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[edit] Your Census map was wrong

Hispanic is not a racial category since 2000. The 1990-2000 census considered Hispanic to be a race with the subcategories white Hispanic and non-white Hispanic. Currently, for the 2000-2010 Census "Hispanic or Latino" and "not Hispanic or Latino" are labeled as "ethnicities" which are counted separate from race. In the 2000 Census, they were asked on a different quetion from race. Also, your map did not recognize the "American Indian and Alaskan Native" race which the 2000 US Census defines to include the indigenous peoples of North, South and Central America.--DarkTea 18:30, 20 December 2006 (UTC)

You're right. However, for most purposes, people tend not to make the distinction between white Hispanics and non-white Hispanics -- and in fact, most Hispanics are mestizos, and I have often wondered why the Census does not add a Mestizo racial category -- so "Hispanic" is seen as a "race". Also, perhaps I was a little confusing about what I meant on the map. There are no solidly American Indian countries in existence whose inhabitants are automatically considered "American Indian". So, a person writing "Guatemalan", for example, won't automatically be considered "American Indian", even though somebody writing in "Haitian" will be considered "Black" and a "Russian" will be considered "White". Hence the addendum I added about ethnic groups within nations, such as Maya and Quechua. But a "Guatemalan" will automatically be considered "Hispanic". -- BGMan 20:00, 20 December 2006 (CST)

[edit] Cuba

Hello BG. Please leave 'Fidel Castro' in the infobox until his resignation takes effect (February 24, 2008). Until then, he's still President of Cuba. GoodDay (talk) 17:29, 19 February 2008 (UTC)