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Originally Posted by Farael
(Warning, this might be slightly off-topic, be advised... and advise me if I should edit it out)
I was just thinking, and if anyone can enlighten me I'd be greatly pelased, aren't hispanic people descendent from the native people that fell under the Spanish crown? and if so, wouldn't the difference between Native Americans in North America and Hispanic people in central and south america be cultural rather than "racial"?
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Hispanic, from the view taken here, would appear to be people who are ethnically descended PRIMARILY- as you say- from the Native Americans of what is now known as Latin America, but the Europeans and their African slaves settled these areas as well, and the Hispanic culture- and the Hispanic race- is a mixture of Native, European, and African backgrounds, although Native American would, if any, seem to predominate.
As for myself, I am a bit amused to see several alternatives offered for those in Asia, while those of us of European lineage must content ourselves, for the most part, with "white". A fair balance, I suppose, for the Christian-heavy diversity on the religion poll.
Now, in case anyone was so foolish thus far as to wonder, I am, I suppose, solidly placed in the "white" category, though I am actually a rather pasty colour, with pinkish overtones. I am descended, primarily from the Teutonic invaders of western Europe and the Celtic peoples that they overran, being completely of Dutch and German descent. Any such smidgeons (unknown to me) of alternative lineage would probably be Russian... or other miscellaneous European.