The majority of ‘Hispanics’ No such thing really, are white they are the children and grand children of European ancestors who immigrated to Central and South America over that last 150 years. Some are the decedents of Caribbean and Central American slaves from Africa and a mix of aboriginal Americans and Europeans. So called ‘Hispanics’ include Pope Francis.
I agree the creation of the category of Hispanics is contrived. They can be of any race. It was created in the 1970s to create another group of people entitled to benefits from the government, e.g., affirmative action and minority business set asides. We are reinforcing and incentivizing that identity, which redounds to the benefit of the Democrats since Hispanics vote more than 70% for the Dems.
Here is the way the Virginia Department of Minority Business defines a minority individual as “an individual who is a citizen of the United States or a non-citizen who is in full compliance with United States immigration law and who satisfies one or more of the following definitions:”
Hispanic American” means a person having origins in any of the Spanish-speaking peoples of Mexico, South or Central America, or the Caribbean Islands or other Spanish or Portuguese cultures and who is regarded as such by the community of which this person claims to be a part.
Hispanics as a group support Big Government. They are a natural Dem constituency.
