Ruben says : There is a new term to add to our national vocabulary , ` ` white Hispanic '' It 's a nickname given to George Wallace , who shot a black teenager , Navarrette says . If the experience of having a president with a multiracial background who is nonetheless often referred to as simply black or African-American has taught us anything , it 's that people can identify themselves any way they like but that they are often too complicated to be summed up with a label . He says anyone , regardless of color , can be a racist whether white , Hispanic or black . The media should have thought twice before referring to loaded term , Navarrette says .
Ruben says : There is a new term to add to our national vocabulary , ` ` white Hispanic '' It 's a nickname given to George Wallace , who shot a black teenager , Navarrette says . He says anyone , regardless of color , can be a racist whether white , Hispanic or black . The media should have thought twice before referring to loaded term , Navarrette says .