<p>just out of curiosity, is someone from spain considered hispanic (URM) or caucasian (obviously not URM)? I heard it was caucasian.</p>
<p>needhelp06
yes, they would be hispanic. however, it is my understanding, that when they look at hispanic URM's , they are most interested in students of mexican, and puerto rican heritage. If they are from spain they would fall into the international category. Yes they are also caucasion with regard to race.</p>
<p>Babybird,</p>
<p>In the possible event that your ethnicity would be any help at all, why not just email the adcoms and mention that upon reflection you realize you may not have filled out the ethnicity part correctly; you assumed "arab" was "white," but in case that was wrong, to be accurate you want to specify it now.</p>
<p>That way info is in and if it would be helpful they will know it.</p>
<p>As far as the Hispanic, I can understand where the confusion starts. As I mentioned earlier, there exist some confusion about Spain and ... Portugal. While the case of Spain is clear-cut, the case of Portugal is worthy of a discussion. </p>
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<li><p>The definition of the word "Hispanic" as used by the White House, clearly shows that the Portuguese are not to be considered Hispanic. It defines "Hispanic" as "a person of Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, Central or South American or other Spanish culture or origin, regardless of race." </p></li>
<li><p>The Census Bureau also advised that the Portuguese should not choose "Hispanic" in the census. Therefore, when filling out the Census, the Portuguese should pick "not of Hispanic origin" in the ethnicity question just like all other non-Hispanics, and "white" in the race question, since "white" people are to be defined as people "having origins in any of the original peoples of Europe, North Africa, or the Middle East." </p></li>
<li><p>However, not all departments of the government seem to agree with the White House on how to classify the Portuguese culture. In the Library of Congress for example, Portuguese culture is located under the "Hispanic Division." Portuguese-American Congressman Tony Coelho was listed under the "Hispanic-Americans in Congress" section. </p></li>
<li><p>There is no difference anymore between terms like Latinos and Hispanics. The definitions are ridiculous. Are the 150 millions Brazilians NOT latinos? </p></li>
<li><p>Websters? used to define the word Hispanic as meaning "relating to or derived from the speech or culture of Spain or of Spain and Portugal." </p></li>
<li><p>For every expert claiming Portugal is not Hispanic since they do not speak Spanish, you'll find another claiming the opposite since both Spain and Portugal form the Iberic Peninsula and were part of Hispania. </p></li>
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<p>My conclusion on this ... if you have ANY hispanic heritage, including from Portugal -that is your call - you could mark the OTHER hispanic box without hesitation! If the Library of Congress can assimilate the two cultures and races, so can YOU. And you have plenty of history to support your claim </p>
<p>PS In case you had some doubts </p>
<p>Anthony Coelho was born on June 15, 1942 in Los Ba</p>
<p>Xig, thanks for the rather precise info.</p>
<p>I have a question, just how much of a tip does a URM recieve. Any stats on this matter?</p>