Los verdaderos latinos somos los españoles, ya que el título de "Latino" lo otorgaba el Imperio Romano a las colonias hermanas, es decir, que poseían más derechos que el resto de las colonias conquistadas; por ejemplo tenían derecho al comercio "libre", al matrimonio romano, algunos beneficios en los impuestos, etc. Se puede encontrar todo esto en los tratados de Derecho Romano, fuente de las normas en España.
I thought everyone born in North America, Central America, and South America were all Americans. But then skin heads jumped up and claimed Hitler found the Americas just before Christ was born and the blacks jumped up and claimed they have been here since the very first plants grew. So whatever........
@hoseqt1 If you read the bible or study science the first human being on earth was a negro that means all other races of man came from them and I don't know any skin head who believes you statement concerning Hitler. Hispanics/latinos are not a root race they are a mixed race that were created from white,black, Asian (Native indigenous) or all of the above but of course is common sense.
People who speak English are Anglophone. People who speak French are Francophone. Here is the hard part. People who speak Spanish, ...are NOT "LATINO." They, are HISPANOPHONE. Look it up !!!
Latino is someone that genetically is from Southern Europe mainly, someone that was conquered from ther roman empire!!!! HISPANIC is someone that is from Spain!!! LUSITANIA-portugal, GALIA-france. BRITANNIA- United kingdom and DACIA-rumania!!!! So all of this are Latin words!!!
@carpediem210184 UK a Latin country??? LOL. English language has GERMANIC origin and England is an ANGLO-SAXON country, and Wales, Scotland and North Ireland (also Ireland and Brittany, from France, form a Celtic Nations) are CELTIC countries. Latin, where??? Latin Europe are: Italy, France, Spain, Andorra, Portugal, Belgium, Monaco, Luxemburgo, Romania and zone of Switzerland where speaks French and Italian.
@thynaluna Yes, Romans ruled England and Wales for a couple of centuries, but they never could with scottishs!!! I dont know if they mix ( fuck with english en wales girls) but they introduced most of the words that we use in English today!!! And latin were introduced again by te French who ruled the country 5 centuries!!! On the other hand, you are right, english has a lot of german words and from other countries as well.
@carpediem210184 German words are has more use in common english while Latin words are used more in university and literate fields!!! EXAMPLES: In spanish-germano, in english-german ,introducir-introduce ,french-omelette ,english-omelette , pork english ,porc-french ,Academia -Academy etc Hundreds of words we have in common ( común) in spanish lol And in german theres no words similar to latin
@carpediem210184 Its true! =D, English language has 500 words derived from Latin but also from Greek. Spanish is a Romance language (Latin) but has 4000 words of Arabic origin and about 1000 of Greek origin, although there are also words (to a lesser extent) from Phoenician, Iberian and Celtiberian. Scotland is the toughest people in the UK. In France and Spain also were people who resisted the Roman invasion, Brittany and Euskadi, languagesaren't derived from Latin (Breton and Basque).
@caladvwlch10 los engleses también tienen mucho pasado latino, ya que los romanos ocuparo inglaterra durante varios siglos y más tarde los franceses. El sur de bélgica y la parte fracofona de suiza, además de luxemburgo también son latinas
That was so retarded. The answer should have been, "Not all Latinos are Hispanic. There are Portuguese, and French speaking countries in the Carribean and Latin America" Brazilians are Latinos (They speak Portuguese). Haitians are Latinos (They speak Creolle but French is still spoken there).
LOL, there is a lot of IGNORANCE by here! "Hispano" derives of HISPANIA, of the IBERIAN PENINSULA (SPAIN & PORTUGAL), and "Latino" derives of ROME EMPIRE and all your European colonizations (Italy, France, Spain, Portugal, Belgium, Monaco, Andorra, Luxemburg and Romania)! Mexico, Central America and South America are Hispanic and Latino earths, but the originality of the Hispanic is from Spain and Portugal, and Latino from ROME, Italy. Where is the problem? Learn history fuck!
@thynaluna HISPANIA was the name of Spain in Latin, and LUSITANIA was the name of Portugal in the roman times. Romas also conquered parts of the united kingdom thats why most academic words in english came from latin!!!! and the name of that are was britain
@carpediem210184 You are wrong. The Roman Empire called "Hispania" to the Iberian Peninsula and Lusitania was one of the provinces of Hispania (as was Tarraconensis, Gallaecia, Baetica and Cartaginensis) currently include Portugal and Extremadura and part of Andalusia, Spain. For centuries Portuguese stopped using the term "Hispanic" cause it reminded them "Spanish-Spain", so we ascribe the Spanish long the word "Hispanic" and "Hispania" as Spain. I know cause I'm Spanish! xD.
@thynaluna Yes, you are right!!!!!!! I thought that Hispania was just España and Lusitania Portugal caue in newspaper sometimes they say " El gobierno luso va a cambiar.....
In America today, Hispanic is any person from a country that was ones a Spanish Colony or descendant of a person that falls into that category. Whereas, Latino include all of the above, along with those from other Latin-European Colonies such as Brazil. (Portugal)
@TROPANI What the government has written on paper is way different from what the U.S population ( Including people in the Government ) thinks of the word Hispanic, Latino, Latin and in some cases Spanish. Most of course think that the word Hispanic/Latin/Latino and Spanish are races and that it means non white.
On paper Arabs are seen as white in the U.S but if you ask most U.S citizens they would look at you as if you're joking with them.
The terms are not interchangeable; Hispanic refers to ALL of those who have Spanish ancestry (ancestors from Spain). Latin or Latino was a term created by the French during Napoleon’s empire referring to ALL of those with roman ancestry + the nations that were at one point conquered by the romans. This had a political goal, which was to divert attention specifically from the Spaniards and their conquered lands in America and Asia.
@AmericanAztec915 If you were not born in mexico, then your not mexican american, and if you speak spanish you most likely have a little spanish blood in you, but which is dominate depends on your skin color, because there is no such thing as a "white complected" aztec, mayan or inca unless they're albino which is very rare.
@Visser0x no if you were born in mexico you are mexican, if you are american of mexican descend then you are mexican american, you probably are not from the USA if you dont know that, also speaking spanish does not mean that you have spanish blood in you, full blooded indians all over latin america speak spanish,also skin color doe not tell you how much blood you have from a certain race,and having a little spanih bloo does not make us latinos or hispanics,
@AmericanAztec915 No, if aren't born in mexico you are not mexican american, mexican is a nationalilty and you can't have claims to a nation you weren't born in, you most likely have spanish blood in you if you do speak spanish, and yes skin color does determine which racal gene is the dominate. Obama is half white and half black, but he looks black there for his black genes are dominate.
@Visser0x i am mexican by ethnicity and culture and american because i was born in the USA, i am a Chicano, color of the skin of the skin does not tell you what racial gene is dominant , if Obama is half white, half black it means he has the same amont of white and black genes
@AmericanAztec915 If your not born in mexico your not mexican, mexican is not a ethnicity, the spainards, and diffirent groups of natives living in the area that is now mexico are ethnicities, skin color does show which gene is dominate, yes he has the same amount, but one is more dominant than the other.
@Visser0x skin color has nothing to do with witch gene is dominant, mexican is an ethnicity, look up the word Chicano if you dont know what a mexican american is
@AmericanAztec915 I know what chicano means it means an american with parent of mexican nationality it does not mean mexican american , you can't be mexican american if you aren't born in mexico, that would mean alot of the american population would go by the terms: English american, german american, french american, etc. people who are born in those country go by that title but people who aren't do not, mexican is a nationality only not an ethnicity.
@Visser0x You see but not every one in the U.S is chicano because how could you explain Tejano. Which is the same thing. A Mexican born in the U.S but who was born in Texas which use to be Mexican Texas just like California use to be Mexican California or Las Californias Alta California & Baja California. Chicano & Tejano just describe regions of where Mexicans were born or come from. Mexican American may not make census but it does to Mexican Americans because it mean you were bron in the U.S
@sportsmarvel It used to apart of mexico, it no longer is, all of northern africa use to be ethiopia, but we no longer refer to them as ethiopians. If weren't born in what is currently mexico then your not mexican amaerican.
@Visser0x Mexican American means you were born in the United States and not in Mexico but that you still recognize your ancestry and your people. This is why People say they are Mexican American. If people say the are Chicano then people know they are from California & Mexican descent if they say Tejano then they know they are from Texas Mexican descent. Some people use Chicano outside of Cali but if you are not from Cali then you are miss using the word Chicano. It would be like Using Chilango
1º Latino is not american, is SOUTH EUROPEAN (ROMA, LAZIO, LATII, LATÍN, LATINO)
2º Hispanic was the habitant of Hispania (Spain & Portugal actually).
So only the criollos (pure descendeants of spanish people who colonizate america) can be called "Latinos" or "Hispanic". Rest of the people of those countries are amerindians or indigens, but they preffer we call them latinos cause indian is "despective". Later they will say that spanish kill them all in the past etc, and shows "indigenism"
Quien les podra haser entender a estos pobres ignorantes la diferencia que para los paises con idiomas derivados del latin , el adjetivo latino ya sirculaba en nuestros lenguajes pero para los de lengua inglesa de la actualidad que no se educan o almenos estudian esto un poco, solo repiten lo que les han ensenado y mal , o lo que escuchan a otros hablar, que sigan mirando a superman,batman, y todos sus otros heroes que de eso y cine saben mucho.
Latino means some one that speaks a language that comes from LATIN this is spanish wich the real name of the lenguage is CASTELLANO, ITALIAN , PORTUGUESE, FRENCH. The lenguage that the romans spoke in the time of Christ was LATIN.
