Hispanic identity, in the eyes of the U.S. Census Bureau, is not a question of race. It&#x27;s a categorization that they&#x27;ve taken to using for whatever purpose. The WSJ is merely using the available data and qualifying it in the same way that the Census does.<p>In short, race is a drop-down selection menu, while &quot;Hispanic?&quot; is a separate y&#x2F;n question, with certain sub-groupings. How does the WSJ presentation of the information amount to cheating?<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Hispanic#Definitions_in_the_United_States" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;en.wikipedia.org&#x2F;wiki&#x2F;Hispanic#Definitions_in_the_Un...</a><p>Relevant 2010 Census questions:<p>Is Person 1 of Hispanic, Latino, or Spanish origin? (checkboxes for: &quot;No&quot;, and several for &quot;Yes&quot; which specify groups of countries)<p>What is Person 1&#x27;s race? (checkboxes for 14 including &quot;other&quot;. One possibility was &quot;Black, African Am., or Negro&quot;.)