Well it's not, sexual preference is not a race either, nor are nationalities like Mexican or Canadian and why are only people in the United States called Americans or the United States called America when it is only a portion of one of two continents named America? If the native indigenous American people South of US borders are called hispanic & that is an ethnicity then are Native Indiginous Americans in the US ethnic hisenglish? Its all very confusing these labels clearly meant to keep people divided, having no logic & funky rules