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The race question doesn't make much sense for Europeans. I could answer White (non-Hispanic) even though the Hispanic category doesn't exist here. But what should Spaniards answer?
i think "White (non-Hispanic)". Not that i understand the category Hispanic, but putting Swedish and Greek people in one category while excluding Spaniards seems deeply weird to me.
Race is weird.
Only people from Spanish-Speaking Central America should identify as Hispanic. A Mexican-Spaniard should identify as Hispanic, while a Spaniard-Mexican should not.
HOWEVER, someone born in Mexico to White Hispanic parents but who was adopted by French parents in France and raised by them would probably identify as French.
I was under the impression it also applies to the Spanish-speaking American islands and North/South America.
ETA: And it's controversial whether Brazil is counted.
The Spanish-Speaking American islands are in Central America, just like England and Sicily are in Europe.
Chile and Argentina, IIRC, are not Hispanic countries.
The term derives from Hispanic, meaning a resident of Hispanola, the island which now contains Haiti and The Dominican Republic.