# Hispanic/Non-Hispanic

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hispanic-non-hispanic/604942>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [December 3, 2011, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hispanic-non-hispanic/604942 "2011-12-03T14:03:26Z")\
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**Author:** ![ballardfam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8797f3/32.png) [@ballardfam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ballardfam)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2011, 2:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hispanic-non-hispanic/604942/1 "2011-12-03T14:03:26Z")

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Sometimes when I’m filling out a form for my daughter’s school or other document I’m given a choice of ethnicities. But other times it’s just a choice of hispanic or non-hispanic. Why the emphasis on hispanic?

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**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2011, 2:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hispanic-non-hispanic/604942/2 "2011-12-03T14:18:44Z")

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Where are you? In a location where “Hispanic” is a huge chunk of the population (such as Miami, where it’s the majority in many areas/townships), it may make sense. Other than that, I draw a blank.

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**Author:** ![ballardfam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/8797f3/32.png) [@ballardfam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ballardfam)\
**Post date:** [December 3, 2011, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/hispanic-non-hispanic/604942/3 "2011-12-03T14:34:57Z")

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> [@Nava](#):
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> Where are you? In a location where “Hispanic” is a huge chunk of the population (such as Miami, where it’s the majority in many areas/townships), it may make sense. Other than that, I draw a blank.

Seattle.