Yup, it's absurd. Elon Musk is not considered an African-American even though he was born and raised in South Africa and is now an American citizen. An acquaintance of mine, a pianist, is German born and raised, has lived in Germany all his life and has always been a German citizen, yet when he came to Boston to perform the papers referred to him as being African American because of the color of his skin.

It's amazing how many people judge another person based on the amount of melanin they have.

I understand what you're saying, but America Ferrera is Honduran, NOT Spanish. Ignoring people's ethnicity isn't how to solve racism (in fact, Superstore had an entire episode about that, and has brought it up many times).

Spaniards are mostly white, though. Also, tortillas aren't Spanish, they're Mesoamerican.

I'm a pink person. Bouche and Audi are both grey persons.

In the US, if you are of Hispanic or Latin American decent, you are typically classified as white, especially with the police and government. Sometimes the police do say Hispanic, but on reports it does say white. I always have to click white-non-hispanic on any questionnaire that's asking for demographics.

Anthropologist here. Yes, race is 100% a social construct.

Exactly. "Race" is not on the Taxonomy List of Living Things. When people say "racist" they are usually referring to something that is prejudice. It all amounts to being hateful. Trying to divide people rather than appreciate an abundance of cultural nuances is absurd.

That’s a perspective. Definite social construct. You’re white from Spain but Latino Latina from Mexico. Labels labels labels to divide and identify….

I agree that race is very much a social construct to organize groups of people, but you are describing physical and cultural traits as if they’re only related to a persons race. Spanish is a nationality and for many who live there , an ethnicity, just like Mexican, El Salvadorian, or Panamanian. All of those countries have predominantly Spanish speaking populations due to colonialism by the Spanish. People from Spain are considered racially white because it is a European country. My nationality is American, my ethnicity is a mix of Acjachemem and South American ancestry, and my race is Native American. My skin color is white in the winter and dark brown in the summer. My surname is of Spanish origin and of course I live tortillas (who doesn’t???). I am a person of color because of my intersecting identities, not because I am American.

Mexicans are considered POC because of Native American roots. Maya, Aztec , Inca ect.

(Replying to WoodChuckCouldChuck) I live in Canada, we also spell colour with a "u".

In the US the race questions are usually separate from the are you Hispanic one because you can be white Hispanic, black, i between or even Asian (Philippines I think) so Hispanic/Spanish isn't strictly person of color here but that just adds to your argument. There are DNA elements but it's just made up we all have DNA differences.

Superstore is a great show

Help why do I fit the second description perfectly (I even have one of those last names)

Wow the bottom of this thread gets ugly.

This is the most ignorant racist statement EVER!!!

many of the people in the americas with that sort of last name probably have some south american indigenous blood in their dna. Not all of course but a lot.

Roxy222uk, people from Spain are not like spanish speaking peoples of the Americas. they are not interchangeable. Because of colonial "breeding" with native americans and africans there is difference. There are differences between Dominicans & Puerto Ricans, between Argentinians & Mexicans. Your statement is part of the simplification and monolithism that peoples face in US as part of the otherism and racism. You're a person of color if you and your parents and their parents faced discrimination for being colored . Genetics has a lot to do with race physically. In the U.S. if you historically were 1/8th ancestrally colored, you were colored.. These people were called octaroons. you would hope to pass for white but fear if you were discovered. This wasn't just in the South. Delaware was still a slave state 8 months after Lincoln died. To think that people of colonized areas became the same as their oppressors is just not a fair comparison and removes them again of their ethnicity .

ABSOFUCKINLUTELY, ROXY...

Superstore>>>>

Only Americans are obsessed with "race" like this

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OK Amy could be pretty if she wasn't so fat

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They're all white, whether they like it or not!

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It's how you view yourself against the rest of society.

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Race is real because we're not all clones. Also the hot sun has generational impacts on your skin and flesh, regardless which group you are. A lot of people think that sex is phoney as well, until you choose one later. However did we manage since dinosaur times??

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Explained by someone who doesn’t live in “the Americas” just because you typed “colour”. Be an expert somewhere else.

I was too drunk to remember anything except swear words when I tried to learn Spanish...