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Originally Posted by mercedesjin
We were also once referred to as Negros by the US government. That was wrong, so we fought for a change. With Sotomayor, hopefully it'll be easier to fight for basic Latino rights as well. 
Hispanic refers to people who are Spanish - as in, from Spain. Latino refers to people who are from Latin America.
Latino: (Capital “L,” with “a” or “o” at the end used to connote gender.) Politically correct term for those from Spanish or Portuguese speaking cultures. “We use it instead of Hispanic when we want to refer to many different national groups where there has been an indigenous-European mix,” says Sen. |
AGAIN I WILL SAY YOU WILL DIE BEFORE YOU EVER ADMIT YOU ARE WRONG!
I am looking at a U.S. Government computer right now and it says "White of Hispanic Origin".
Not Latino! It also says "Black or African American". Are you going to bitch about that too? Who cares about Sotomayor, she claimed she was a smart Latina. Puerto Rico is not in Latin America, it is in the Caribbean.
You win. I give up. The people who think they are so smart get the rest of us who are too tired and frustrated.
