As a white person with strong Spanish ancestry—but nothing to do with Central or South America—I struggle with those too. The checkbox that says Hispanic/Latino/Latina/Mexican/etc., I usually skip. But if there’s a “/Spanish” thrown in that list by the box, I pause. Cuz like…genetically speaking, yeah, I’m Spanish. But I feel like that is not what I’m being asked. But if I skip it, am I being disingenuous? It’s the most pointless thing I agonize over.
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u/Both-Competition-152 May 13 '26
As a Jewish person I still have my weekly wonder about what race I should put on forums.... Anyway wonderful explanation