OK, why is it that someone who is racially mixed is automatically considered black, unless their last name is "Suarez" and then they are considered Hispanic? The majority of Dominicans and Puerto Ricans in this country are mulatto, yet they are never claimed as black.
Race and Ethnicity are officially two different things. (I used to work for the Gummit and had to learn such trivia.) So, officially, at least, there are Black Hispanics.
i think it is the USG law that if you have one oz of back in you you are/can be called black. i hope i am wrong???
I've always wondered that too! Is one drop of black blood so powerful? Why, if one half of parentage is to be chosen as an identifier, is it always the black side? Is it political or sociological?
I have bi-racial family members, and I consider them just that, BI- racial, as much white as they are black.
Case in point: Tiger Woods. 1/2 Thai, 1/4 black 1/4 ?-