 2

people are very racist right now because they are scared. People do not liked being defined a something when the other people around them are insulting and racist toward that race.

I know this because my grandparents are scared of "whats happening to our country" bcuz everyone is talking spanish and "taking our jobs"

I disagree.

my hree bff's are spanish and i dnt give a f**k

its all about tolerance

Answer 3

What is stupid is you assume all Americans think this way.  Or do you consider American to mean "white only"?

Answer 4

I call myself White-Hispanic... Why? Because I am mixed, I have a White (Caucasian) Father and my mother is Hispanic. A lot of our family is White Hispanics. I go by that, I have no problem whatsoever. As for you, why the h**l does it matter? If you personally have someone that calls you white, its maybe because you look like one. Nonetheless, all YOU have to do is kindly correct them instead of being a smart *** by calling Americans stupid.

<3 White-Hispanics  

Answer 5

Why are you stupid enough to put all Residents of the United States in a group together?  It is plain old bigotry if you ask me. An American is anyone who lives in North or South America.  

Answer 6

because its easier for people to generalize everything

Answer 7

South americans are largely darker than spaniard. They are therefore hispanics, mostly made up of native persons from the south of america. This is different to the native spaniards of europe.

Answer 8

i agree with mikey. if you don't like what your called.. go back.

Answer 9

Because everyone on this site thinks they know what they're talkin about. Including me lol

Answer 10

well said Darrenbilly14

Answer 11

We don't know what to call them, whatever we say will offend someone so we just gave up and started calling them all Mexican, well at least here in souther cali.

Answer 12

Wow. You yourself are pretty ignorant sir for saying that all Americans are stupid. So, you are saying that every single American thinks the same way? This question is a bit hypocritical.

Answer 13

good question....i blame the poor public educational system

Answer 14

Coz they're a bunch of ignorant people.

Answer 15

You should not be complaining about anything. Americans pretty much take care of you with OUR tax dollars. You should be greatful to get whatever you get. If you don't like it get the **** out.

Answer 16

Our government takes care of you so why do you care? Get back across the border moron. I'm not even going to answer your question.

Answer 17

we're not stupid :(. (im hispanic)

Answer 18

I agree.  The "White Hispanic" and "White Non-Hispanic" boxes to check on applications/surveys always make me shake my head....it's kind of like that "Other" category too!  Americans and all people should not be ashamed of where they come from.  Not to sound too corny (but it will)... we are all part of the same race.."The Human Race"  :-)

Answer 19

Hispanics from what I've seen re heavily discriminated in this country. I think they have very powerful history though. Most white people are just flat out ignorant, mind as well get used to it.

Answer 20

Americans are Hispanics if they live in the US.

Who cares. Honestly.

Race doesn't matter it's the person inside if you. Race is just another minor detail that it seems like A LOT OF PEOPLE PAY ATTENTION.

No offense what the h**l ARE YOU EXACTLY SAYING WHEN YOU SAY AMERICANS? HISPANICS ARE AMERICANS IF THEY LIVE IN AMERICA! OKAY EVERYONE WHO IS A US CITIZEN IS AMERICAN!!! And by the way 30% of your check goes to taxes bud. STOP WHINING.

STOP WHINING, WHINER. LIFE IS WHAT YOU MAKE IT =). Super Cr3w!

Answer 21

Cause Americans think a Caucasian is someone that fits in a Norman Rockwell picture.

Answer 22

Actually, this is ignorance on your part. In this part of the world at least, spaniard and hispanic don't mean same thing.  Spaniard would be considered a European. Hispanic as used here (perhaps incorrectly, but nevertheless) usually means Latin American, and sometimes as a synonym for mestizo.

Edit: Your problem is you are only looking at one source. See Wikipedia for the history of the word in the USA. Assuming your definition is the only correct one is about as stupid as, well, assuming that all Americans are stupid.

Answer 23

Maybe because people are critical of them, or maybe because people are too sensitive to hear the truth.

Answer 24

I think you should try asking this question again.  This time you should put the question mark after the word stupid.

Answer 25

Americans are stupid period

Answer 26

Because they think hispanics are illegal immigrants, and they think of Mexico when you say spain.

Answer 27

actually you're being ignorant here.  people like to distinguish themselves from other cultural groups, not because of shame.  just like asian like to differentiate themselves between chinese, japanese, koreans, etc. hispanics are culturally different enough from the "typical european white"