Perplexum

[yakimachi]

Haven't posted in awhile, sorry, my workload has taken on a life of its own and is trying to murder me. I'm sitting here trying to finish my Grant Proposal and came across yet another section I feel doesn't make sense. What is the difference between a "Racial Category" and an "Ethnic Category"? You'll see below you a table, in this table I have to

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[vice_visa]

It looks like it's asking you to identify the people based on their race and if they are from a hispanic or latino background. Meaning they can be white/ black/ brown/ purple and raised in a hispanic culture or location.

If a person is white and they consider themselves American they'd say they were non-hispanic. If that same person was white and considered themselves from Spain they'd probably so they were Spanish.

Maybe.

[vagran7]

Ethnicity is more of a culture or country thing, while race is more how you look. For instance, I count as ethnically Latin, but racially white.

Yay Surveys

[boomcha7]

O lord, evidently these questions have evolved again since I took my survey class.

I've always been told to put racial categories first. That used to be the only category available; the ethnicity breakout is fairly new. You used to just put "White - Non-Hispanic" and "White-Of-Hispanic-Origin/Hispanic," but then Hispanic got booted out of the race category since you can also be Black and consider yourself to be of Hispanic origin.

How about putting the race category first, then have the ethnicity category read "Of Hispanic/Latino Origin" and "Not of Hispanic/Latino Origin."