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Culture War Roundup for the week of February 19, 2024

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Oddly enough, Moreno's arrest record lists her as white non-Hispanic.

Though not transgender, could she be trans-ethnic?

Some posters on 4chan had a bit of fun clicking through public arrest records and comparing the claimed race with the photo. Lots of obviously not white people get falsely recorded as white. But I don't know the proportion of these errors.

Lots of obviously not white people get falsely recorded as white.

There are like 30 million 'white hispanic' Americans, many of whom have some indigenous and/or black ancestry. Whiteness is high status in Latin America so it's not surprising that many Hispanics who obviously have significant pre-Columbian ancestry check the 'white' box and don't check the separate 'ethnic identification' box where you have to pick Hispanic.

Why not also claim blue eyes and blond hair?

The purpose of these descriptors is to assist others in identifying them. Not to enable them to feel high status.

Hopefully our coming ai overlord will classify people more reliably. Or failing that maybe color swatches, paint chips, or crayons.

It's conceivable she has Palestinian ancestry. Her ex-husband is also listed as non-hispanic white—so while this was an interfaith marriage, it wasn't interracial. Or maybe Texas is rife with data entry errors.

I've seen it argued on here that Hispanic immigrants have lower crime rates than white Americans. Seeing pictures like this really drives home how misleading those statistics are.

That was never the argument- Hispanic American crime rates are higher than white crime rates- it was that illegal immigrants commit fewer crimes on average. And that is, as far as anyone can tell, probably true despite some high profile exceptions.

Other than the identity theft, fraudulent documents, driving while uninsured / without a license, false declarations, and other crimes they commit to hide their undocumented status.

Maybe prosecuted for fewer crimes on average?