These standards generally reflect a social definition of race and ethnicity recognized in this country, and they do not conform to any biological, anthropological, or genetic criteria. . . . Persons who report themselves as Hispanic can be of any race and are identified as such in our data tables.
I thought the OP was ridiculous but apparently, if they genuinely identify with the culture then she might technically be correct.
I think it’s saying that as the census is self reported, she can identify herself as Latino even if it doesn’t reflect societal definitions of race and ethnicity. Not that she’d be correct to do so.
I followed the link you used:
I thought the OP was ridiculous but apparently, if they genuinely identify with the culture then she might technically be correct.
I think that’s more of a “this is clearly stupid but there’s so few people wanting to be this stupid, it’s not worth the resources to fight it”.
I think it’s saying that as the census is self reported, she can identify herself as Latino even if it doesn’t reflect societal definitions of race and ethnicity. Not that she’d be correct to do so.
Think of Rachel Dolezal.