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To: Great Caesars Ghost
If they're hispanic, that means Spanish, and Spanish are white, sooo.... It's either that or Native American, or "Creole". They shouldn't get their own special genus

Hispanic does not mean Spanish. Spanish means a person from Spain.

Most hispanics are of combined Spanish and Indian descent or just of pure Indian descent. A minority of hispanics are purely Caucasians - these are folks who have direct ancestry from the original Spanish colonizers. Argentina, however, is majority Caucasian for the same reason.

124 posted on 11/16/2005 1:37:32 PM PST by A Ruckus of Dogs
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To: A Ruckus of Dogs
Wow, my head is swimming. I recall reading a textbook on Mexican history. I believe they have 8 racial classes - I don't even remember the names of them all. Pure Spanish, Black-Spanish, Black-Spanish-Indian, pure Indian, and so on.
125 posted on 11/16/2005 3:20:06 PM PST by Sam Gamgee (I hate hippies - Eric Cartman)
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