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Before 1970, "hispanic" wasn't even considered a race in USA. But after 1970, everyone that comes from Latin America is automatically considered 'hispanic/latino". Even a Luftwaffe Iron Cross ace like Egon Albrecht ( http://military.wikia.com/wiki/Egon_Albrecht ) will be considered "latino" in USA, since he was Born in Curitiba(Brazil). I an not a national socialism sympathizer, only showing him as an example. Here is an American asking "How come people from Uruguay are white and good-looking?" https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20100613130250AAU61UQ This photo from Argentina bellow In fact, if Queen Máxima of Netherlands go to USA using "Argentine papers", he will be considered "hispanic", but if he goes using Dutch papers, now he will be "white". Same for a Asians. Alberto Fujimori will only be considered Asian in USA if he manages to get Japanese citizenship(and that is very hard, even for Japanese descendants). Latin America is not a "homogeneous" place as the majority of Americans think. "But the majority is mixed race", yes, is truth, but they have more native american DNA than DNA from Hispania peninsula, if USA become a mostly mixed race country, consider "anglo" as a race will make no sense too. The statistics that Steffan uses in his video makes no distinction between a Haitian and a German Descendant that comes from Patagonia. And if you divide the statistics, by country, Argentinians and Uruguayans, for example is not over represented in welfare and poverty. An example? The race relations in South America isn't easy as a "homogeneous mostly mixed race group" too. In Brasil you have affirmative action to protect the majority from the minority. And racism is a serious crime. A Soccer team was kicked out of a competition because a minority between the club fans shouted "Monkey"("Macaco") ( https://sports.yahoo.com/news/soccer-gremio-kicked-brazil-cup-over-racist-fans-003257889--sow.html ) And one girl had his house burned with molotov cocktail and lost his job. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- My question is. Why not divide the "hispanic" statistics by country and by race?

I was speaking with a friend when the topic of integration came up. He is ethnically German and told me about how his ancestors came over here in the mid 1800s. They were content to live in enclaves of German culture in and around the Pennsylvania region until about ww1/ww2 when the anti german sentiment prompted them to learn English in a hurry. Here's an article about a Wisconsin town if you're interested in the topic. There are more than a few parallels with the modern hispanic subculture. I think this totally refutes the melting pot concept, with an important distinction: you can't really tell if someone is of German or English ancestry in the US without breaking out the calipers, but you will always be able to tell if someone is hispanic on sight, even if they have perfectly integrated. As I see it, Germans were the best case scenario for the melting pot to work out and there are still places today in the US that have not fully integrated, and that was after two world wars with massive anti German propaganda campaigns. What are your thoughts on the future of Hispanic integration? I think its grim.