@billymrtnz434 Latins Are From Europe Britannia Romania Lusitania Germania Hispania Gallia Why The Romans These Spanish-Speaking Individuals Are Not Latins Or Hispanics They Are Spanish-Speaking Americans They Belong To The American Continent
@LatinoIsntARace i am saying that the latins that the americans are used to so called latinos isn't hispanic and not latino they are just indians who know how to speak spanish and portugese etc the original hispanic were spanish and italian and portugese, french
Latino (in the American English lexicon)= possibly the greatest misnomer in the history of the English language due to the fact that, unbeknownst to Americans, the word already existed in other languages with an already well-established meaning.
Hispanic= a false cognate of the Spanish word "Hispano". The more popular definition (NOT of Spain) of the English word "Hispanic", although valid and coherent in nature, is dull and too broad to serve any practical purpose other than to confuse people.
@LatinoIsntARace Latinos We are only people from mexico till argentina now spanish portugueses or italians they are europeans they are hispanic.!! Otherwise get into the link below and you will see what i am talking about
@fabianSchweiz Write to me in spanish because i didn't understand what you wrote. All i got was that latinos are Mexicans and argentines and that Hispanics are Spain, Portugal and italy.
What kind of crazy info is that? lol
The original latinos come from Lazio, Italy and they formed the Roman empire.
The latino definition changed and included all european countries who have a latin based language like Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, French and Romanian.
POBRES PENDEJOS NOS LLAMAS LATINOS OH HISPANOS,LATINO SI NO SOY DE ITALIA NI DE ESPANA OH DE PORTUGAL,HISPANO ACASO SOY BLANCO SIMPLEMENTE HABLO LA LENGUA DE LOS INVASORES PERO ESO NO SIGNIFICA QUE SEA HISPANO OH LATINO,LOS GRINGOS ESTAN PENDEJOS QUE PORQUE HABLO ESPANOL SOY HISPANO,LOS NEGROS DE AQUI DE ESTADOS UNIDOS HABLAN INGLES Y NO SON BLANCOS QUE ME DICES DE ESO. "YO SOY NATIVO AMERICANO"
They Are Not Hispaics They Are Not Latins They Are Spanish-Speaking Americans They Belong To The American Continent Latins From Europe Anglos From Europe Hispania Britannia Germania Lusitania Romania Why The Romans Hispania Was A Region What Is Today Portugal And Spain The Term Latin Or His
@lexdiamonds1990 So... first i´m going to tell you that I´m from portugal! Ok? Second if you serch on the internet about portugal you will see that porgual was part of spain!! (Not Spain but Castella at that time)! AND IF YOU SEARCH IN THE WIKIPEDIA IT SAYS:"Hispanic is a term that originally denoted a relationship to Hispania, which is to say the Iberian Peninsula: Portugal, Andorra, Gibraltar and Spain.". SO BEFORE YOU ANSWER GO CHECK! OK????
@lau399 ignorant if you have spanish heritage you are latino actually the real one no those fucking indios or black tha speak spanish singing reggeton becouse they dont know if they are latinos or africans!! funny idiots!! read more asshole!!
Latins were the members of a tribe in current Italy. Their language, Latin, spread around Europe, Middle East and Northern Africa through the Roman Empire. Vulgar Latin evolved through centuries in central and southern Europe, originating languages such as Portuguese, Italian, French, Romanian, Catalan and Spanish. When Spanish and Portuguese crowns conquest America, they imposed their languages to the natives. That is why Central and South America are known as Latin America, hence latinos.
Correction--- The term Hispanic reffers to a Spanish speaking person of Any Race born in the Americas just Like A Native from Spain is Called a Spaniard.
people in spain are europeans same aparience than england french or wherever and is diference apariences that hispanic... they are southamericans and i dont know why in usa the people is so racism... who care about it I am rom spain i am green eyes and i see a peplo from mexico diferent but we a a world of people who spaek spanish so we dont care about the racism in usa
Because of you, and your infestation of false information, the Mestizos and Mulattos, are so fed up, to believe that they are the actual Latinos. When they are NOT.
Because of you, they even invented a catch phrase such as: "Latino pride, esse!"
When they are not even "Latinos".
You illiterate American mongrels mutts, have the most powerful media worldwide, yet you don't seem to know how to make a good usage of it,and inform people.
@Reboothis who the fuck are you are you a latino? michel chavalier is the father of latin europe like us and hes the father of latin america. dont get confused with low life scum mex americans or negroes. mestizo and white latin americans are as latino as us latin europeans
@JSKaoru Brazilians speak a Language based off Latin called Portuguese. Also they are Spain's brother and both cultures are similar to each other. Many Portuguese and Brazilians speak and understand Spanish. The problem Brazil has is that many Nazi's fled Germany to Brazil to avoid being sentenced for war crimes against humanity. They find it an insult to be called Latinos and they are not Latinos and should never be called that because that is an insult to Latinos.
@JSKaoru Also I would like to say that Spanish and Portuguese have similar words like Que Pena and Mas is Mais and Pasion is Paixao and amor is amor. and tu is sua. vida is vida. ect ect. Also their are Brazilians in America that do call themselves Latinos and do not find it offense. Many though usually know how to speak Spanish. If a person is German and has held on to their name and culture from Deutschland I can understand that some of those people resent being confused for Latinos.
@sportsmarvel I speak all Latin Languages, and Italian and Portuguese are the closest to spanish with Catalan and Aragones as exceptions. I like to say that Italian is Spanish on Speed and Portuguese is Spanish on Crack (cause of the lazy way of speaking, but I still love portuguese) most Portuguese words are mostly like spanish, which is why it was easy for me to learn... muito bem sim? haha
Sloppy ignorance. "Latino" is a MIS-NOMER. True "Latin" is WHITE geographically, racially, originally, and historically. The original "Latins" are Romans. And Europeans. Not even Spaniards (who are white too). "Latin" comes from Latium, a city in Italy. NOT Mexico. Nothing against them, but the facts are that these brown looking Navajos are NOT "Latins". The media is incredibly sloppy. "Latin" or "Latino", when applied to Spanish-speaking Aztecs, Mayans, Boricuas, and Tainos, is a MIS-NOMER.
the difference is clear latino is people from south and central america, and hispanic is people who live in spain. The term hispanic come from hispano, and hispano was the citizen who in times of Roman empire lived in Hispania. Name granted from Roman Empire to denominate that territory which is loctated In Europe where people speak spanish. The problem there in North america people do not understand and confuse many things. Many of them do not know where is located Spain,
US mexicans are indigenous to this continent and who gives a fuck if we have a drop of spanish rape mix blood , your still indigenous so stop calling your self latino and hispanic . were are indigenous but the white devil don't want you to know the truth .we been lied to all this time .
Just like how a white person has a drop of Native blood,he is not considered Native but is considered white,but when a Native person has a drop of caucasian blood,he's automatically not Native and seen as mixed.
@yaqui707 The problem with that is that Native Indigenous do not see themselves as Africans. At least the majority of them and associate themselves with white people and tend to reject Africans due to this. Also in the 'Spanish cast system Indigenous people were given a higher status then enslaved Africans.
Hispanic originated in Spain and was Hispano. The U.S census had nothing to do with making up this word. It was what the Romans called Spain. Roman Hispania - Latin was the official language of Hispania during the Roman Empire's 600 year reign over the area ending around 400 AD, even though the native languages of the Pre-Roman peoples of the Iberian Peninsula
Hispania is said the same way as Espana the new name of Spain. Hispanos were the offspring of 2 Spanish citizens in the new world.
@sportsmarvel The English word "hispanic" is not used in Spanish, but "hispano" is used. The designation Hispanic was used by the US Census as an identifier of the very large Spanish-speaking and related cultural population, although originating in different countries and regions outside the US as well as inside,
@FRAGIORGIO1 Well my point was that Hispanic wasn't just made up by Americans without research the word came from either Hispania or Hispano which refers to a person from Spain. Hispania use to be Spain's originally name and Hispano was a person from Spain. People forget that Mexico use to also be Nueva Espana so people from Nueva Hispania were also called Hispanos. Nueva Espana included California, Texas, Arizona, Nevada, Nevada, ect ect. B4 it was Mexico U.S people dealt with Hispanos.
Actually the term Latinos was first used - The term "Latin America" was used for the first time in the nineteenth century when the French occupied Mexico (1862–1867), leading to the Second Mexican Empire, and wanted to be included in what was considered Spanish America. source wikipedia
Mexicans were the first people to be called or referred to as Latinos in the Americas.
Wow for a reporter Soledad needs to research the facts & learn the true history or meaning.
@sportsmarvel Soledad was referring to present usage and in her opinion. She did not refer to historical usage, just to designations in the US for people from Spanish-speaking culture (even if not Spanish-speaking in many cases, unfortunately, but bearing names like Chavez, Rodriguez, Alvarado, etc.).
Frankly, the term Latino or Hispanic is simply too broad by any measure. In includes everyone outside Brazil in South America. Have you any idea how odd it is to combine persons in Uruguay with those in Colombia? Even those from the same country, specifically Mexico, are by no means uniform. Here in Texas, Mexican Americans who are not Drug Kings in the gangs (e.g. 99.999% of them) are normal everyday Texans. It is not that way in California for reasons that puzzle me.
@EricVZLeon It's crazy. What it may represent is a holdover from a very, very bad idea of the early twentieth century, when language was said to create a people. Churchill wrote the history of the English speaking people, not thinking, likely, that those in India would be included. For Uncle Adolf it served to justify the conquest of Europe. Somehow, German speaking Swiss & German speaking Italians were not part of the German people, you see.
@P1B1U1H1 Language does create a certain commonality, even if distantly related. I learned Italian living in Italy, and I found out after some years that I could understand French writing (but not speaking) very well, since the vocabulary and grammar are so similar.
@EricVZLeon A better definition that likely would, at an earlier time in history, have created a people would be the Latinos defined as "persons forced against their will to learn Latin."
