what are thar real definition for hispanic or latinos ? and how many race them have?
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Hispanic is a term created by the U.S. federal government in the early 1970s in an attempt to provide a common denominator to a large, but diverse, population with connection to the Spanish language or culture from a Spanish-speaking country. \n\nLatinos;an American whose first language is Spanish\n\n   HISPANIC derives from the mostly white Iberian Peninsula that includes Spain and Portugal (Spain and Portugal are located in Europe).  \n        LATINO derives from the brown indigenous people of the Americas (Mexico, Central America, and South America). Mexico and most nations in Central and South Americas speak Spanish because they were once colonies of Spain.  \n        A large number of the population in the U.S. got used to hearing the term Hispanic mainly because the term was added to the census questionnaire in 1970, and, in turn, the term has not only been appearing on the census forms, but also on federal, state, and municipal applications for employment, school enrollment, and government assistance.  \n        The term Latino has, however, begun to be recognized by many people in the U.S. due to the large number of immigrants from Latin America currently living in the U.S.. It is worth noting that immigration from Latin America has considerably increased since 1980. Latin America consists of Mexico, Cuba, the Central American nations, and the South American nations.  \n        The terms, Hispanic and Latino, have been used interchangeably for several years, but there are many immigrants from Mexico and Central American nations who resent the interchangeable use of the terms. Meanwhile, the Hispanic community and the Latino community together represent a diverse group of individuals who share many things in common such as language, religion, and customs.  \n        On the other hand, the disagreement over the proper use of the terms has unfortunately been blown out of proportion. The bottom line is that the Hispanic/Latino community in the U.S. has been facing high unemployment, a skyrocketing high school dropout rate, and widespread opposition to immigrants. In addition, many people of Hispanic/Latino ancestry have been treated like second-class citizens.  \n        This is not the time for Hispanics and Latinos to waste time over terminology. Instead, this is the time for the Hispanic/Latino population, who has become the largest minority group and the fastest growing market in the U.S., to live up to its greatness and importance.
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People who are Spanish come from Spain, and they are not part of the campaign you speak of (almost all Spanish people come to the US with visas and proper immigration papers). Perhaps you are thinking of MEXICANS and other Latinos who insist on making the immigration issue one based on race.
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Black/White, Black/Latino
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This is actually a pretty touchy topic.\nMexican is what everyone else has mentioned...for Mexican nationals.  This does not include Mexican-American folks because they are actually American as in U.S.A.\nHispanic was the term used by the "white" man as in inclusive word for all central and south Americans...including Brazil.  Hispanic for "hispano" which was a word in the spanish language.  Hispano meaning from Spanish as in Spain descent.\nLatino was the word to sort of rebel from the Hispanic word because it was more pertaining to the central and south Americans.  Latino because those parts of the world many considered to be Latin America and their spanish is considerably different from the castilian spanish from Spain.\nIn order to answer your question, to whom are you referring?  If you know where the people or person is from, use their nationality term (peruvian, venezuelan, etc).  If you don't, use Hispanic or latino, they are used interchangably and most folks are used to both terms.  But I think most would prefer Latino.
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OK, Pig...first off it's HISPANICS!! It's called spell check!\n\nSecondly, are you saying North America like the US, or the continent? Cuz Hispanics make up the whole southern central piece of the continent...so I could go on & on about their countries!\n\nReferring to the US, do you eat food? A lot of it is harvested by migrant workers....and some of it is shipped in FROM Latin American countries? Ever heard of Taco Bell (OK, so that's a lil sarcastic, but still) or how about Texas, New MEXICO, Colorado, Montana, Nevada, California....oh soooo many names that have come from Spanish....how about roofing & construction or cleaning houses, etc? Or how about actresses & politicians & school teachers? How about song writers & dancers & the artists themselves? \n\nMaybe a better question would be, what areas have Hispanics NOT influenced? Cuz I can't think of a single one!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Puerto Rican, you determine the race of the child from the father. I'm Hispanic and my sons father is white, so my son is considered white.
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Have you ever heard of Charro? Then there is Jeff Garcia, fair complexion, red hair freckles....need I go on? As was pointed out, Spanish for Arroyo and like Charro a blonde. Latin Americans are Indian, or Indian and Spanish etc.
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be accepted...From some of the talk I think this has slid race relations back twenties years. The legal hispanics will get dirty looks and receive the same resentment just because of their skin color. I've already heard hispanics this and hispanics that. Dirty, lazy, freeloadin, criminal, gangster, drug dealers and all the other cliched stereotypes.
