School test scores… like ’em or not, they’re out for the 2009/2010 year

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[quote=nla]Filipinos are not Pacific Islanders. Filipinos are Asians. Only in California, that they are separate statistically to other Asians.

There’s a whole arguments on the web (blogs/forums/etc.) regarding this topic so I’m not going to dwell on it. Look at it this way. Filipinos are closely related to Malaysians and Indonesians ethnically. Are Malaysians and Indonesians Pacific Islanders?[/quote]
Yes, there are a lot of arguments on the web about this same topic. I’m just repeating what some of the Filipinos I know tell me. Maybe they separate out the Filipinos because Filipino alone is already the majority.

[Ricechex]

I believe that Filipinos are Asians mixed with Spanish. Thus, they would not be straight up Asian (Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese, Japanese), and therefore Pacific Islanders. Native Hawaiians/Guamanians/Samoans are also considered Pacific Islanders.

And, speaking of Malaysia and Indonesia, throw in Thailand to that mix. I would think they would be Pacific Islanders as well. If you pay close enough attention, you can see differences in facial features. (ie: rounder eyes on the Pacific Islanders–influence of the Spanish)

Of course, we have so many mixes of everything in SD, one can never know anything for sure! Love that!

[Ricechex]

I believe that Filipinos are Asians mixed with Spanish. Thus, they would not be straight up Asian (Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese, Japanese), and therefore Pacific Islanders. Native Hawaiians/Guamanians/Samoans are also considered Pacific Islanders.

And, speaking of Malaysia and Indonesia, throw in Thailand to that mix. I would think they would be Pacific Islanders as well. If you pay close enough attention, you can see differences in facial features. (ie: rounder eyes on the Pacific Islanders–influence of the Spanish)

Of course, we have so many mixes of everything in SD, one can never know anything for sure! Love that!

[Ricechex]

I believe that Filipinos are Asians mixed with Spanish. Thus, they would not be straight up Asian (Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese, Japanese), and therefore Pacific Islanders. Native Hawaiians/Guamanians/Samoans are also considered Pacific Islanders.

And, speaking of Malaysia and Indonesia, throw in Thailand to that mix. I would think they would be Pacific Islanders as well. If you pay close enough attention, you can see differences in facial features. (ie: rounder eyes on the Pacific Islanders–influence of the Spanish)

Of course, we have so many mixes of everything in SD, one can never know anything for sure! Love that!

[Ricechex]

I believe that Filipinos are Asians mixed with Spanish. Thus, they would not be straight up Asian (Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese, Japanese), and therefore Pacific Islanders. Native Hawaiians/Guamanians/Samoans are also considered Pacific Islanders.

And, speaking of Malaysia and Indonesia, throw in Thailand to that mix. I would think they would be Pacific Islanders as well. If you pay close enough attention, you can see differences in facial features. (ie: rounder eyes on the Pacific Islanders–influence of the Spanish)

Of course, we have so many mixes of everything in SD, one can never know anything for sure! Love that!

[Ricechex]

I believe that Filipinos are Asians mixed with Spanish. Thus, they would not be straight up Asian (Chinese, Korean, Vietnamese, Japanese), and therefore Pacific Islanders. Native Hawaiians/Guamanians/Samoans are also considered Pacific Islanders.

And, speaking of Malaysia and Indonesia, throw in Thailand to that mix. I would think they would be Pacific Islanders as well. If you pay close enough attention, you can see differences in facial features. (ie: rounder eyes on the Pacific Islanders–influence of the Spanish)

Of course, we have so many mixes of everything in SD, one can never know anything for sure! Love that!

[an]

If a group of people are native to islands in the Pacific, are they not Pacific Islanders?

[an]

If a group of people are native to islands in the Pacific, are they not Pacific Islanders?

[an]

If a group of people are native to islands in the Pacific, are they not Pacific Islanders?

[an]

If a group of people are native to islands in the Pacific, are they not Pacific Islanders?

[an]

If a group of people are native to islands in the Pacific, are they not Pacific Islanders?

[nla]

[quote=AN]If a group of people are native to islands in the Pacific, are they not Pacific Islanders?[/quote]

By that definition, then Japanese are Pacific Islanders too since Japan is actually consists of islands in the Pacific.

[nla]

[quote=AN]If a group of people are native to islands in the Pacific, are they not Pacific Islanders?[/quote]

By that definition, then Japanese are Pacific Islanders too since Japan is actually consists of islands in the Pacific.

[nla]

[quote=AN]If a group of people are native to islands in the Pacific, are they not Pacific Islanders?[/quote]

By that definition, then Japanese are Pacific Islanders too since Japan is actually consists of islands in the Pacific.

[nla]

[quote=AN]If a group of people are native to islands in the Pacific, are they not Pacific Islanders?[/quote]

By that definition, then Japanese are Pacific Islanders too since Japan is actually consists of islands in the Pacific.

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