Why do I now have to check a box for "Hispanic" when 25 years ago I only had to check the "white" box?

My family came from Spain to Southwestern USA before the Mayflower. When I was a kid, I had to choose boxes of "white", "black" or "Asian". I thought I was like all of the other kids that were Italian or Greek or Irish - I was "White". Now I have to check a box that I am "Hispanic" - which is a national origin. Sometimes, I can check the "Hispanic" box and a "White" box. I haven't changed - why did my classification change?

Why do I now have to check a box for "Hispanic" when 25 years ago I only had to check the "white" box?
You can thank the multicultural bean counters for that one.
Reply:I don think any buddys buzness what u look like. If u are a race, you can't get a head. But I can, cuz I don care much, I check anything i want. Try it, it works.
Reply:You're not hispanic - you've just been tanning too much. LOL
Reply:Blame the illegal beaners.
Reply:in 25 years you will check boxes for white and hispanic
Reply:you are not a mix of native american and spanish. thusly you would be White not hispanic
Reply:Thats so you can benefit from Affirmative Action programs and remember to vote for you Democratic candidate



You've never heard of Hector P. Garcia?
Reply:Everyone thinks things need to be "politically correct".
Reply:you knwo what i woudl do, i woudl write "go fu*k yourself" under all the nationalities . . .in fact, il support you caus ei think you have a valid point, next time im asked to choose one of those boxes im goign to write in every nationality i come fom im goign to write



english

sweedish

indian

scottish

irish

german

american

and swiss
Reply:Because you're Hispanic.



Don't take it so personal and act like you're being discriminated against. If you don't like it, there's the border ...
Reply:i thought spain was still white

and latin/central america was hispanic?
Reply:it is an ethnic classification, you are also not required to check that you are Hispanic. if your family has married in with white families through the years then you would be more white than Hispanic anyway.

reasons for this are because people of certain races are more likely to have some diseases, than other races (IE blacks %26amp; Sickle Cell Anemia)



Another reason for this change is a decrease in ethnocentrism in recognizing that there are more than just whites, blacks and asians in the US. Personally if I was of hispanic decent i would have no problems checking that I was so, I believe in being proud of your history no matter where it is.
Reply:Because some people want Hispanics to have better representation in legislative assemblies on all levels. If you don't know how many people consider themselves "Hispanic" in a given area, they won't know how to best represent that area.