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Race is complicated in the US where it doesn't matter but it's so important that we slice it and dice it to the nth degree. Hispanic is an ethnicity rather than a race, as in white of Hispanic heritage. Instead of the one drop rule, the standard in these enlightened times is Caucasian with an Hispanic surname. At the same time, Hispanic is a European heritage because the conquistadors were from Spain. So it's not settled whether being Hispanic is a structural disadvantage or n advantage. And Hispanics have paternal names, much like the Russians have sons named Ivan Devonov Ivanovich Rasputin when their last name is really Mokba. So figuring out who is Hispanic is a bit of a chore.

Anyway, I gather that Sammy is a Caucasian not of Hispanic descent while his wife is Caucasian of Hispanic descent and has an Hispanic surname. Since Sammy's children bear his name, they are Caucasian of Hispanic descent but without an Hispanic surname. Colleges of course are modern institutions that offer race (ethnicity) blind admissions in all respects. Anything else would be discriminatory. So instead they have quotas. Much like the Ivy League in 1929 and their famous Jewish Quota.

But since race and ethnicity don't matter anymore, none of the above applies to any new college applicant.