One of the most dismaying political tendencies that has developed over the past fifteen years has been the development of the "brown" category. This is a category that has not quite achieved "whiteness," but at the same time has not achieved "blackness." So the inhabitants of this netherworld are doomed to the purgatory of "brownness."
The creation of the "brown" category is robbing millions upon millions of people of their ethnic heritage in the interests of racial politics.
North, Central and South America were colonized primarily by England and Spain. Both nations used African slave labor in their colonies, later using Asian slave labor. In many Spanish colonies the slave labor consisted of Native Americans (whereas in the English colonies the Native Americans were killed or rounded up into reservations).
Regardless of which nation colonized a particular nation, the population consisted of:
Whites
Blacks
Native Americans
Asians
Mixed race (the majority in many nations)
As far as religion, the populations consisted of:
Christians
Jews
Muslims
Pagans (examples of substantial Pagan populations are Jamaica and Cuba, which were colonized by England and Spain respectively)
One would not refer to all residents of nations colonized by England as "black," "white," or "native american." Yet one sees many references to persons who were born in nations colonized by the Spanish as "browns."
This despite the very obvious fact that the persons born in nations colonized by Spain are very diverse. Some are white, some are black, some are asian, many are native american, some are christian, some are jewish, some are pagan, many are mixed.
To throw this incredibly diverse pool of people into the "brown" category is the worst form of racial politics, and one that the persons in question will not long tolerate.
I strongly recommend that democrats do not fall into this trap, and treat persons from Spanish speaking nations at you would yourselves be treated; as fully realized human beings with a heritage all your own, unique, and not easily characterized.