A while back there was a rep from Tx named Bill Flores who could trace his ancestry back to early 18th-century Spain, which was when his ancestors moved to what is now Texas. He said he didn't identify as Hispanic but Wikipedia still puts him on the 'list of Hispanic or Latino congressmen' article which he technically does qualify as by census rules. The obvious subtext is that Republican congressman from Texas don't say things like "I identify as Latino" whether they do or not. But if those ancestors were from Portugal or southern France it would have never been a question in the first place (Devin Nunes, a Portuguese-American Republican, was never asked such questions and isn't on Wikipedia's Hispanic-congressmen list.)
Just something I think about whenever the internet starts debating again what it means to be Hispanic. It's basically the least objective, most-culturally-contingent ethnic identifier there is.
I’m also very confused about if Brazilians are Hispanic or not.
