IllmaticDelta
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When the 1930 Census classified “Mexican American” as a race, leaders of the community protested vehemently and had the classification changed back to white in the very next census.
The Invention of Hispanics: What It Says About the Politics of Race
USA CLASSIFIED THEM AS WHITE
UP UNTIL THE 1930 CENSUS...
SWITCHED, THEN FLIPPED
IT BACK AFTER SPICY CACS GOT MAD.
this was most likely influenced by early "whiter" immigrating phenotype looking Mexicans as opposed to the more "Indio" ones we see today. They later worded it in a way that would guarantee that mexicans would not be seen as white unless of course, they were more like castizo/iberian looking