How many irish-americans are there in Miami-Dade? - Page 2

clean_polo · May 14th, 2011, 08:33 PM

Shouldn't Miami-Dade be "Hispanic/Spanish"? Wtf @ "Other"

Miami High Rise · May 14th, 2011, 08:39 PM

Bec@ause it's broken down beyond that, it's much more specific than to put all "hispanic" together. And after that it prolly came so close between several races that it wasn't fair to even call one the majority.

i.e. a tie between puerto rican and cuban

This isn't just a "big three" breakdown (white, black, hispanic), as you can see it's much more specific. Not to mention compensation for all of those great census avoiding people, which really are not part of this country anyway, which complicates things.

So they took a shortcut and said Miami-Dade is such a mess we'll just call it "other"

ftlauddude · May 14th, 2011, 09:07 PM

hispanic is not a race, it's an ethnicity! you could white hispanics, black hispanics, asian hispanics, etc.

Cuban is not a race, it's an ethnic group. You could have white cubans, black cubans, middle eastern cubans, even jewbans. Same as puertorican, irish, etc.

miami305 · May 15th, 2011, 04:47 AM

"Other" is great......don't you think? Very diverse.

miami305 · May 15th, 2011, 04:50 AM

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Originally Posted by ftlauddude

hispanic is not a race, it's an ethnicity! you could white hispanics, black hispanics, asian hispanics, etc.

Cuban is not a race, it's an ethnic group. You could have white cubans, black cubans, middle eastern cubans, even jewbans. Same as puertorican, irish, etc.

Agreed....some people just don't get it. There are blondes, blue eyed hispanics you know....as well as black and all in between....we are a very diverse ethnic group....I know you get it ftlauddude...

URBANITY REPORTS · May 15th, 2011, 07:58 AM

It's not even ethnic, for no country shares any similarities with other neighbor (maybe central american countries), besides language. There are many ethnicities withing a country as well, for example countries in South America with their diverse native and "old world" ethnicities. The differences are as England and Bulgaria... sure, they are Europeans, but no one would say they belong to a EUROPEAN ETHNICITY.

Hispanic is just a made up word created by the American government to profile Amerindian Mexicans living in USA. It worked back then when most Spanish-speaking people from Mexico were AMERINDIANS or MESTIZOS with Spanish names. In the beginning it was considered a racial label. Sometimes I think the government changed the term, from being a racial label, to an "ethnicity" label once they saw their first blonde, blue-eyed Cuban immigrant hahaha

May 14th, 2011, 09:07 PM	#23
ftlauddude Ça va? Join Date: May 2006 Location: Ft Lauderdale, FL Posts: 3,196 Likes (Received): 6	hispanic is not a race, it's an ethnicity! you could white hispanics, black hispanics, asian hispanics, etc. Cuban is not a race, it's an ethnic group. You could have white cubans, black cubans, middle eastern cubans, even jewbans. Same as puertorican, irish, etc. __________________ Je suis à Ft Laud, et vous? From the Land of the Lacoste...

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URBANITY REPORTS BANNED Join Date: Nov 2010 Location: マイアミ Posts: 701 Likes (Received): 0	It's not even ethnic, for no country shares any similarities with other neighbor (maybe central american countries), besides language. There are many ethnicities withing a country as well, for example countries in South America with their diverse native and "old world" ethnicities. The differences are as England and Bulgaria... sure, they are Europeans, but no one would say they belong to a EUROPEAN ETHNICITY. Hispanic is just a made up word created by the American government to profile Amerindian Mexicans living in USA. It worked back then when most Spanish-speaking people from Mexico were AMERINDIANS or MESTIZOS with Spanish names. In the beginning it was considered a racial label. Sometimes I think the government changed the term, from being a racial label, to an "ethnicity" label once they saw their first blonde, blue-eyed Cuban immigrant hahaha Last edited by URBANITY REPORTS; May 15th, 2011 at 08:09 AM.

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May 14th, 2011, 08:33 PM	#21
clean_polo Registered User Join Date: Apr 2010 Location: Jersey boy living in Florida Posts: 341 Likes (Received): 0	Shouldn't Miami-Dade be "Hispanic/Spanish"? Wtf @ "Other"

May 14th, 2011, 08:39 PM	#22
Miami High Rise Registered User Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Miami Posts: 1,233 Likes (Received): 0	Bec@ause it's broken down beyond that, it's much more specific than to put all "hispanic" together. And after that it prolly came so close between several races that it wasn't fair to even call one the majority. i.e. a tie between puerto rican and cuban This isn't just a "big three" breakdown (white, black, hispanic), as you can see it's much more specific. Not to mention compensation for all of those great census avoiding people, which really are not part of this country anyway, which complicates things. So they took a shortcut and said Miami-Dade is such a mess we'll just call it "other"

May 15th, 2011, 04:47 AM	#24
miami305 Registered User Join Date: May 2009 Location: Today: Miami, Florida..moving back to Europe (Paris) in the future. Posts: 1,307 Likes (Received): 2	"Other" is great......don't you think? Very diverse.