People from Spain, are they Hispanic, or Caucasian? Last time I checked Spain is still physically connected to Europe. And what of the Portuguese? I grew up with Black people who are related to the Ramapo Indians, aka Jackson Whites, they’re a mixture of Caucasian, Black as well as Lenape, Mohican, and some Tuscarora, technically these folks are TRI-racial. This is why the gov’t wasting resources and tax $$$ on classifying us by race and ethnicities is inherently racist.
Spaniards are not “Hispanic”, neither are Portuguese and Brazilians, nor Francophones from Haiti, French Guiana and other islands throughout the Caribbean.
Though, ever since progressives have gotten “Hispanic” to mean ‘aggrieved racial minority’ (when they are not), they aren’t too keen to exclude.
To answer your first question. Caucasian is their race, Hispanic is their ethnicity. Just like German is an ethnicity. I’m of Spanish decent fwiw....
Portuguese are Caucasian also—just that they have another “ethnicity”. Lusitanian ethnicity, but they are a whole lot more complicated than Spaniards.
Hell....Moroccan’s are Caucasian as all North African Berbers & Arabs are.
Either way, you’re right that this is nothing more than gov’t stupidity and waste.