This goes to all of you (myself included) who always ridicule him whenever he says most Latinos identify with culture more than race.

That said, even after this thread is over and locked, ten bucks says he still won't be able to tell the difference between the two (color and nationality.) 

That said, even though he might have no idea what he's saying -- and the point he makes isn't the one he intended to make -- studies show he makes a valid argument.

Key points are bolded.

For Many Latinos, Racial Identity Is More Culture Than Color

Monica Almeida/The New York Times

“Believe me, I am not a confused person. I know who I am, but I don't necessarily fit the categories well," said Erica Lubliner, a medical school graduate of Mexican and Jewish heritage.

By MIREYA NAVARRO

Every decade, the

Census Bureau spends billions of dollars and deploys hundreds of thousands of workers to get an accurate portrait of the American population. Among the questions on the census form is one about race, with 15 choices, including “some other race.

wasn't a personal attack.  ninjahood always enters threads to make this argument.  ALWAYS.  but never ever supports it with a coherent point.  EVER.


i'm not insulting him.  at least not intentionally.  not really.


But i think when I say "makes ninjahood's argument for him" everyone knows exactly what argument i'm referring to

ok i edited the title to acknowledge that he "makes his point."

But what point would that be?  That Black is a nationality?  That Dominicano is a race?  Because thos are the points he makes.  Fervently at that.

He's literally said "I'm Dominican, that's my culture.  You're Black, that's your culture."  What point of view am I struggling to see?