Hispanic is NOT a race, it's an culture/ethnicity....

Hispanic is NOT a race, only culture/ethnicity. Some believe that Hispanic & Latino are races, not the case. I'm going in a different direction with my blog today, and educate some people who have no clue that being of Spanish tongue is not just being Mexican (I have no problems with the Mexican race, please don't my use of Mexican as a bad thing. I used Mexican because the first race that comes to the majority of people who are not Spanish speaking, is, well, Mexican)...I love my Mexican people, ¡Que viva la Raza! =)

On to the topic of discussion, There are a few categories that the "Hispanic" group has. I will break them down, and list a few famous people that fit into each category, this way you can have a visual. Some names you know, some you don't. But, I am sure you will be surprised with some of these names, or at least surprised about the categories that I will be listing...I know, I was while I was doing my research.

The White Race:
Armando Christian Perez a.ka."Pitbull" - Cuban Musician

Ricky Martin - Puerto Rican Musician

Antonio Banderas - Spanish (Spaniard)
Andy Garcia - Cuban Actor

The Mestizo Race: (Native American/White mix)
The stereotypical "Hispanic" look
Cheech Marin - Mexican-American Actor/Comedian
Ned Arnel "Carlos" Mencia - Honduran Comedian (A lot of ya'll thought he was Mexican huh?)
Carlos Santana - Mexican Musician
Efren Ramirez - Salvadorian-American Actor (Pedro, from Napoleon Dynamite)
Paul Rodriguez - Mexican Comedian

The Native American Race
Bolivian President - Evo Morales
Chilean Activist - Jorge Nawel
Chilean Model - Ximena Huilipan

The Black Race
David Ortiz - Dominican Baseball Player
Vladimir Guerrero - Dominican Baseball Player
Celia Cruz - Cuban Singer

The Mulatto Race (Black/White mix)
Zoe Saldaña - Dominican/Puerto Rican Actress
Albert Pujols - Dominican Baseball Player

Zambo Race (Black/Native American mix)
Oscar Hodgson - Nicaraguan Activist
Guillermo Espinosa - Nicaraguan Activist

The Pardo Race (a.k.a Afro-Mestizo)
Hugo Chavez - Venezuela President
Luis Guzman - Puerto Rican Actor
Ricardo Mayorga - Nicaraguan Boxer

The Asians
Alberto Fujimori - Ex-Peruvian President
Alfredo Abon Lee - Cuban Army Commander
Bruce Chen - Panamanian Baseball Player
Jorge Cham - Panamanian Cartoonist

and...

The Middle Easterners
Jamil Mahuad - Ecuadorian Ex-President
Carlos Menem - Argentina's Ex-President
Carlos Slim Helu - Mexican Businessman
Shafik Handal - Salvadorian Organization Leader

There thses are all the categories of the "Hispanic" group. I hope that I have educated some of you in the matter of the "Hispanic" is not a race but a culture/ethnic debate. So the next time you look at a person, don't just assume that they speak spanish or don't speak spanish based on what they look like.
I get it all the time. "You speak spanish? But you look black. I would have never thought you were spanish."

In what category would I put myself in?
I would put myself in the Zambo Race. My mother is Mulatto, and my father is of the Black Race.

For all my Spanish speakers out there with "Hispanic" dissent what group would you put yourself in?