QUESTION FOR THE PEOPLE OF CENTRAL OR SOUTHERN AMERICAN DECENT

[The Duke of Earl]

ON TEST OR APPLICATION DO U MARK LATINO AND HISPANIC ?


WHY DO U CONSIDER YOUR SELF LATIN OR HISPANIC ? LATIN WOULD BE SOUTHERN EUROPEAN , HISPANIC IS SPANISH .

I DO UNDER STAND THE FACT THAT MOST OF US ARE NOT FULL BLOODED NATIVE WE HAVE LATIN AND HISPANIC BLOOD IN US BUT IF YOU CONSIDER YOUR SELF MEXICAN ,SALVIDOREAN , CUBAN , OR WHAT EVER COMIN FROM A SOUTHERN OR CENTRAL AMERICAN COUNTRY WHY DO U CALL YOUR LATIN OR HISPANIC INSTEAD OF NATIVE. I KNOW THERES ALOT OF EUROPEAN INFLUENCE IN OUR CULTURES SUCH AS THE ROMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH, SPEAKING SPANISH,ENGLISH OR PORTIGUEES(sP?).

 

[Mcleanhatch]

i always thought the term latino included puerto ricans, cubans, columbians, ect, ect.....while the term
hispanic meant that your roots eventually trace back to Spanish decent. and since i am Mexican which is a combination of Spanish and native i consider hispanic more accurate than latino because latino include all those previous races.

anyways i would put chicano, if that isnt available i would probly put caucasion second and then hispanic third

 

[The Duke of Earl]

mestizo is what you are thinkin of being a combination of native and spanish

 

[Mcleanhatch]

yes, thats the term.

but you said choose between latino and hispanic

 

[The Duke of Earl]

mexican is native , word comes from mexica wich is what the aztecs were called ,when u mark latino or hisapnic ive seen on test its say "latino or hispanic" next to the bubble , so why do u mark latino or hisapanic if you say your mexican ?

 

[Mcleanhatch]

mexican is native , word comes from mexica wich is what the aztecs were called ,when u mark latino or hisapnic ive seen on test its say "latino or hispanic" next to the bubble , so why do u mark latino or hisapanic if you say your mexican ?

like i said before neither is my top choice my top choice would be chicano. but if i had to choose between the two it would be hispanic because it is the more accurate of the 2 (even though it isnt very accurate).

 

[nefar559]

when i hear the word Latino/a i think people from latin america.
when i hear hispanic i i think people of spanish decent.

i consider to be chicano, beucase my parents are from mexico and
i was born here in the states.

i would NEVER say i'm caucasion

 

[Mcleanhatch]

when i hear the word Latino/a i think people from latin america.
when i hear hispanic i i think people of spanish decent.

i consider to be chicano, beucase my parents are from mexico and
i was born here in the states.

yup, exactly how i feel

i would NEVER say i'm caucasion

what would you put if it said you had to choose, and it was very broad. (this is just hypothetical cause i think it is almost always optional)

1. caucasian
2. black
3. asian

 

[nefar559]

what would you put if it said you had to choose, and it was very broad. (this is just hypothetical cause i think it is almost always optional)

1. caucasian
2. black
3. asian

i don't think i'll ever encounter this situation....i'll just leave it
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[Mcleanhatch]

i don't think i'll ever encounter this situation....i'll just leave it
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fair enough