@EricVZLeon That is true. They adopted the dominant culture, as they were a minority, but they left some words like "guerra" for war instead of "bellum" and "birra" for beer instead of Latin "cerevecia", which the Spanish and Portuguese retained.
@P1B1U1H1 Necessity is frequently the teacher. The Romans established colonies all over their empire, and commerce and public and legal administrations necessitated the use of Latin in the West. In the Eastern Mediterranean, Greek was the binding language, thanks to Alexander's conquests and Greek commerce and culture. How many people learn English now for the internet, international commerce, popular songs, etc?
@FRAGIORGIO1 For children of the pre-Vatican II era, it was force feeding (or so the kids thought) of a dead language. Such might well have become Vandals out of thoughts of revenge.
@P1B1U1H1 OK, I see you're joking and it's Funny. But you know in western Europe, anyone in the higher pre-university levels of education study Latin. When the authorities in Oxford (or was it Cambridge?) tried to drop Latin as a requirement, it was the Students who demanded it not be dropped! When I lived in Italy, the students in Liceo Classico-Filosofico (pre Univ) studied Latin and Greek, and a Dutch friend of mine had studied both languages in the Netherlands.
@FRAGIORGIO1 True enough, but methinks my friend Frageiorgio here might well have been one of the vandals himself had he not exhibited considerable self-restraint. Yes. Yes. Yes. It's good for you. Sort of like, well, like broccoli.
@P1B1U1H1 Tell me about it. I studied Classical Latin too! I much prefer Ecclesiastical Latin which has some similarities in grammar with neo-Latin languages and is easier to understand. In 1967, the school year I had in Italy was begun by a talk from a Croatian priest in Rome who spoke in Ecclesiastical Latin, and I found I could understand it pretty well ! "Vix credere potui" (I could hardly believe it). He cheated, however, because he put any numbers in Italian!
@davlor86 No problem, although French isn't spoken only in Quebec, but also in New Brunswick, and some other areas of Canada as well. There are some French-speaking groups in New England too (surprise).
..and Catalan-Valencian'Balearic (which three are sometimes called Catalan, but I prefer to respect their histories and call these variants "Orientan" to signify they are in the oriental or eastern part of Iberia). What internationally is known as "Spanish" is called Castilian in Spain. There are some very distinct "dialects", if so they can be called, in Asturias, Leon, and Aragon. Latin American dialects are mutually intelligible, although some vocabulary or grammar may be different.
@FRAGIORGIO1 Oh, yeah, I remember the Spanish tour guide talking about 'Castellano'. Spanish in Spain is like pretty well any other European language in Europe, lots of dialects with different languages entirely in some regions. It's like any other melting pot, I guess. Of the three distinct 'Orientan' tongues, however, I was not aware. Is French Catalan different yet?
@Gustaveleloup Catalan-speaking French citizens of Rousillon were taken in one of Louis XIV's wars. Most people speak of Catalan for the three tongues. The Valencians don't like that since they have such a long separate history, but the languages are one and the same as are the uses of the Balearic Islands. I suggest neutral "Orientan" (not "Oriental") similar in use to "Occitan" (or Langue d'oc) in France for the southern languages such as Provenzal, Acquitanian, etc.
The word "hispanic" comes from the Latin word for Spajn: "hispania", but it is used to refer to what is common among the Spanish-speaking nations, mainly being the language in general (with minor dialectal variants) and some other shared values, such as the Catholic faith. In Latin America (mostly Spanish and Portuguese-speaking with some French) there is a lot of Indian mixture and black. In Spain, there are 3 other languages: Gallego-Portuguese; Basque; and
@Gustaveleloup Catalan and the other sister languages (or dialects) of Valencia and the Balearics is a distinct language, and is more closely related to Provenzal and other southern French uses. An example I remember from a Mass I attended in Barcelona: "Germans, el Senyor sigui amb vosaltres" (Brethren, the Lord be with you). In Castilian Spanish it is, "Hermanos, el Senor sea con vosotros" (in Latin America: "con Ustedes"). The Castilian "Senor" sounds like "senyor".
Being latin means you come from Latin Europe. France, Spain, Italy, Portugal, and other areas Latin culture and roman catholicism is practiced. Latino is latin in spanish. I don't know why people uses latin as latin american when there mostly amerindian, not italian, spanish etc. Latin America is anywhere that Spain or France once colonized including Quebec, Canada. Quebec was a french colony and therefore part of Latin America. Latins are caucasian, not George Lopez and Sammy Sosa but Pitbull
@TheMikerandazzo I made that comment about your last name without seeing your explanation, so pardon the overkill. Nevertheless, there could be a black or brown Randazzo. Look at the great Brooklyn Dodger catcher, Roy Campanella. He had both Italian and Black blood. I don't know how much his family shared a Latino lifestyle.
@TheMikerandazzo Latin is used for certain cultural ties, principally through the neo-Latin languages that make a commonality among many nations. The name Latin America is obviously a reference to that common bond, even if very generic. The language and some other intangibles bond whites, blacks, aborigenes, and mixed race (mestizos) people who speak Spanish, Portuguese (you forgot!) and French speakers in Latin America as well. So, Caucasian is not a determining quality at all.
@FRAGIORGIO1 Your missing the point. True Latins are Europeans and European descendants. What are europeans? WHITE! The descendants of European settlers called themselves Latin Americans or latinos because they were descendants of white europeans. Then ex-slaves and amerindians started calling themselves latinos and totally screwed up the true meaning. Now it translates to a mixed race spanish speaking person in the Americas which is a false meaning. Call them South Americans now
@1coolguysuper Europe is only a multi racial continent because of immigration. I meant in order to be a true latin you have to be a true european from Latin Europe. If you are black and born in France that doesn't make you a European. It makes you European cultrually but you don't lose African roots and gain European roots
@1coolguysuper No your not American DESCENDANT unless your a Native American. You can certaintly be an American citizen but that does not make you a Native American. All Americans came from somewhere else and immigrated.
Never said European was a race. But true Europeans by descent are people who can trace their heritage back to Europe. You could be a chinaman 15 generations living in England but your still an Asian by descent, European by birth. Thats fact I'm not making it up
@TheMikerandazzo I'm sorry, but you are mixed up. What do the white European "Latins" have in Common?? It is their neo-Latin languages and cultural roots ONLY, so it is Not a Race thing. Thus, all those who speak the Different neo-Latin languages and share some common cultural traits are "Latin". Latin Americans are therefore y por lo tanto, "latinos" insofar as that definition goes In General also, "Latin" peoples (plural) are Catholic,and that colors Latin cultures generally.
@TheMikerandazzo Just stop and think, Mike. What makes those Europeans "Latin"? It's the Linguistic roots from ancient Latin. It's NOT Celtic, Teutonic, Greek, Italic, Cathaginian, Dacian, etc. blood. Again, it is the tie of Latin LANGUAGES. There is therefore NO reason to limit it only to European Latins. I don't care what the archaic Academia de la Lengua says in Spain. They toot their Own horn, just as some British say that only they speak English.
@EricVZLeon Certainly, there is a Latin Europe where the neoLatin languages are spoken, mainly the whole southwest of Europe and Romania in the east. Note, however, that while the great majority of southwestern Europeans are Catholic, the Romanians are principally Eastern Orthodox.
@TheMikerandazzo Latino is used to refer to Latin-language based cultures, and is NOT a Racial thing. Mike, your last name is Italian, Randazzo, but maybe you were born here, as so many others of us. You may not even speak Spanish or Italain: I don't know, but your name shows a cultural tie to Latin culture. Language has been the main cultural tie among those speaking neo-Latin languages, whatever their race, ethnic makeup, or nationality.
Latins Are From Europe Hispanics From The Kingdom Of Spain Anglos From England The People From The United Mexican States Are Americans America Is A Continent Not A Couintry People From Spanish-Speaking Countries Are Hispanophiles Canadians Colombians Mexicans Brazials Are Americans Unitedstatesians Too
@ontario863 Sorry, but you have your terms mixed up. Hispanophiles could mean People who like Spain or the internationally Spanish-language culture. The terms are used for culturally and linguistically defined people. Latins are those from neo-latin language cultures (Italy, Spanish-speaking countries, French-speaking countries/regions, Romanians, Occitans, Catalan-Valencian-Balearics (I call them "Orientanes"), Portuguese-Gallego speaking areas, etc. Anglos are white English-speaking folks
@dagc43 I know im just saying you are a mulatto correct? well amlost half a of Brasil is mulatto. plus like Mejico and Spain share history so does portugual and Brasil. like me im Spanish latino yes also Hispanic but nothing Latinamerican but I blended in and felt at home in with White and Mestizos Mexicans
@dagc43 lol mulattoes are very rare in Mejico, you would probably blend better in Venezuela or Brasil, but Mexico the Mestizos for the most part have more Caucasian then native.
Racially I'm Mestizo but lean more to the caucasian side, and in mexico,there are many different looks.Are you referring to the dark skin mestizo?
Mestizos are like snowflakes,we come in many different looks (checkout a video I made awhile back about Mestizos of Mexico in my channel and see how we vary).
South America is mostly mestizo and pardo, so you might look like an mulatto/pardo Brazilian like Ronaldiho.
@TheFrancothemaster Brazilians are Latinos, because they share a neo-Latin language, but not Hispanics, because they speak Portuguese and not Spanish (Hispania was the Roman/Latin name for Spain). Under the Romans, Portugal was most of the province of Lusitania, which is why Camoes called his great work "Lusiada". Interesting fact is that the Roman capital of Lusitania was Emerita Augusta, which is now called Merida in Extremadura, Spain. There are some interesting ruins there.
