McGrath, to the extent that "Hispanic" exists as anything else than a government-created nitch in which to put people, it is a linguistic and cultural distinction rather than an ethnic one. For example, Alberto Fujimori, the former president of Peru, is considered Hispanic, as are the African-descended members of the population of Cuba. For that matter, so is my Panamanian son-in-law, who has red hair, very pale skin and stands 6 foot 2 inches. People in the US tend to equate Hispanic with Mexicans and Central Americans, who make up by far the majority of the Spanish-speaking or Spanish-descended population in this country. "Anglo" is another interesting word. Used primarily in the Southwest, it basically means everybody who is of European descent, including French, Italians and Irish and my Russian-Jewish wife!