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Originally Posted by Zagato289
As far as i know, the word hispanic is only used for people that come from Spain or are half Spaniards, so you dont call a mexican, puerto rican, etc a hispanic.
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Hispanic means that the roots came from Spain. If you look at history all of these countries they were started by Spanish settlers coming from Spain. Of course they mixed with the local natives, but all Spanish speaking countries natives outside of Spain ( in Spain they are Spanish) are refereed to as Hispanic. Even the U.S. government classifys them as Hispanic.(Technically White of Hispanic origin)