>The official racial status of Mexican Americans has varied throughout American history. From 1850 to 1920, the U.S. Census form did not distinguish between whites and Mexican Americans.[25] In 1930, the U.S. Census form asked for "color or race," and census enumerators were instructed to write W for white and Mex for Mexican.[26] In 1940 and 1950, the census reverted its decision and made Mexicans be classified as white again and thus the instructions were to "Report white (W) for Mexicans unless they were definitely of full Indigenous Indian or other non-white races (such as Black or Asian)."[25] Official portrait of Mexican American Romualdo Pacheco in the California State Capitol.
>During periods in U.S. history when racial intermarriage wasn't legally acknowledged, and when Mexicans and Mexican-Americans were uniformly allotted white status, they were legally allowed to intermarry with what today are termed non-Hispanic whites, unlike Blacks and Asians. They were allowed to acquire U.S. citizenship upon arrival; served in all-white units during World War II; could vote and hold elected office in places such as Texas, especially San Antonio; ran the state politics and constituted most of the elite of New Mexico since colonial times; and went to segregated white schools in Central Texas and Los Angeles. Additionally, Asians were barred from marrying Mexican Americans because Mexicans were legally white.[27]
>In Jim Crow era Mississippi, however, Chinese American children were allowed to attend white-only schools and universities, rather than attend black-only schools, and some of their parents became members of the infamous Mississippi "White Citizens' Council" who enforced policies of racial segregation.[38] [39] [40]
>The classification of Indian Americans has varied over the years and across institutions. Originally, neither the U.S. courts nor the census bureau categorized Indians as a race because there were only negligible numbers of Indian immigrants in the United States. Various court judgements instead deemed Indians to be "white" or "not white" for the purposes of law.[67][68]
>In 1909, Bhicaji Balsara became the first Indian to gain U.S. citizenship, as a Parsi he was ruled to be "the purest of Aryan type" and "as distinct from Hindus as are the English who dwell in India”.
>The U.S. Census Bureau has over the years changed its own classification of Indians. In 1930 and 1940, Indian Americans were classified as "Hindu" by "Race", and in 1950 and 1960, they were categorized as Other Race, and in 1970, they were deemed white.
Jordan Taylor
>In Oklahoma, state laws identified Native Americans as legally white during Jim Crow-era segregation.[36]
Zachary White
the only white mexicans are the mennonites
Isaac Peterson
those are mongol eyes t. mongol eye expert
Juan Phillips
No tico Rodriguez Your not white This
Julian Martinez
mexico is white and based
Alexander Harris
I've been to Guadalajara in Jalisco and I've seen plenty of white Mexicans, even few blondes. Not many in Mexico City though.
Levi Adams
true
Elijah Hill
putos indios de 1.20m en mi estado ponen sus puestos de tacos el charco cada ves hay mas
yo mido 1.85 y estas creaturas me llegan debajo del pecho y estan bien negros