According to the Royal Academy of Spanish Language: Latino: 1. adj. Natural Lazio. U. t. c. s., 2. adj. Pertaining to the people of Latium cities or Roman law, 3. adj. Pertaining to the Latin language .. Hispano. 1. adj. Of or pertaining to Spain., 2. adj. Spanish., 3. adj. Pertaining to the nations of Latin America., 4. adj. Pertaining to the Hispanic-origin population that lives in the United States of America., 5. m. and f. Person from that country living in the United States of America.
@Nefthisa The dictionary "Nuevo Espasa Ilustrado -2001" (from Spain) also calls latins "those natives of the peoples of Europe in which languages derived from Latin are spoken". Notice the EUROCENTRISM of this idiotic definition, although the Only thing that unites the different peoples is LANGUAGE. Also, what would these Racists call Latin America then? Not Latin? Imperialists in the Real Academia del Idioma and publications emanating from Imperial Spain:-ALL speakers of neoLatin. Punto!
latino IS a race of mixing tainos africans and spanish euros for yearsssss dats y thers lit to black skined latinos DUHH i hate this shyt foreel it trys 2 tak our pride
@1coolguysuper Hispanic refers not to nation nor ethnic nor racial differences. it is a Cultural thing that is principally linked to a Neo-Latin language spoken by people. Some people are called Hispanic just because of their ethnic makeup, even though they don't speak Spanish, so that confuses the issue. And Latin America is then....? You are too extreme. Latin or neo-Latin languages are over western and southern Europe (and Romania) and over the Americas.
in reality Mexico and South Americans should be called "ibero americans".Hispanic people are from Portugal and Spain and latin people from Europe (Yes EUROPE) Spain, Italy, Portugal, France, Romania, etc. they're all "latin" countries.
@davlor86 Latin American is also called Ibero-America.
Why should Latin Americans be called Ibero, as Ibero means Iberian.
Because of nationalistic reasons, the Portuguese don't consider themselves Hispanics and instead consider themselves Lusitanians. If the Portuguese wanted, they can also consider themselves Hispanic as the other name of Lusitania was Hispania Lusitania and a Province of Hispania Ulterior.
@davlor86 What about French speakers in Lesser Antilles islands, French Guiana, Haiti, and Canada? They aren't to be taken into consideration? Of course they are.
@FRAGIORGIO1 i couldn't find my comment, but real latins are originally from Europe, Spain, Italy, Portugal, France, Romania, they're all latin countries. The term in the America's should be used to refer people whose ancestry is from these countries, but now it's been wrongly used to refer people who speak either spanish, portuguese or french and even worse, some people now refer it as a "race" That's why Quebec for example is not considered latin country, but IT SHOULD be considered latin.
"Hispanic" is a person whose first language is Spanish,especially one from a Latin American country,and "Latino" is a person from Latin America.the US government use the term "Hispanic" to classify them from other ethnic groups like Asian or African Americans.we are not one race in particular 'cause we come in a wide variety of colors.
You can call me Hispanic or Latino, just dont call me "Mexican." Not every person that speaks Spanish is Mexican. But since I was born in the U.S. call me American :)
@aztec714ok shut the fuck up Mexican Mestizos and Whites are as HIspanic and Latino as me a spaniard. indios are neither. Mexicos white population is the 3rd largest of Latin America
Los verdaderos latinos somos los españoles, ya que el título de "Latino" lo otorgaba el Imperio Romano a las colonias hermanas, es decir, que poseían más derechos que el resto de las colonias conquistadas; por ejemplo tenían derecho al comercio "libre", al matrimonio romano, algunos beneficios en los impuestos, etc. Se puede encontrar todo esto en los tratados de Derecho Romano, fuente de las normas en España.
myspain82 1 day ago
i have no clue what to call people anymore
i don't wanna be called "racist" for messing up and saying the wrong term
johnson1095 2 days ago
reniego de esos que se supone llevan sangre española (si es que alguno lleva)... esos sudacas me causan estreñimiento, ganas de cagar ¡vamos!
SSPaganox 2 days ago
@SSPaganox Qué animalito eres; tú llevas sangre de asno por las venas.
FabriccioDacqua 2 days ago
Both terms are inacurrate, but 'hispanic' was imposed upon us.
peopleofthecircle 3 days ago
I thought everyone born in North America, Central America, and South America were all Americans. But then skin heads jumped up and claimed Hitler found the Americas just before Christ was born and the blacks jumped up and claimed they have been here since the very first plants grew. So whatever........
hoseqt1 4 days ago
@hoseqt1 If you read the bible or study science the first human being on earth was a negro that means all other races of man came from them and I don't know any skin head who believes you statement concerning Hitler. Hispanics/latinos are not a root race they are a mixed race that were created from white,black, Asian (Native indigenous) or all of the above but of course is common sense.
seinfeildsucks 15 hours ago
People who speak English are Anglophone. People who speak French are Francophone. Here is the hard part. People who speak Spanish, ...are NOT "LATINO." They, are HISPANOPHONE. Look it up !!!
BrooklynRalph 1 week ago
Hispanics do not speak Latin.
BrooklynRalph 1 week ago
Latino is someone that genetically is from Southern Europe mainly, someone that was conquered from ther roman empire!!!! HISPANIC is someone that is from Spain!!! LUSITANIA-portugal, GALIA-france. BRITANNIA- United kingdom and DACIA-rumania!!!! So all of this are Latin words!!!
carpediem210184 1 week ago
@carpediem210184 UK a Latin country??? LOL. English language has GERMANIC origin and England is an ANGLO-SAXON country, and Wales, Scotland and North Ireland (also Ireland and Brittany, from France, form a Celtic Nations) are CELTIC countries. Latin, where??? Latin Europe are: Italy, France, Spain, Andorra, Portugal, Belgium, Monaco, Luxemburgo, Romania and zone of Switzerland where speaks French and Italian.
thynaluna 1 week ago
@thynaluna Yes, Romans ruled England and Wales for a couple of centuries, but they never could with scottishs!!! I dont know if they mix ( fuck with english en wales girls) but they introduced most of the words that we use in English today!!! And latin were introduced again by te French who ruled the country 5 centuries!!! On the other hand, you are right, english has a lot of german words and from other countries as well.
carpediem210184 6 days ago
@carpediem210184 German words are has more use in common english while Latin words are used more in university and literate fields!!! EXAMPLES: In spanish-germano, in english-german ,introducir-introduce ,french-omelette ,english-omelette , pork english ,porc-french ,Academia -Academy etc Hundreds of words we have in common ( común) in spanish lol And in german theres no words similar to latin
carpediem210184 6 days ago
@carpediem210184 Its true! =D, English language has 500 words derived from Latin but also from Greek. Spanish is a Romance language (Latin) but has 4000 words of Arabic origin and about 1000 of Greek origin, although there are also words (to a lesser extent) from Phoenician, Iberian and Celtiberian. Scotland is the toughest people in the UK. In France and Spain also were people who resisted the Roman invasion, Brittany and Euskadi, languagesaren't derived from Latin (Breton and Basque).
thynaluna 5 days ago
@thynaluna ahm ahm....MOST words in the english language derived from Latin ! you understand ? i mean MOST words !!!
EstrellaPolux 4 days ago
En Europa, Latinos son los españoles, portugueses, italianos y franceses.
caladvwlch10 1 week ago
@caladvwlch10 los engleses también tienen mucho pasado latino, ya que los romanos ocuparo inglaterra durante varios siglos y más tarde los franceses. El sur de bélgica y la parte fracofona de suiza, además de luxemburgo también son latinas
carpediem210184 1 week ago
That was so retarded. The answer should have been, "Not all Latinos are Hispanic. There are Portuguese, and French speaking countries in the Carribean and Latin America" Brazilians are Latinos (They speak Portuguese). Haitians are Latinos (They speak Creolle but French is still spoken there).
finechico20 1 week ago
LOL, there is a lot of IGNORANCE by here! "Hispano" derives of HISPANIA, of the IBERIAN PENINSULA (SPAIN & PORTUGAL), and "Latino" derives of ROME EMPIRE and all your European colonizations (Italy, France, Spain, Portugal, Belgium, Monaco, Andorra, Luxemburg and Romania)! Mexico, Central America and South America are Hispanic and Latino earths, but the originality of the Hispanic is from Spain and Portugal, and Latino from ROME, Italy. Where is the problem? Learn history fuck!
thynaluna 1 week ago 9
@thynaluna The problem is how those terms are used today. You're not wrong at all.
NyaS92 1 week ago
@thynaluna HISPANIA was the name of Spain in Latin, and LUSITANIA was the name of Portugal in the roman times. Romas also conquered parts of the united kingdom thats why most academic words in english came from latin!!!! and the name of that are was britain
carpediem210184 1 week ago
@carpediem210184 You are wrong. The Roman Empire called "Hispania" to the Iberian Peninsula and Lusitania was one of the provinces of Hispania (as was Tarraconensis, Gallaecia, Baetica and Cartaginensis) currently include Portugal and Extremadura and part of Andalusia, Spain. For centuries Portuguese stopped using the term "Hispanic" cause it reminded them "Spanish-Spain", so we ascribe the Spanish long the word "Hispanic" and "Hispania" as Spain. I know cause I'm Spanish! xD.
thynaluna 6 days ago 3
@thynaluna Yes, you are right!!!!!!! I thought that Hispania was just España and Lusitania Portugal caue in newspaper sometimes they say " El gobierno luso va a cambiar.....
carpediem210184 6 days ago
In America today, Hispanic is any person from a country that was ones a Spanish Colony or descendant of a person that falls into that category. Whereas, Latino include all of the above, along with those from other Latin-European Colonies such as Brazil. (Portugal)
TROPANI 3 weeks ago
@TROPANI What the government has written on paper is way different from what the U.S population ( Including people in the Government ) thinks of the word Hispanic, Latino, Latin and in some cases Spanish. Most of course think that the word Hispanic/Latin/Latino and Spanish are races and that it means non white.
