<p>Do colleges check to see if an applicant can prove his/her ancestry? If so, how?</p>
<p>"Enlighten me on how having a Spanish surname makes you Spanish? I have an English name yet I have no relation at all to England. Does this make me English?"</p>
<p>Yes.</p>
<p>trans, when spain occupied the philipines, many spanish soldiers had philipino women bare their children. That would make the children (surprise) half spanish. So if 2 half philipino half spanish people had another kid...the kid would be half spanish - even though they lived in the philipines. now fastforward 4 generations. someone who's philipino isn't hispanic now is he?</p>
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Filipino mestizos, those of mixed race, form a tiny (1% to 2%) but economically and politically important minority. A recent genetic study by Stanford University, however, indicates that 3.6% of the population has at least some European ancestry.
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<p>Oh gee, almost 4% has some European ancestry do your research! Do you actually think Spaniards moved to the Phillipines in mass numbers? No, they didn't, they might have had it under control, but most of them moved to the new world. So in general, 96% of the population is not Hispanic..</p>
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Yes.
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<p>What the hell.</p>
<p>Well, both my grandparents on my mother's side are Spanish, but I always put "Caucasian." I'd rather play it safe anyways.</p>
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Oh gee, almost 4% has some European ancestry
do your research! Do you actually think Spaniards moved to the Phillipines in mass numbers? No, they didn't, they might have had it under control, but most of them moved to the new world. So in general, 96% of the population is not Hispanic.
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I have a pretty large number of filipino friends who are part hispanic. The hispanic culture is fused with the filipino culture so strongly that it is easier to learn spanish if you already know tagalog. They celebrate spanish holidays and there are many cultural similarities. Personally, I wouldn't trust Wikipedia as a source of accurate information. Anyone can submit information and it is usually biased and not factual material.
Just to let you know, once you state that you are part of a culture, a school usually takes measures to help you fit in as a hispanic student. You will be invited to meetings for latin american students, you will receive letters in the mail from students who are affiliated with the hispanic culture at the school, and sometimes you will even receive a big brother type figure from the school to help you assimalate into the student body. Honestly, just because someone you know successfully fooled the system, doesn't make it right.</p>
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Oh gee, almost 4% has some European ancestry
do your research! Do you actually think Spaniards moved to the Phillipines in mass numbers? No, they didn't, they might have had it under control, but most of them moved to the new world. So in general, 96% of the population is not Hispanic.
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I have a pretty large number of filipino friends who are part hispanic. The hispanic culture is fused with the filipino culture so strongly that it is easier to learn spanish if you already know tagalog. They celebrate spanish holidays and there are many cultural similarities. Personally, I wouldn't trust Wikipedia as a source of accurate information. Anyone can submit information and it is usually biased and not factual material.
Transvaal, just to let you know, once you state that you are part of a culture, a school usually takes measures to help you fit in as a hispanic student. You will be invited to meetings for latin american students, receive letters in the mail from students who are affiliated with the hispanic culture at the school, and sometimes even receive a big brother type figure from the school to help you assimalate into the student body. Other students might be angry if they find out you marked a race on your application to "cheat the system". Honestly, just because someone you know successfully fooled the system, doesn't make it right. If you have a problem with putting white, put other. Many students put other including minority students who wish to be evaluated based on their credentials and not their race. I would have done this myself but I received the National Achievement scholarship which is basicall a tell tale sign that I am black.</p>
<p>I don't really care; my Hispanics friends told me it would be better to put Hispanic (since I come from a low income background). Im not saying Im apart of Hispanic culture but if they are asking for my race, hell Ill give it to them, Im of Spanish decent (which is Hispanic and also White). Why would other Hispanics care? This is ridiculous to ask, Is this fare to other Hispanics, this is obvious nonsense even from the liberal side, as the government-funded grants for Hispanics are over funded since not enough Hispanics enroll in colleges, to empty out the grants. The situation is such that they do not only have their tuition paid, but also receive money for living expenses. If I'm "cheating the system" them I'm receiving some type of benefit because why else would I "cheat the system?" So in your opinion Whites should be excluded categorically from Hispanic so they gain no benefit? The problem as I see it is how can you be honest in a dishonest system (even though race is merely a "social construct", all answers are honest)? I'm going to play the Western world's liberal agenda right back to them, heck I'm even moving to Argentina after I graduate.</p>
<p>I can hold a conversation in Castellano (cant really write in it though). So, if they want, Ill even speak Castellano to them.</p>