Since part of my family is from Italy I get to call myself a Latino right ?
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Is that even a real question?
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Your nationality is the country you are a citizen of.\nEthnicity is what your asking about. Go back as far as your great-grandparents for an easier definition of your ethnicity, but you can go back as far as you want - it just gets more complicated. I use my great-great-grandparents.
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He's actually half-black and half-Italian. And he also has a twin brother. :-D
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i would love to be 100% italian. i am already largely italian, i just love the culture and the food so much, and im dying to visit!
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haha, well people tell me i look italian all the time, so i think i can awnser this one... i think its cause we have Spicy meatballs... if ya know what i mean (wink wink)
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those  are fighting words and im not even italian
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I just don't know if you are referring Latinos as a whole or to an specific group. I know that must people that were born south of the USA, may speak the same way because after all Spanish is their native tongue, so when they move to speak English they may have sort of similar accent. Let me tell you something, not all "Latinos" are the same, Puerto Ricans, Cubans, Dominicans are very different to the rest of Latinamerica.  You don't say to an Irish he is British or to a Canadian he is American or to a Basque he is Spanish. Culture shouldn't be an excuse to do something wrong, when you are allowed into another country you should learn their customs and traditions. To say that because of my culture i do this or that, is just a lame excuse to avoid responsibility.
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Italians  ask often about themselves.\nSometimes Italians answer to that also.
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HELL YA! I AM SO PROUD OF WHERE I COME FROM AND MY HERITAGE!\nPUERTO RICAN PRIDE WORLD WIDE!!!!!!!
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I am neither Mexican or Italian, but from my experiences knowing nationals with Mexican heritage, some of them resent Mexicans from Mexico.  The reason I'm not sure.  One man said because they give all Mexicans a bad reputation.  I don't believe in stereotyping any nationality but I guess he doesn't have problem with that.
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I'm Italian - actually Sicilian - so here goes - my ancestors got alot of these when they first immigrated and then again during WWII\n\nLoud\nobnoxious\nIgnorant\nOverweight\ncriminals - bookies, hitman, mafioso, etc.\nfacists\ncommunists\nilliterate\nkillers - (WWII reference)\nthieves\ndirty - meaning lack of personal hygiene
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no way that latino is 100% ligit...i know because i'm latino and my sister can do it too, can't say i can yet(smile)
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yes theyre italian and italians are white some white people are darker my moms italian and she has blond hair n blue eyes
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You probably have some Italian in your background.  We tend to talk with our hands.\n\nHonestly, I don't think it is social, I was raised American not Italian, but I do it too.  I think there might be something genetic involved, but yes, I wave my hands around while talking as you have described.\n\nGreeks to it too.  I think it is Mediterranean in nature.  \n\n-Dio
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not just the Italians.  My Mum, 100% French Canadian, always uses her hands when she speaks.  FYI, if you grab their hands when they are talking, they stutter.
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Well to tell you the truth I really disagree with both terms. I don't agree with them because they both neglect our indigenous background. Both terms are Eurocentric and where implemented by the U.S. So if you really think about it we have been label as either Latin Euro or Spanish but many of us are Mestizos and we must take into consideration the indigenous blood in us. I guess the moral of the story is that individuals should not be labeled to the convenience of others. Instead take into consideration your self identity and what really encompasses who you are and remember that individuals should also know why you are Hispanic, Latino, or Chicano.
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That person is a LATINO because portuguese is a Latin lenguage, same way with spanish and italian.\nA Brazilian person cannot be Hispanic, because Hispanic people come frome countries whose lenguage is Spanish.\n\nIt dosent matter if you are Palestinian, Black, White, Yellow or Blue, you are still a Latino