On paper Arabs are seen as white in the U.S but if you ask most U.S citizens they would look at you as if you're joking with them.
LatinoIsntARace 2 weeks ago
The terms are not interchangeable; Hispanic refers to ALL of those who have Spanish ancestry (ancestors from Spain). Latin or Latino was a term created by the French during Napoleon’s empire referring to ALL of those with roman ancestry + the nations that were at one point conquered by the romans. This had a political goal, which was to divert attention specifically from the Spaniards and their conquered lands in America and Asia.
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LATINOS = FROM LAZIO, ITALY
HISPANICS = FROM HISPANIA, SPAIN, IBERIA (ROMAN PROVINCE)
GLADIVSH8X 3 weeks ago
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LATINO = ALL LATINS; HISPANICS = ONLY SPAIN/IBERIAN AMERICA
GLADIVSH8X 3 weeks ago
i hate both terms, i am not latin or hispanic, i am mexican american not a spaniard, i descend from various tribe from the north american continet,
AmericanAztec915 3 weeks ago
@AmericanAztec915 If you were not born in mexico, then your not mexican american, and if you speak spanish you most likely have a little spanish blood in you, but which is dominate depends on your skin color, because there is no such thing as a "white complected" aztec, mayan or inca unless they're albino which is very rare.
Visser0x 3 weeks ago
@Visser0x no if you were born in mexico you are mexican, if you are american of mexican descend then you are mexican american, you probably are not from the USA if you dont know that, also speaking spanish does not mean that you have spanish blood in you, full blooded indians all over latin america speak spanish,also skin color doe not tell you how much blood you have from a certain race,and having a little spanih bloo does not make us latinos or hispanics,
AmericanAztec915 3 weeks ago
@AmericanAztec915 No, if aren't born in mexico you are not mexican american, mexican is a nationalilty and you can't have claims to a nation you weren't born in, you most likely have spanish blood in you if you do speak spanish, and yes skin color does determine which racal gene is the dominate. Obama is half white and half black, but he looks black there for his black genes are dominate.
Visser0x 3 weeks ago
@Visser0x i am mexican by ethnicity and culture and american because i was born in the USA, i am a Chicano, color of the skin of the skin does not tell you what racial gene is dominant , if Obama is half white, half black it means he has the same amont of white and black genes
AmericanAztec915 3 weeks ago
@AmericanAztec915 If your not born in mexico your not mexican, mexican is not a ethnicity, the spainards, and diffirent groups of natives living in the area that is now mexico are ethnicities, skin color does show which gene is dominate, yes he has the same amount, but one is more dominant than the other.
Visser0x 3 weeks ago
@Visser0x skin color has nothing to do with witch gene is dominant, mexican is an ethnicity, look up the word Chicano if you dont know what a mexican american is
AmericanAztec915 3 weeks ago
@AmericanAztec915 I know what chicano means it means an american with parent of mexican nationality it does not mean mexican american , you can't be mexican american if you aren't born in mexico, that would mean alot of the american population would go by the terms: English american, german american, french american, etc. people who are born in those country go by that title but people who aren't do not, mexican is a nationality only not an ethnicity.
Visser0x 3 weeks ago
@Visser0x You see but not every one in the U.S is chicano because how could you explain Tejano. Which is the same thing. A Mexican born in the U.S but who was born in Texas which use to be Mexican Texas just like California use to be Mexican California or Las Californias Alta California & Baja California. Chicano & Tejano just describe regions of where Mexicans were born or come from. Mexican American may not make census but it does to Mexican Americans because it mean you were bron in the U.S
sportsmarvel 1 week ago
@sportsmarvel It used to apart of mexico, it no longer is, all of northern africa use to be ethiopia, but we no longer refer to them as ethiopians. If weren't born in what is currently mexico then your not mexican amaerican.
Visser0x 6 days ago
@Visser0x Mexican American means you were born in the United States and not in Mexico but that you still recognize your ancestry and your people. This is why People say they are Mexican American. If people say the are Chicano then people know they are from California & Mexican descent if they say Tejano then they know they are from Texas Mexican descent. Some people use Chicano outside of Cali but if you are not from Cali then you are miss using the word Chicano. It would be like Using Chilango
sportsmarvel 1 week ago
1º Latino is not american, is SOUTH EUROPEAN (ROMA, LAZIO, LATII, LATÍN, LATINO)
2º Hispanic was the habitant of Hispania (Spain & Portugal actually).
So only the criollos (pure descendeants of spanish people who colonizate america) can be called "Latinos" or "Hispanic". Rest of the people of those countries are amerindians or indigens, but they preffer we call them latinos cause indian is "despective". Later they will say that spanish kill them all in the past etc, and shows "indigenism"
sotopete 3 weeks ago
APRNEDAN CASTELLANO POR FAVOR, PORQUE ESPANOL ES ALGUIEN ORIUNDO DE ESPANA.
billymrtnz434 3 weeks ago
Quien les podra haser entender a estos pobres ignorantes la diferencia que para los paises con idiomas derivados del latin , el adjetivo latino ya sirculaba en nuestros lenguajes pero para los de lengua inglesa de la actualidad que no se educan o almenos estudian esto un poco, solo repiten lo que les han ensenado y mal , o lo que escuchan a otros hablar, que sigan mirando a superman,batman, y todos sus otros heroes que de eso y cine saben mucho.
billymrtnz434 3 weeks ago
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Whites are a minority in the world and they will become extinct, so the whole humanity will be black! Black Power! ahahahahah
belblus 4 weeks ago
Latino means some one that speaks a language that comes from LATIN this is spanish wich the real name of the lenguage is CASTELLANO, ITALIAN , PORTUGUESE, FRENCH. The lenguage that the romans spoke in the time of Christ was LATIN.
billymrtnz434 1 month ago
@billymrtnz434 Latins Are From Europe Britannia Romania Lusitania Germania Hispania Gallia Why The Romans These Spanish-Speaking Individuals Are Not Latins Or Hispanics They Are Spanish-Speaking Americans They Belong To The American Continent
ontario863 1 month ago
hispanic = white real latins latinos = not white indians and not latino
sweenkingandwow2 1 month ago
@sweenkingandwow2 what?
LatinoIsntARace 1 month ago
@LatinoIsntARace i am saying that the latins that the americans are used to so called latinos isn't hispanic and not latino they are just indians who know how to speak spanish and portugese etc the original hispanic were spanish and italian and portugese, french
sweenkingandwow2 1 month ago
@sweenkingandwow2 Hispanic people was from Spain only, not Italy or France. Hispania was Spain and Hispania Lusitania was Portugal.
Latino was just a Italian tribe.
LatinoIsntARace 1 month ago
Latino (in the American English lexicon)= possibly the greatest misnomer in the history of the English language due to the fact that, unbeknownst to Americans, the word already existed in other languages with an already well-established meaning.
Hispanic= a false cognate of the Spanish word "Hispano". The more popular definition (NOT of Spain) of the English word "Hispanic", although valid and coherent in nature, is dull and too broad to serve any practical purpose other than to confuse people.
lookagain77 1 month ago
Latino= People from Latin America (99.99% of everybody in the US) Hint: YOU WILL ALWAYS USE THIS.
Hispanic= People from Spain (Tourists who you will NEVER encounter)
That simple. Now make me a sandwich.
DarkReapersGrim 1 month ago
@DarkReapersGrim Latino definitioni: latin europe: Italy, Spain, Portugal, France and Romania.
Latino definition in the United States: Latin Americans only
Hispanic: Spain Definition: Spain
Hispanic definition in the United States: Latin Americans only
LatinoIsntARace 1 month ago
@LatinoIsntARace Latinos We are only people from mexico till argentina now spanish portugueses or italians they are europeans they are hispanic.!! Otherwise get into the link below and you will see what i am talking about
fabianSchweiz 1 month ago
@fabianSchweiz What?
LatinoIsntARace 1 month ago
@fabianSchweiz Write to me in spanish because i didn't understand what you wrote. All i got was that latinos are Mexicans and argentines and that Hispanics are Spain, Portugal and italy.
What kind of crazy info is that? lol
The original latinos come from Lazio, Italy and they formed the Roman empire.
The latino definition changed and included all european countries who have a latin based language like Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, French and Romanian.
Now it also includes latin american
LatinoIsntARace 1 month ago
@LatinoIsntARace Well youtube doesn't let me paste the link from wikipedia but there is all the info you will need to complete your knowleage...!!
fabianSchweiz 1 month ago
To put it simply;
Latino = A ancient Italian tribe.
Hispanic= someone from Hispania.
1coolguysuper 1 month ago
@1coolguysuper Thank You 1coolguysuper For Schooling United States Citizens
ontario863 1 month ago
POBRES PENDEJOS NOS LLAMAS LATINOS OH HISPANOS,LATINO SI NO SOY DE ITALIA NI DE ESPANA OH DE PORTUGAL,HISPANO ACASO SOY BLANCO SIMPLEMENTE HABLO LA LENGUA DE LOS INVASORES PERO ESO NO SIGNIFICA QUE SEA HISPANO OH LATINO,LOS GRINGOS ESTAN PENDEJOS QUE PORQUE HABLO ESPANOL SOY HISPANO,LOS NEGROS DE AQUI DE ESTADOS UNIDOS HABLAN INGLES Y NO SON BLANCOS QUE ME DICES DE ESO. "YO SOY NATIVO AMERICANO"
TheJuniorBun 1 month ago
They Are Not Hispaics They Are Not Latins They Are Spanish-Speaking Americans They Belong To The American Continent Latins From Europe Anglos From Europe Hispania Britannia Germania Lusitania Romania Why The Romans Hispania Was A Region What Is Today Portugal And Spain The Term Latin Or His
ontario863 1 month ago
@ontario863 Exactly man.
