Indian or an Oriental. what are their children to be classified? Are Filipinos to be classified as Orientals? By SpanishAmerican would you mean the children of immigrants from Spain? Or would you include those from Hispanic America? What if only one of the parents is of Spanish ancestry? He comments further: These were all questions debated and discussed in my Government office. The fact is that the majority of immigrants from a country like Mexico would be technically classified as Mestizos. the rest divided between pure Indians and Caucasians. There is no such thing as a "lightskinned Negro" in Brazil. If he is the offspring of a Negro and a Caucasian. be is a Mulatto. of a Negro and an Indian. a Cabocio. These are considered "third" races. In classification. some Filipinos brought up the problem of their mixed background and said they did not consider themselves "Orientals." The son of Spaniards explained that he would fall under the "SpanishAmerican" category. while the daughter of Mexican immigrants considered herself a "MexicanAmerican." A Puerto Rican writes: On no previous federal level census that I know of. have persons of Hispanic origin been singled out. and outside of establishing a precedent in singling all persons of Hispanic background. there is very little that this entry could accomplish. Persons of Spanish cultural background are too diverse. and some have been in this country for so many generations that they dont even know their family name had been Spanish. What outside of degrading Spain and the people of Spanish and Latin American origin could such an entry prove?
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