According to this article, more than half of U.S. Latinos identify as racially White:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Hispanic_and_Latino_AmericansAlso, there were pockets of America, even in the South, where darker-hued Latinos were thought of as white, but they faced race-based discrimination. (this is on a message board, but it seemed credible.)http://www.city-data.com/forum/history/754696-how-were-hispanics-treated-during-civil.html