1coolguysuper 1 month ago
HISPANIC IT´S NOT ONLY SPANISH BUT PORTUGUESE TOO!!!!!
xhygluytlo 1 month ago
@xhygluytlo Hispanic means "From Spain" and portuguese are not Spaniards.
lexdiamonds1990 1 month ago
@lexdiamonds1990 So... first i´m going to tell you that I´m from portugal! Ok? Second if you serch on the internet about portugal you will see that porgual was part of spain!! (Not Spain but Castella at that time)! AND IF YOU SEARCH IN THE WIKIPEDIA IT SAYS:"Hispanic is a term that originally denoted a relationship to Hispania, which is to say the Iberian Peninsula: Portugal, Andorra, Gibraltar and Spain.". SO BEFORE YOU ANSWER GO CHECK! OK????
xhygluytlo 1 month ago
@lexdiamonds1990 Hispanic is demonym for someone from Hispania,which is today Spain and Portugal.
Portugal is also called,"Hispania Lusitania".
1coolguysuper 1 month ago
I have always said that I am Hispanic I am not Latino!! mainly because my heritage is Spanish and I speak the language.
lau399 1 month ago
@lau399 ignorant if you have spanish heritage you are latino actually the real one no those fucking indios or black tha speak spanish singing reggeton becouse they dont know if they are latinos or africans!! funny idiots!! read more asshole!!
elbolit 1 month ago
Is Anzaldo an Italian last name?
ummidk65 1 month ago
Latins were the members of a tribe in current Italy. Their language, Latin, spread around Europe, Middle East and Northern Africa through the Roman Empire. Vulgar Latin evolved through centuries in central and southern Europe, originating languages such as Portuguese, Italian, French, Romanian, Catalan and Spanish. When Spanish and Portuguese crowns conquest America, they imposed their languages to the natives. That is why Central and South America are known as Latin America, hence latinos.
MrBertmann85 1 month ago
Correction--- The term Hispanic reffers to a Spanish speaking person of Any Race born in the Americas just Like A Native from Spain is Called a Spaniard.
worldwildwest 2 months ago
@worldwildwest no a hispanic is a spaniard or a person of spanish origin like a mexican mestizo or white
EricVZLeon 1 month ago
I really admire soledad. she's a wonderful woman and an excellent journalist!
omargav2112 2 months ago
people in spain are europeans same aparience than england french or wherever and is diference apariences that hispanic... they are southamericans and i dont know why in usa the people is so racism... who care about it I am rom spain i am green eyes and i see a peplo from mexico diferent but we a a world of people who spaek spanish so we dont care about the racism in usa
gonzoesp1 2 months ago
Latinos are White and Europeans.
Not Brown and American.
Because of you, and your infestation of false information, the Mestizos and Mulattos, are so fed up, to believe that they are the actual Latinos. When they are NOT.
Because of you, they even invented a catch phrase such as: "Latino pride, esse!"
When they are not even "Latinos".
You illiterate American mongrels mutts, have the most powerful media worldwide, yet you don't seem to know how to make a good usage of it,and inform people.
Reboothis 2 months ago
@Reboothis latinos is a term used to classify anyone that speaks the latin based spanish castellano language.
serg62961 2 months ago
@serg62961
A rather misleading classification.
Considering it excludes other Latin peoples and languages.
Sismiques 2 months ago
@Reboothis who the fuck are you are you a latino? michel chavalier is the father of latin europe like us and hes the father of latin america. dont get confused with low life scum mex americans or negroes. mestizo and white latin americans are as latino as us latin europeans
EricVZLeon 1 month ago
How is that interchangeable if Brazilians are from Latin America, which makes us Latinos, but we don't speak Spanish?????????????
JSKaoru 2 months ago
@JSKaoru Brazilians speak a Language based off Latin called Portuguese. Also they are Spain's brother and both cultures are similar to each other. Many Portuguese and Brazilians speak and understand Spanish. The problem Brazil has is that many Nazi's fled Germany to Brazil to avoid being sentenced for war crimes against humanity. They find it an insult to be called Latinos and they are not Latinos and should never be called that because that is an insult to Latinos.
sportsmarvel 2 months ago
@JSKaoru Also I would like to say that Spanish and Portuguese have similar words like Que Pena and Mas is Mais and Pasion is Paixao and amor is amor. and tu is sua. vida is vida. ect ect. Also their are Brazilians in America that do call themselves Latinos and do not find it offense. Many though usually know how to speak Spanish. If a person is German and has held on to their name and culture from Deutschland I can understand that some of those people resent being confused for Latinos.
sportsmarvel 2 months ago
@sportsmarvel I speak all Latin Languages, and Italian and Portuguese are the closest to spanish with Catalan and Aragones as exceptions. I like to say that Italian is Spanish on Speed and Portuguese is Spanish on Crack (cause of the lazy way of speaking, but I still love portuguese) most Portuguese words are mostly like spanish, which is why it was easy for me to learn... muito bem sim? haha
TheInsidiousParadigm 1 month ago
@TheInsidiousParadigm That is awesome and that is also a great analogy. :)
sportsmarvel 1 month ago
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Sloppy ignorance. "Latino" is a MIS-NOMER. True "Latin" is WHITE geographically, racially, originally, and historically. The original "Latins" are Romans. And Europeans. Not even Spaniards (who are white too). "Latin" comes from Latium, a city in Italy. NOT Mexico. Nothing against them, but the facts are that these brown looking Navajos are NOT "Latins". The media is incredibly sloppy. "Latin" or "Latino", when applied to Spanish-speaking Aztecs, Mayans, Boricuas, and Tainos, is a MIS-NOMER.
HistoryArchiver 2 months ago
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HistoryArchiver 2 months ago
the difference is clear latino is people from south and central america, and hispanic is people who live in spain. The term hispanic come from hispano, and hispano was the citizen who in times of Roman empire lived in Hispania. Name granted from Roman Empire to denominate that territory which is loctated In Europe where people speak spanish. The problem there in North america people do not understand and confuse many things. Many of them do not know where is located Spain,
buscotrabajo28 2 months ago
US mexicans are indigenous to this continent and who gives a fuck if we have a drop of spanish rape mix blood , your still indigenous so stop calling your self latino and hispanic . were are indigenous but the white devil don't want you to know the truth .we been lied to all this time .
yaqui707 2 months ago
@yaqui707 Your right.
Just like how a white person has a drop of Native blood,he is not considered Native but is considered white,but when a Native person has a drop of caucasian blood,he's automatically not Native and seen as mixed.
1coolguysuper 2 months ago
@1coolguysuper alot of whites always claim to be 1/2/ or 3/4 cherokee but when i mexicans are 98% native were no considered native.
yaqui707 2 months ago
@yaqui707 The problem with that is that Native Indigenous do not see themselves as Africans. At least the majority of them and associate themselves with white people and tend to reject Africans due to this. Also in the 'Spanish cast system Indigenous people were given a higher status then enslaved Africans.
sportsmarvel 2 months ago
Hispanic originated in Spain and was Hispano. The U.S census had nothing to do with making up this word. It was what the Romans called Spain. Roman Hispania - Latin was the official language of Hispania during the Roman Empire's 600 year reign over the area ending around 400 AD, even though the native languages of the Pre-Roman peoples of the Iberian Peninsula
Hispania is said the same way as Espana the new name of Spain. Hispanos were the offspring of 2 Spanish citizens in the new world.
sportsmarvel 2 months ago
@sportsmarvel The English word "hispanic" is not used in Spanish, but "hispano" is used. The designation Hispanic was used by the US Census as an identifier of the very large Spanish-speaking and related cultural population, although originating in different countries and regions outside the US as well as inside,
FRAGIORGIO1 2 months ago
@FRAGIORGIO1 Well my point was that Hispanic wasn't just made up by Americans without research the word came from either Hispania or Hispano which refers to a person from Spain. Hispania use to be Spain's originally name and Hispano was a person from Spain. People forget that Mexico use to also be Nueva Espana so people from Nueva Hispania were also called Hispanos. Nueva Espana included California, Texas, Arizona, Nevada, Nevada, ect ect. B4 it was Mexico U.S people dealt with Hispanos.
sportsmarvel 2 months ago
@sportsmarvel No dispute here. I fully agree with you.
FRAGIORGIO1 2 months ago
Actually the term Latinos was first used - The term "Latin America" was used for the first time in the nineteenth century when the French occupied Mexico (1862–1867), leading to the Second Mexican Empire, and wanted to be included in what was considered Spanish America. source wikipedia
Mexicans were the first people to be called or referred to as Latinos in the Americas.
Wow for a reporter Soledad needs to research the facts & learn the true history or meaning.
Latino originated in Italy
sportsmarvel 2 months ago
@sportsmarvel Soledad was referring to present usage and in her opinion. She did not refer to historical usage, just to designations in the US for people from Spanish-speaking culture (even if not Spanish-speaking in many cases, unfortunately, but bearing names like Chavez, Rodriguez, Alvarado, etc.).
FRAGIORGIO1 2 months ago
Frankly, the term Latino or Hispanic is simply too broad by any measure. In includes everyone outside Brazil in South America. Have you any idea how odd it is to combine persons in Uruguay with those in Colombia? Even those from the same country, specifically Mexico, are by no means uniform. Here in Texas, Mexican Americans who are not Drug Kings in the gangs (e.g. 99.999% of them) are normal everyday Texans. It is not that way in California for reasons that puzzle me.
