Comments on: Racialicious http://www.dubbayoo.net/archives/328 I'm just sayin... Fri, 13 Nov 2009 18:58:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: D_T http://www.dubbayoo.net/archives/328/comment-page-1#comment-863 D_T Thu, 27 Mar 2008 15:58:58 +0000 http://www.dubbayoo.net/archives/328#comment-863 I live in California too. According to 2006 Census data Hispanics are 35.9% and White non-Hispanics are 43.1%. Of people who consider themselves to be "one race" 76.9% indicated white. Hispanics don't really consider themselves to be all one race. U.S. federal law defines Hispanic or Latino as any person with ancestry from a Spanish-speaking Latin American country or Spain, regardless of race. You can be Hispanic and black (Sammy Sosa) or be a Caucasian-appearing person with one Mexican grandparent. Govt census data is usually 1-2 years behind because it takes that long to collect and analyze the data. I'm pretty sure 2006 is the most recent. http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/06000.html I live in California too. According to 2006 Census data Hispanics are 35.9% and White non-Hispanics are 43.1%. Of people who consider themselves to be “one race” 76.9% indicated white. Hispanics don’t really consider themselves to be all one race. U.S. federal law defines Hispanic or Latino as any person with ancestry from a Spanish-speaking Latin American country or Spain, regardless of race. You can be Hispanic and black (Sammy Sosa) or be a Caucasian-appearing person with one Mexican grandparent.

Govt census data is usually 1-2 years behind because it takes that long to collect and analyze the data. I’m pretty sure 2006 is the most recent.

http://quickfacts.census.gov/qfd/states/06000.html

]]> By: Jimmy S. http://www.dubbayoo.net/archives/328/comment-page-1#comment-862 Jimmy S. Thu, 27 Mar 2008 09:26:01 +0000 http://www.dubbayoo.net/archives/328#comment-862 Actually, I live in California, and the most recent census data indicates that over 50% of the state's population is hispanic. So, in this state, we actually are a minority. Heck, with all the asians, and, the real minority, african americans, running around, we're actually a real minority here. You might want to think about that. Actually, I live in California, and the most recent census data indicates that over 50% of the state’s population is hispanic. So, in this state, we actually are a minority. Heck, with all the asians, and, the real minority, african americans, running around, we’re actually a real minority here. You might want to think about that.

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