Latino as a Race and Ethnicity

• Hattman stated that because of the barrier between the race and ethnicity, people confuses themselves into what ethnicity and race should they be in and sometimes forcing them to be in a race that they don't define theirselves into. Race is bioligical and immutable while ethnicity is defined as fluid and malleable. The difference between the two is given in Hattman's dicussion about the directive 15; how the census counts people numerically and socially based on their status in America. Hattman argues that we should remove the barrier that differentiates ethnicity to race but being aware of the drastic change and the complex ways of the change itself. I agree to Hattman because it's unfair how the "Latinos" are not considered a race just because they didn't come from one race and they have shared views of the world. In class, I notice that one of the student when we did the census check the "Other Race". It doesn't really show what his race is while others confidently check their race because they know they belong in that type of race.
• The Census started to take place in 1790 when whites were the superior group of people (with their three different choices like Males of Sixteen years and upwards, Males under sixteen, and Females including heads of families). Free white rich men can count as one vote and when slavery is common. The census needed the slaves count because they're counted as 3/5 of the vote. Then in 1930 census Immigration in Southern and Eastern Europe became common like Irish, British, Romanian and etc. The 1930 census asks for "color of the race", "place of birth", and "mother tongue" because the real whites wanted to be separated with the immigrants from Europe who considered themselves as racially white. In the 2000 census, it became more complex because of the Hispanic, Spanish, or Latino ethnicity and race. At first an individual is asked about if are you Hispanic, Spanish, or Latino in ethnicity and if so what's your race and Latino is not included with the choices. 
• Probably I will suggest to check their ethnicity first then tell them to check other race because I don't want to force them in checking a race that they don't feel comfortable about or they don't want to belong with in that certain race. I'm probably going to say to check the 'Some Other Race' box so that they won't feel the force of checking white or indian or african american. 
• The three approaches of Flores about in understanding the Latino community are demographic, analytic, and imaginary. Demographic is about the the numerical count of each Latino individual and also the census is under the demographic approach. In analytical approach Flores argues about immigration and labor market of the Latino community. And in the Imaginary approach he argues about the Latinos' personal identification; of what race they identify themselves in. It is important that we look at these three approach to show how the Latinos can be considered as a race that can be marked in the census as a race and not an ethnicity only.
• Hispanic came from Spain while Latino is considered as mestizo, which a mix of Spanish, American Indian, and African American. As a society as a whole Hispanics and Latino are the same with their culture and beliefs and it's not because of white racism but because they clasify themselves as Latinos and not Hispanics. 
• The census reflects on the racial categories in the United States including non-whites and of mix color by naming mostly of the race that are found here in America except for Latino and because they classify Latino as an ethnicity and not race. I think the census right now doesn't clearly make racial categories here.

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