P1B1U1H1 2 months ago
@P1B1U1H1 don't forget the Latin Europeans. like we Spaniards are too Hispanic and Latino and then you have your French, Italian, Portuguese etc etc
EricVZLeon 2 months ago
@EricVZLeon It's crazy. What it may represent is a holdover from a very, very bad idea of the early twentieth century, when language was said to create a people. Churchill wrote the history of the English speaking people, not thinking, likely, that those in India would be included. For Uncle Adolf it served to justify the conquest of Europe. Somehow, German speaking Swiss & German speaking Italians were not part of the German people, you see.
P1B1U1H1 2 months ago
@P1B1U1H1 Language does create a certain commonality, even if distantly related. I learned Italian living in Italy, and I found out after some years that I could understand French writing (but not speaking) very well, since the vocabulary and grammar are so similar.
FRAGIORGIO1 2 months ago
@EricVZLeon A better definition that likely would, at an earlier time in history, have created a people would be the Latinos defined as "persons forced against their will to learn Latin."
P1B1U1H1 2 months ago
@P1B1U1H1 forced maybe. but the visigoths after destroying rome they adopted the latin culture
EricVZLeon 2 months ago
@EricVZLeon Those teachers who forced Latin on children were lucky to not have been victims of the Vandals.
P1B1U1H1 2 months ago
@P1B1U1H1 yes yes they were but the vandals were at mercy of Rome. the Huns would have crushed them
EricVZLeon 2 months ago
@EricVZLeon That is true. They adopted the dominant culture, as they were a minority, but they left some words like "guerra" for war instead of "bellum" and "birra" for beer instead of Latin "cerevecia", which the Spanish and Portuguese retained.
FRAGIORGIO1 2 months ago
@P1B1U1H1 Necessity is frequently the teacher. The Romans established colonies all over their empire, and commerce and public and legal administrations necessitated the use of Latin in the West. In the Eastern Mediterranean, Greek was the binding language, thanks to Alexander's conquests and Greek commerce and culture. How many people learn English now for the internet, international commerce, popular songs, etc?
FRAGIORGIO1 2 months ago
@FRAGIORGIO1 For children of the pre-Vatican II era, it was force feeding (or so the kids thought) of a dead language. Such might well have become Vandals out of thoughts of revenge.
P1B1U1H1 2 months ago
@P1B1U1H1 OK, I see you're joking and it's Funny. But you know in western Europe, anyone in the higher pre-university levels of education study Latin. When the authorities in Oxford (or was it Cambridge?) tried to drop Latin as a requirement, it was the Students who demanded it not be dropped! When I lived in Italy, the students in Liceo Classico-Filosofico (pre Univ) studied Latin and Greek, and a Dutch friend of mine had studied both languages in the Netherlands.
FRAGIORGIO1 2 months ago
@FRAGIORGIO1 True enough, but methinks my friend Frageiorgio here might well have been one of the vandals himself had he not exhibited considerable self-restraint. Yes. Yes. Yes. It's good for you. Sort of like, well, like broccoli.
P1B1U1H1 2 months ago
@P1B1U1H1 Tell me about it. I studied Classical Latin too! I much prefer Ecclesiastical Latin which has some similarities in grammar with neo-Latin languages and is easier to understand. In 1967, the school year I had in Italy was begun by a talk from a Croatian priest in Rome who spoke in Ecclesiastical Latin, and I found I could understand it pretty well ! "Vix credere potui" (I could hardly believe it). He cheated, however, because he put any numbers in Italian!
FRAGIORGIO1 2 months ago
sorry, Quebe should be latin province, not country ;P (i know, it's province from Canada not country)
davlor86 2 months ago
@davlor86 No problem, although French isn't spoken only in Quebec, but also in New Brunswick, and some other areas of Canada as well. There are some French-speaking groups in New England too (surprise).
FRAGIORGIO1 2 months ago
..and Catalan-Valencian'Balearic (which three are sometimes called Catalan, but I prefer to respect their histories and call these variants "Orientan" to signify they are in the oriental or eastern part of Iberia). What internationally is known as "Spanish" is called Castilian in Spain. There are some very distinct "dialects", if so they can be called, in Asturias, Leon, and Aragon. Latin American dialects are mutually intelligible, although some vocabulary or grammar may be different.
FRAGIORGIO1 2 months ago
@FRAGIORGIO1 Oh, yeah, I remember the Spanish tour guide talking about 'Castellano'. Spanish in Spain is like pretty well any other European language in Europe, lots of dialects with different languages entirely in some regions. It's like any other melting pot, I guess. Of the three distinct 'Orientan' tongues, however, I was not aware. Is French Catalan different yet?
Gustaveleloup 2 months ago
@Gustaveleloup Catalan-speaking French citizens of Rousillon were taken in one of Louis XIV's wars. Most people speak of Catalan for the three tongues. The Valencians don't like that since they have such a long separate history, but the languages are one and the same as are the uses of the Balearic Islands. I suggest neutral "Orientan" (not "Oriental") similar in use to "Occitan" (or Langue d'oc) in France for the southern languages such as Provenzal, Acquitanian, etc.
FRAGIORGIO1 2 months ago
The word "hispanic" comes from the Latin word for Spajn: "hispania", but it is used to refer to what is common among the Spanish-speaking nations, mainly being the language in general (with minor dialectal variants) and some other shared values, such as the Catholic faith. In Latin America (mostly Spanish and Portuguese-speaking with some French) there is a lot of Indian mixture and black. In Spain, there are 3 other languages: Gallego-Portuguese; Basque; and
FRAGIORGIO1 2 months ago
@FRAGIORGIO1 ...catalan?
Gustaveleloup 2 months ago
@Gustaveleloup Catalan and the other sister languages (or dialects) of Valencia and the Balearics is a distinct language, and is more closely related to Provenzal and other southern French uses. An example I remember from a Mass I attended in Barcelona: "Germans, el Senyor sigui amb vosaltres" (Brethren, the Lord be with you). In Castilian Spanish it is, "Hermanos, el Senor sea con vosotros" (in Latin America: "con Ustedes"). The Castilian "Senor" sounds like "senyor".
FRAGIORGIO1 2 months ago
Being latin means you come from Latin Europe. France, Spain, Italy, Portugal, and other areas Latin culture and roman catholicism is practiced. Latino is latin in spanish. I don't know why people uses latin as latin american when there mostly amerindian, not italian, spanish etc. Latin America is anywhere that Spain or France once colonized including Quebec, Canada. Quebec was a french colony and therefore part of Latin America. Latins are caucasian, not George Lopez and Sammy Sosa but Pitbull
TheMikerandazzo 2 months ago
@TheMikerandazzo the Latins were a ancient Italic (Italian) tribe.
Most people in Spain,Portugal,France,Italy and Romania are not actual descendants of the Latins.
Pitbull is NOT a latin,he is a U.S. American,and his race? To be honest,he doesn't look white-caucasian to me.
1coolguysuper 2 months ago
@1coolguysuper You don't have to be a descendant of the tribe. You just have to be from Latin Europe.
Pitbull is white and has blue eyes. He is a true spanish person with family from Spain, not an amerindian trying to pass off for hispanic.
TheMikerandazzo 2 months ago
@TheMikerandazzo Pitbull is NOT from Latin Europe,he is from the U.S.
Also, just cause one has blue eyes,it doesn't automatically make one "white", hell there are black people who also have blue eyes.
Your probably some black Cuban who wants to be white.
1coolguysuper 2 months ago
@1coolguysuper does it matter hes was born in USA hes roots are latin american european
EricVZLeon 2 months ago
@1coolguysuper Yeah I'm a black Cuban that wants to be white, who is argueing that only whites are really latins.
Also look at my last name Randazzo. You can't get much more Italian than that.
TheMikerandazzo 2 months ago
@TheMikerandazzo I made that comment about your last name without seeing your explanation, so pardon the overkill. Nevertheless, there could be a black or brown Randazzo. Look at the great Brooklyn Dodger catcher, Roy Campanella. He had both Italian and Black blood. I don't know how much his family shared a Latino lifestyle.
FRAGIORGIO1 2 months ago
@TheMikerandazzo Latin is used for certain cultural ties, principally through the neo-Latin languages that make a commonality among many nations. The name Latin America is obviously a reference to that common bond, even if very generic. The language and some other intangibles bond whites, blacks, aborigenes, and mixed race (mestizos) people who speak Spanish, Portuguese (you forgot!) and French speakers in Latin America as well. So, Caucasian is not a determining quality at all.
FRAGIORGIO1 2 months ago
@FRAGIORGIO1 Your missing the point. True Latins are Europeans and European descendants. What are europeans? WHITE! The descendants of European settlers called themselves Latin Americans or latinos because they were descendants of white europeans. Then ex-slaves and amerindians started calling themselves latinos and totally screwed up the true meaning. Now it translates to a mixed race spanish speaking person in the Americas which is a false meaning. Call them South Americans now
TheMikerandazzo 2 months ago
@TheMikerandazzo So in order to be European one has to be white?
That's like saying in order to be American one has to Native.
European is a multi-racial continent.
There are black europeans,asian europeans etc.
if you are a black or asian person who is born in Spain, then you are Hispanic.
1coolguysuper 2 months ago
@1coolguysuper Europe is only a multi racial continent because of immigration. I meant in order to be a true latin you have to be a true european from Latin Europe. If you are black and born in France that doesn't make you a European. It makes you European cultrually but you don't lose African roots and gain European roots
TheMikerandazzo 2 months ago
@TheMikerandazzo That is the stupidest thing I ever heard.
So people born here in the U.S. of European origin are not American then?
European is a demonym refer to people born in Europe.
European is NOT a race just like how American is not a race, Europe and America are both CONTINENTS.
like I said earlier, I'm talking about present day not origins.
1coolguysuper 2 months ago
@1coolguysuper No your not American DESCENDANT unless your a Native American. You can certaintly be an American citizen but that does not make you a Native American. All Americans came from somewhere else and immigrated.
