• El_guapazo@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    10 days ago

    Mexican Americans trying to avoid the Jim Crow law from applying to their children in segregated schools started all this.

    • Holytimes@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      1·
      2 days ago

      Assuming he checked the boxes correctly he’s a white Hispanic.

      Which according to the census form would be impossible. Cause white skin tones cover a truly absurd number of ethnic origins and nationalities.

      Typically white is being used as a stand in for western European descent. So french, British, Irish being the most common here in the states.

      It’s a failing of Jim Crow laws here in the US and I’m sure many other places who also use this type of census. Racism sucks yo