“The president of MIT told me that tenure was not about research or merit.”

Re:“The president of MIT told me that tenure was not about r... by snicker7 on Friday February 18, 2022 @07:59AM (#30385168)

In the United States, you can be white Hispanic and non-white Hispanic.

The term Hispanic just refers to anyone with heritage from a Spanish speaking country in the Americas. It is neither a race nor an ethnicity.

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Re:“The president of MIT told me that tenure was not about r... by LudwigNagasena on Friday February 18, 2022 @08:35AM (#30385493)

>anyone with heritage from

>It is neither a race nor an ethnicity.

I wonder what you think race and ethnicity refer to if not heritage.

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Re:“The president of MIT told me that tenure was not about r... by CRConrad on Tuesday February 22, 2022 @10:11AM (#30428879)

Sure, race and ethnicity refer to heritage. But "hispanic" apparently means only... Well, les'see: A heritage from Spanish-speaking countries in Latin America. Countries which contain different races and ethnicities. So that leaves only a heritage of... the Spanish language, AFAICS. A linguistic heritage, not a racial or ethnic one.

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Re:“The president of MIT told me that tenure was not about r... by snicker7 on Friday February 18, 2022 @01:42PM (#30389454)

Countries in Latin America are composed of many races, nationalities, and ethnicities. They intersect, but are not equivalent.

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