Never said European was a race. But true Europeans by descent are people who can trace their heritage back to Europe. You could be a chinaman 15 generations living in England but your still an Asian by descent, European by birth. Thats fact I'm not making it up
TheMikerandazzo 2 months ago
@TheMikerandazzo Descent and origin are two different subjects.
What you are describing is "origin",
But by using your logic, no one would be European,American,or Asian since the human race origins are from Africa.
But of course that's stupid.
Like I said, descent and origin are two different subjects.
1coolguysuper 2 months ago
@TheMikerandazzo I'm sorry, but you are mixed up. What do the white European "Latins" have in Common?? It is their neo-Latin languages and cultural roots ONLY, so it is Not a Race thing. Thus, all those who speak the Different neo-Latin languages and share some common cultural traits are "Latin". Latin Americans are therefore y por lo tanto, "latinos" insofar as that definition goes In General also, "Latin" peoples (plural) are Catholic,and that colors Latin cultures generally.
FRAGIORGIO1 2 months ago
@TheMikerandazzo Just stop and think, Mike. What makes those Europeans "Latin"? It's the Linguistic roots from ancient Latin. It's NOT Celtic, Teutonic, Greek, Italic, Cathaginian, Dacian, etc. blood. Again, it is the tie of Latin LANGUAGES. There is therefore NO reason to limit it only to European Latins. I don't care what the archaic Academia de la Lengua says in Spain. They toot their Own horn, just as some British say that only they speak English.
FRAGIORGIO1 2 months ago
@FRAGIORGIO1 so are you saying their is no Latin Europe???
EricVZLeon 2 months ago
@EricVZLeon Certainly, there is a Latin Europe where the neoLatin languages are spoken, mainly the whole southwest of Europe and Romania in the east. Note, however, that while the great majority of southwestern Europeans are Catholic, the Romanians are principally Eastern Orthodox.
FRAGIORGIO1 2 months ago
@TheMikerandazzo latin can alsobe mestizos.
EricVZLeon 2 months ago 2
@TheMikerandazzo Latino is used to refer to Latin-language based cultures, and is NOT a Racial thing. Mike, your last name is Italian, Randazzo, but maybe you were born here, as so many others of us. You may not even speak Spanish or Italain: I don't know, but your name shows a cultural tie to Latin culture. Language has been the main cultural tie among those speaking neo-Latin languages, whatever their race, ethnic makeup, or nationality.
FRAGIORGIO1 2 months ago
@dagc43 Brazilians Are Americans Brazilians Are Lusophones Braizilians Not Brazials
ontario863 3 months ago
Latins Are From Europe Hispanics From The Kingdom Of Spain Anglos From England The People From The United Mexican States Are Americans America Is A Continent Not A Couintry People From Spanish-Speaking Countries Are Hispanophiles Canadians Colombians Mexicans Brazials Are Americans Unitedstatesians Too
ontario863 3 months ago
@ontario863 Sorry, but you have your terms mixed up. Hispanophiles could mean People who like Spain or the internationally Spanish-language culture. The terms are used for culturally and linguistically defined people. Latins are those from neo-latin language cultures (Italy, Spanish-speaking countries, French-speaking countries/regions, Romanians, Occitans, Catalan-Valencian-Balearics (I call them "Orientanes"), Portuguese-Gallego speaking areas, etc. Anglos are white English-speaking folks
FRAGIORGIO1 2 months ago
@ontario863 Ummm... No. First of all, please consider using punctuation. Once you've mastered the basics of that, try making sense.
Gustaveleloup 2 months ago
@dagc43 is their another Iberian peninsula lol? ViVA Iberia
EricVZLeon 3 months ago
@dagc43 I know im just saying you are a mulatto correct? well amlost half a of Brasil is mulatto. plus like Mejico and Spain share history so does portugual and Brasil. like me im Spanish latino yes also Hispanic but nothing Latinamerican but I blended in and felt at home in with White and Mestizos Mexicans
EricVZLeon 3 months ago
@dagc43 lol mulattoes are very rare in Mejico, you would probably blend better in Venezuela or Brasil, but Mexico the Mestizos for the most part have more Caucasian then native.
EricVZLeon 3 months ago
@dagc43 How are mexicans support to look?
Racially I'm Mestizo but lean more to the caucasian side, and in mexico,there are many different looks.Are you referring to the dark skin mestizo?
Mestizos are like snowflakes,we come in many different looks (checkout a video I made awhile back about Mestizos of Mexico in my channel and see how we vary).
South America is mostly mestizo and pardo, so you might look like an mulatto/pardo Brazilian like Ronaldiho.
1coolguysuper 3 months ago
we are brasilians and in my point off viewn also latinos but hispanic.
TheFrancothemaster 3 months ago
@TheFrancothemaster mmm nop hispanic no, latino yes
miuk146 3 months ago
@TheFrancothemaster Brazilians are Latinos, because they share a neo-Latin language, but not Hispanics, because they speak Portuguese and not Spanish (Hispania was the Roman/Latin name for Spain). Under the Romans, Portugal was most of the province of Lusitania, which is why Camoes called his great work "Lusiada". Interesting fact is that the Roman capital of Lusitania was Emerita Augusta, which is now called Merida in Extremadura, Spain. There are some interesting ruins there.
FRAGIORGIO1 2 months ago
According to the Royal Academy of Spanish Language: Latino: 1. adj. Natural Lazio. U. t. c. s., 2. adj. Pertaining to the people of Latium cities or Roman law, 3. adj. Pertaining to the Latin language .. Hispano. 1. adj. Of or pertaining to Spain., 2. adj. Spanish., 3. adj. Pertaining to the nations of Latin America., 4. adj. Pertaining to the Hispanic-origin population that lives in the United States of America., 5. m. and f. Person from that country living in the United States of America.
Nefthisa 3 months ago
@Nefthisa The dictionary "Nuevo Espasa Ilustrado -2001" (from Spain) also calls latins "those natives of the peoples of Europe in which languages derived from Latin are spoken". Notice the EUROCENTRISM of this idiotic definition, although the Only thing that unites the different peoples is LANGUAGE. Also, what would these Racists call Latin America then? Not Latin? Imperialists in the Real Academia del Idioma and publications emanating from Imperial Spain:-ALL speakers of neoLatin. Punto!
FRAGIORGIO1 2 months ago
latino IS a race of mixing tainos africans and spanish euros for yearsssss dats y thers lit to black skined latinos DUHH i hate this shyt foreel it trys 2 tak our pride
undergrounhiph0p 3 months ago
@dagc43 Part 2
We are Mexican, and Spain has NO say in who we are,no more then England has a say on who the U.S is.
Mexicans are Mestizos/Mestizaje (racially and culturally ) and Spaniards are Hispanic.
1coolguysuper 3 months ago
@dagc43 Hispanics are from Hispania aka Spain.
The Latins were an ancient Italian tribe that later became the Roman Empire.
If your not from Spain,then you are NOT hispanic,and if you are not a descendant of the ancient Italic tribe then you are NOT Latin/Latino.
if you are from Brazil,then you are just Brazilian,and race is another issue.
1coolguysuper 3 months ago
@1coolguysuper Hispanic refers not to nation nor ethnic nor racial differences. it is a Cultural thing that is principally linked to a Neo-Latin language spoken by people. Some people are called Hispanic just because of their ethnic makeup, even though they don't speak Spanish, so that confuses the issue. And Latin America is then....? You are too extreme. Latin or neo-Latin languages are over western and southern Europe (and Romania) and over the Americas.
FRAGIORGIO1 2 months ago
in reality Mexico and South Americans should be called "ibero americans".Hispanic people are from Portugal and Spain and latin people from Europe (Yes EUROPE) Spain, Italy, Portugal, France, Romania, etc. they're all "latin" countries.
davlor86 3 months ago
@davlor86 Latin American is also called Ibero-America.
Why should Latin Americans be called Ibero, as Ibero means Iberian.
Because of nationalistic reasons, the Portuguese don't consider themselves Hispanics and instead consider themselves Lusitanians. If the Portuguese wanted, they can also consider themselves Hispanic as the other name of Lusitania was Hispania Lusitania and a Province of Hispania Ulterior.
LatinoIsntARace 3 months ago
@davlor86 What about French speakers in Lesser Antilles islands, French Guiana, Haiti, and Canada? They aren't to be taken into consideration? Of course they are.
FRAGIORGIO1 2 months ago
@FRAGIORGIO1 i couldn't find my comment, but real latins are originally from Europe, Spain, Italy, Portugal, France, Romania, they're all latin countries. The term in the America's should be used to refer people whose ancestry is from these countries, but now it's been wrongly used to refer people who speak either spanish, portuguese or french and even worse, some people now refer it as a "race" That's why Quebec for example is not considered latin country, but IT SHOULD be considered latin.
davlor86 2 months ago
"Hispanic" is a person whose first language is Spanish,especially one from a Latin American country,and "Latino" is a person from Latin America.the US government use the term "Hispanic" to classify them from other ethnic groups like Asian or African Americans.we are not one race in particular 'cause we come in a wide variety of colors.
nostalgiamelancolia1 3 months ago
You can call me Hispanic or Latino, just dont call me "Mexican." Not every person that speaks Spanish is Mexican. But since I was born in the U.S. call me American :)
ranchokid22 3 months ago
latins are from italy hispanics are from spain... mexicans are native american indian being this was all mexico at one time
aztec714ok 3 months ago
@aztec714ok shut the fuck up Mexican Mestizos and Whites are as HIspanic and Latino as me a spaniard. indios are neither. Mexicos white population is the 3rd largest of Latin America
EricVZLeon 3 months ago
@EricVZLeon ugly fart my ancestors were there from day one you dont have mayan or aztec so you aint no real mexican
aztec714ok 3 months ago