[Fresh Wind]

they are four times as likely as non-Hispanic, white students to drop out

I'm confused. This statement implies that Hispanics are white and that Hispanicity is only a "country of origin" thing, not a racial thing. But Hispanics are almost always grouped in with "people of color" (regardless of what color they actually are) granting them the same victimhood status as blacks. So which is it? Perhaps, are they "white" when it suits them (so they can feel racially superior to blacks) and "of color" when it suits them (so they can get the same government benefits as blacks)? One thing is for certain-the evil white man is still the villain.

[syncrolecyne]

Hispanic is a bit of an artificial label. I am White of Spanish, French, and German origin. Most people think I look Italian. But I was born in Mexico and Spanish is my first language so I am Hispanic.

Sometime's I've gotten comments from the "brown and proud" crowd that I can't be Hispanic because I look too "white". When I tell them to go stick it in my very good Spanish - they drop the issue.

Most Hispanic Americans happen to be Mestizos (part Indian) or Mulatos (part black). Some are even Asian or full blooded Indian...but they all get lumped into this category.

"Non-Hipanic white" is sort of a way of acknowledging that while Hispanics are mosly 'non-white", there are exceptions.