[beandog]

I'm feeling kind of stupid this morning, but exactly what race are Hispanics. I was under the impression that they were considered white. Is there a new race that I don't know about?

[JesseJane]

BD, check this out:

Hispanics are not white. The law was changed to say so. I didn't know this either, or the lobbies behind this until a few days ago. Source

The original LULAC declared ''Mexican-Americans'' to be ''white,'' a part of the same race as European-Americans, and successfully lobbied both the federal and Texas governments to officially classify them as such. Nearly a quarter of a century later, LULAC's position changed. Beginning with Hernandez v. Texas in 1954 and finalized in OMB Directive No. 15 in 1977, LULAC succeeded in having the federal government recognize ''Mexicans,'' and all ''Hispanics,'' as separate from European-Americans and essentially ''non-white'' so as to be eligible for affirmative action programs.

[jackbenimble]

I'm feeling kind of stupid this morning, but exactly what race are Hispanics. I was under the impression that they were considered white. Is there a new race that I don't know about?

My understanding is that in Federal crime statistics that Hispanics are tracked separately from whites when they are victims of crimes but they are lumped together with whites when they commit crimes.