<p>say that you are asian, but you grew up in Peru. You identify with the Peru culture more than anything else and grew up like a normal peruvian. Could you call yourself Hispanic?</p>
<p>You sure can! "Hispanic" isn't a race; it's an ethnicity. In other words, you're a Hispanic Asian.</p>
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[quote=US Census] The Office of Management and Budget defines Hispanic or Latino as “a person of Cuban, Mexican, Puerto Rican, South or Central American, or other Spanish culture or origin regardless of race.”
<p>Yes - there are sizeable Asian pop. in a no. of South American countries.</p>
<p>In addition, Fils are often regarded as Asian Hispanics.</p>
<p>i guess you could, hopefully your school and your SATs identify you as hispanic also, you should double check with your school and say you want to "change" your race if you have to.</p>
<p>^ No need for the OP to change his race since being Hispanic has nothing to do with race.</p>
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You sure can! "Hispanic" isn't a race; it's an ethnicity.
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<p>It's more of a culture than anything else.</p>
<p>Ok, can I ask a question that kind of builds on the OP?
I'm an Asian living in US, I am underrepresented in a way. Instead of living in an urban setting, like the vast majority of Asian immigrants, I live in a small town, Missouri. There are 5-6 asians in my class of 350. In other words, I don't belong to the group of Asian majority that lives in NY and goes to private high schools and gets tutored 3 hours a day (this is obviously an exaggeration. Please don't be offended, city Asians, I salute and envy your diligence and hard work). Does this mean anything to the colleges, or am I asking for too much?</p>