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I was doing an app for Columbia, and it asked this question:

Are you hispanic or latino? (Person of Cuban, Mexican, Puerto Rican, South or Central American, or other Spanish culture or origin, regardless of race)

I had never seen the hispanic question worded this way. I'm consider myself white, but I'm half Jewish and half Madeiran. Madeira is an island in the Atlantic, and the civilization is Portuguese. Portugal is a pretty heavily Spanish culture. Would that make me hispanic? Would it make me a URM?

Hannibal wrote:I was doing an app for Columbia, and it asked this question:

Are you hispanic or latino? (Person of Cuban, Mexican, Puerto Rican, South or Central American, or other Spanish culture or origin, regardless of race)

I had never seen the hispanic question worded this way. I'm consider myself white, but I'm half Jewish and half Madeiran. Madeira is an island in the Atlantic, and the civilization is Portuguese. Portugal is a pretty heavily Spanish culture. Would that make me hispanic? Would it make me a URM?

I have no idea if you'd be considered hispanic (though, I'm guessing no) but from what I've read, any URM bump only applies to Puerto Ricans and Mexican Americans.

Portugal ≠ Spain.

The question is very broadly worded to allow inclusion of all people who consider themselves Hispanic, but no, you are not one. That's way too much of a stretch.

England is also an island in the Atlantic.

Hispanic generally means of Spanish decent (i.e. being from Spain or one of the places it colonized). Thus Portugal and its colonies (i.e. Brazil) do not count as Hispanic.

I'm from Southern California... Its just about safe to say that I'm mexican at this point. Same with those from Arizona.

Hannibal wrote:I was doing an app for Columbia, and it asked this question:

Are you hispanic or latino? (Person of Cuban, Mexican, Puerto Rican, South or Central American, or other Spanish culture or origin, regardless of race)

I had never seen the hispanic question worded this way. I'm consider myself white, but I'm half Jewish and half Madeiran. Madeira is an island in the Atlantic, and the civilization is Portuguese. Portugal is a pretty heavily Spanish culture. Would that make me hispanic? Would it make me a URM?

Lusitanian ≠ Hispanic.

Better luck next time!