An ethnicity question

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<p>Quick question about filling out ethnicity bubble in college app...
I am "Russian" (born there) yet lived lived most of my life in Argentina (I currently live in TX), Spanish is my native language, and my father grew up there. Yet, I am only 25% hispanic (which allows me to qualify for National Hispanic Scholar). I live and breathe Argentinean music, movies, soccer, and reading books by latin american authors.</p>

<p>Basically, my culture would def. define me as a hispanic yet my race puts me more as "white".</p>

<p>Is it ethically correct for me to claim to be Hispanic?</p>

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<p>My opinion is yes.</p>

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<p>Hispanic is an ethnicity.
White is a race.
You can be both at the same time. Argentina is the most Europeon of any Latin American country. You have every right to check off hispanic on your college application.</p>

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<p>You piqued my curiosity on this one. From the bureau of census website, </p>

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People who identify their origin as Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino may be of any race.

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<p>Their entire definition is here:</p>

<p><a href="http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/meta/long_68188.htm%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/meta/long_68188.htm&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

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<p>You are Hispanic.
Hispanics can be white, black, and many shades between....it's not a color thing....it's a hertitage imo.</p>

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<p>thanks for answering my question!</p>