December 2006 UTC Anyone of any European ancestry whether it be Spanish Italian British German or whatever is considered White Spanish people are also Hispanic Hispanic is not a race it s an ethnicity there are White Hispanics Black Hispanics American Indian Hispanics and even Asian Hispanics In Hispanic countries such as Cuba people are classified as either White or Black A Cuban immigrates to the U S and they re race is still the same it doesn t change to Hispanic The term Hispanic only refers to the country of origin Just like you wouldn t consider Irish a race you wouldn t consider Hispanic a race either 20 07 14