Trial by media hype

[MikeBjerum]

DGF,

In our death certificate, and that follows federal, hispanic is everything south of the U.S. border, it includes the islands around the Gulf of Mexico and close, and after questioning during a repatriation, it includes Spain and Portugal since that is viewed as where the explorers ventured from.

[DGF]

Yes, that is so, it is a nationality not a race.

[Solus]

hmm..I'd say it is neither nationality nor race, but an ethnic designation....a culture.

If a nationality, what nation?  Spain?  Portugal?  Gibraltar?  Any of the Latin American nations?

It is based more on the language spoken, Spanish, by it's members than on nationality.

[tombogan03884]

Hispanic is a race. Any one with blood from a nationality derived from SPAIN, so some one from South of the border probably is Hispanic, but the might also be Indian or some other European descent.
In Argentina I have read that Hispanics are actually a minority.

[Solus]

Hispanic is a race. Any one with blood from a nationality derived from SPAIN, so some one from South of the border probably is Hispanic, but the might also be Indian or some other European descent.
In Argentina I have read that Hispanics are actually a minority.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Race_in_the_United_States

Official race definitions in the United States
Main articles: Race and ethnicity in the United States Census and Race (EEO)

The United States government has provided definitions regarding race (see the main articles).[9] Racial classification in the U.S. 2000 census and in employment reports for the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission was based solely on self-identification by people according to the race or races with which they most closely identify and did not pre-suppose disjointedness. The category "Hispanic" is considered an ethnicity, rather than a race, by the U.S. Census.[4][10] These categories are sociopolitical constructs and should not be interpreted as being scientific or anthropological in nature.[9] They change from one census to another, and the racial categories include both racial and national-origin groups.[11][12]

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[PegLeg45]

The mother went on TV today saying she thought the whole thing was an "accident" but wanted justice to be served.

Also, media still wanted to know why it took so long to file charges.
(they just don't get this whole thing about getting ALL the facts straight BEFORE making charges and arrests).

[jnevis]

The mother went on TV today saying she thought the whole thing was an "accident" but wanted justice to be served.

Also, media still wanted to know why it took so long to file charges.
(they just don't get this whole thing about getting ALL the facts straight BEFORE making charges and arrests).

But on TV they arrest the first guy they see and by the end of the shows he's in jail....

[Timothy]

The mother went on TV today saying she thought the whole thing was an "accident" but wanted justice to be served.

Also, media still wanted to know why it took so long to file charges.
(they just don't get this whole thing about getting ALL the facts straight BEFORE making charges and arrests).

Tell them to read and understand the 5th Amendment!  They only get one shot at this....better to be well prepared or don't bother...

Remember Casey Anthony?

[PegLeg45]

Tell them to read and understand the 5th Amendment!  They only get one shot at this....better to be well prepared or don't bother...

Remember Casey Anthony?

Exactly.

[tombogan03884]

"an ethnicity, rather than a race,"
nd what do the egg heads say is the difference ?