I'm 1/8th Portuguese and obviously want to identify as Latino/Hispanic as it'll help me a lot. I don't have a strong connection to that part of my heritage though. But I do have some connection to it, so could I face repercussions for that?
Even though you're not what the category was intended to mean, or whom affirmative action was originally intended to help (instead of wealthy African immigrants), you're not lying so go for it as it can only help you.
Elizabeth Warren claimed 1/1024. I'd say that 1/8th (maybe 1/16th but that's pushing it) is the safe limit you can go to though.
Like you, I also have a great grandparent from an Iberian country (Spain) and claimed it. I was a great student (closer to 1600 than 1550 SAT) but it very likely helped me some. I used that to get far easier interviews for jobs as well. Bonus points if you claim you're some unverifiable sexuality category like bi or something - they won't measure your head with calipers like 19th century race scientists or demand early 20th century records from a country across the Atlantic, and they also won't force you to such a d!ck
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you must really not feel a connection to those communities, huh
People from Portugal are neither Hispanic nor Latino. The term "Hispanic" refers to people from Spanish-speaking countries, and Portuguese people speak... Portuguese. The term "Latino" refers to people from Latin America; Portugal is in Europe. Americans who descended from Portuguese immigrants would just be considered European-Americans, in the same way as those descended from French or Germans would be. Your Portuguese heritage is not Hispanic or Latino, regardless of what quantity it's in.
The combination of Mexican and Indigenous people who have lived in Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas and Utah have suffered rape and murder and economic setback, having their land stolen by White settlers and U.S. Government. That's why they get a slight Affirmative Action bump sometimes. You, if you try it, I hope when your 40 and success you get exposed on 60 Minutes as a fraud.
I'm 1/8th Portuguese and obviously want to identify as Latino/Hispanic as it'll help me a lot. I don't have a strong connection to that part of my heritage though. But I do have some connection to it, so could I face repercussions for that?
When asked to identify race on forms, just write in 1500m. All problems solved.
People from Portugal are neither Hispanic nor Latino. The term "Hispanic" refers to people from Spanish-speaking countries, and Portuguese people speak... Portuguese. The term "Latino" refers to people from Latin America; Portugal is in Europe. Americans who descended from Portuguese immigrants would just be considered European-Americans, in the same way as those descended from French or Germans would be. Your Portuguese heritage is not Hispanic or Latino, regardless of what quantity it's in.
In Spanish usage, Portuguese are both hispanos and latinos, while Italians are latinos but not hispanos. Hispania was the Roman name for Iberia (which includes modern day Portugal) while the original latinos are exactly the Romans.
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you must really not feel a connection to those communities, huh
People from Portugal are neither Hispanic nor Latino. The term "Hispanic" refers to people from Spanish-speaking countries, and Portuguese people speak... Portuguese. The term "Latino" refers to people from Latin America; Portugal is in Europe. Americans who descended from Portuguese immigrants would just be considered European-Americans, in the same way as those descended from French or Germans would be. Your Portuguese heritage is not Hispanic or Latino, regardless of what quantity it's in.
In Spanish usage, Portuguese are both hispanos and latinos, while Italians are latinos but not hispanos. Hispania was the Roman name for Iberia (which includes modern day Portugal) while the original latinos are exactly the Romans.
Yes, I took Latin up through college, so I'm aware of the origins of those terms. That doesn't mean that the roots of Latin geography determine how Hispanic or Latino are used in modern language. No one considers someone from Rome to be Latino in the modern United States. The US Census Bureau does not consider Portuguese people to be Hispanic or Latino.
I'm 1/8th Portuguese and obviously want to identify as Latino/Hispanic as it'll help me a lot. I don't have a strong connection to that part of my heritage though. But I do have some connection to it, so could I face repercussions for that?
There are way too many trolls on here to take advice on what could be an important matter for your college admissions. I have an opinion, but I wouldn't recommend that you act on any opinions here without finding someone who actually knows the answer.