<p>My family's hispanic roots come from Malacca, one of the smaller states of Malaysia. My question is pretty simple, when I mark Hispanic and specify my "other hispanic or latino background", should I write in 'Malaysia' or 'Malacca'? </p>
<p>Thanks!</p>
<p>I’m no expert on Malacca/Malaysia, but from googling it appears that you’re basing Hispanic background due to the Portuguese influence. If so, please review the US Census definition of Hispanic in post #1 if the Definition sticky thread at the to of this forum. This is the definition used for college admissions and does not include Portugal or Portuguese background.</p>
<p>p.s. Hispanic is an ethnicity, not a race; see the definitions of race and ethnicity in the same thread cited above.</p>