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Both... they're not Hispanics or Latinos... So it's both.\n\nI CANT BELIEVE WHAT THAT TOTS GIRL JUST SAID! WHEN THE HELL IS A MEXICAN A SPANISH PERSON!?!?!?!??!!!??!?!?! THATS LIKE ME CALLING AN AMERICAN A BRITISH PERSON!\n\nA Mexican is a Latino/Hispanic... a Spaniard or Spanish person is a person from Spain
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Well, consider this; when a white and a Latino have children, they are considered Hispanic. When an Asian and a Hispanic have children, they are considered Hispanic. With all the interracial relationships, it's just a matter of time before everyone in the world is one color, brown.
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You're not really latino, are you?\n\nWe can always tell. \n\nGo wash up, dinner's almost ready.
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I believe that Mexicans or at least most of them are a mixture of Indian and Spanish ancestry. Some have more Spanish than others. This is because Spanish conquistadors invaded South America and Mexico in the 1500's and tried to wipe them out by breeding with their women. That is why they speak Spanish in Mexico. Latino is a Spanish word. When people think of Spaniards they mistakenly assume that they are all tan skinned black haired people, like Mexicans. But actually Spaniards are Caucasian,and their skin can range from pale to tan and thier hair can be any color as well.\n\nIt should be noted that the proper use for Indian is to use it to refer to people of India. So really Mexicans were once Aztec before the Spanish invaded. But a lot of people still call Native Americans "Indians" and they are very similar to the Aztec peoples, just to clarify. They were basically the same race, but a different culture. But Indian is a confusing term for most people. Although I'm not offended by it's improper use, I find it's less complicated to call them Native Americans, or South Americans, or for the people of Mexico, Mexicans. But in considering your question I think that your use of it was okay, and not confusing for me.
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It is Latin which means " Out of many we are one ". Loosely translated. Regarding the people the many different nationalities of people that came to America legally to gain their freedom from tyranny and oppression.
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ok, there are 4\n1.blacks(i know this for sure becasue one tried to cus me out on youtube. notice i said tried)\n2. ok its either mexicans or just latinos in general.\n3. jews\n4. gays
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Seems like you are using the term "latin" in the old and original context, that is, someone with roman heritage or to be more particular, someone from Lacio. If the average mexican used the term with that meaning, it's very likely he'd be wrong.\n\nAnyway, the meaning of the term "latino" (latin), as used today in Latin-america, means someone who's born in a country with a language derived from latin. You can check that meaning in the dictionary of the Real Academy of the Spanish Language, it has other meanings as well and it all depends the context and region where it’s used.\n\nSo, when someone "happily" claim to be "latin" (a mexican in this case), means his/her roots are in a country where the native language is a romance language and I can tell you that's the usual way the term is used among mexicans. I live among "latins" and they claim to be that, they don't claim to be full (or half) blooded italians, they'd usually recognize themselves as mestizos from a racial point of view.\n\nSo, when someone is looking for a "latin" look, it'd be good to know what he means by a "latin" look, since different meanings are accepted in the spanish language. Antonio Banderas, as far as I remember, has usually played characters that imply a spanish heritage.\n\nMy feelings is that sometimes the meanings of the term “latin” are ignored, and when the meaning taken is that used centuries ago, the results can be very misleading. The problem I find is the different meanings of the word are sometimes ignored. I wouldn't be surprised that a mexican denied that italians are "latins" just by ignorance of the other meanings of the word. I think what's important is to know exactly how the term is used by the speaker and in what context it's used rather than taking the word as it had only one meaning.\n\nThose are my feelings as a mexican that happens to have some italian heritage (apart from spanish and arabic) and is aware about how his mexican pals use the word "latin".
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Latin America, that's why they are called latinos and latinas
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I will say idefinitely that about 95% of Hispanics have med brown, dark brown or black eyed color. Our hair is typically medium brown to dark, we also have people with blonde and red hair..not too often. Many just dyed the hair lighter but is not the "typical" Hispanic hair color.\n\nThere is also Hispanics with green eyes and the most unusual color is blue.  It really depends the country. For example most Mexicans/Peruvian/Colombian have brown eyes(I will say about 98%)  but   Argentinian, Uruguyan, Spanish have higher % of people with green and blue eyes. It really depends the history in the heritage (ex.more Spanish, indian descendentsetc). I hope it helps to answer your question. I personally very fair skin  and I am 100% Hispanic some people think Iam caucacian, so it really depends