The word "Hispanic"

[phk]

general question re: hispanics

If Hispanic is not a race, why is there a common skin color of many Hispanics?

Hispanic is a culture and not a race.

You can be White, Native American, Black and even Asian (yes I know a Chinese Mexican with roots in Mexicali) and be Hispanic.  I'v grown up in Miami aka Democratic Cuba and in Fresno aka First World Mexico.

An example for a country where each ethnicity predominates except Asians..

White - Argentina
Native American - Bolivia
Black - Dominican Republic

Now here's a question, would a third generation Mexican-American in Central California who is a Protestant and can't speak Spanish be considered an Hispanic?

[phk]

general question re: hispanics

If Hispanic is not a race, why is there a common skin color of many Hispanics?

Hispanic is a culture and not a race.

You can be White, Native American, Black and even Asian (yes I know a Chinese Mexican with roots in Mexicali) and be Hispanic.  I'v grown up in Miami aka Democratic Cuba and in Fresno aka First World Mexico.

An example for a country where each ethnicity predominates except Asians..

White - Argentina
Native American - Bolivia
Black - Dominican Republic

Now here's a question, would a third generation Mexican-American in Central California who is a Protestant and can't speak Spanish be considered an Hispanic?

Is his last name "Rodriguez", "Sanchez" or "Lopez"?

To the Asian or the Mexican-American?