Why so people call hispanic people Mexicans?
595915
THANK YOU! \ngod, it's so annoying.\ni'm salvadorian and dang, i can't believe people STILL think mexico is the only place that speaks spanish.\ni mean, mexico is awesome, but people need to get informed!\nyeah i go to a predominantly caucasian school and these people (i'm not stereotyping, i'm just saying. lol) they're like, "el salvador? what's that? isn't it the same thing as mexico?"\nit's frustrating, too, when your spanish teacher specifically speaks about only mexico when explaining a quinceanera. it's a latin american tradition, not just a mexican one.\n\n\nhaha. i got a little excited there, so sorry!
808869
Personally, I think the entire Hispanic label is sort of misleading. So many Americans think that the Hispanic people are a race, their not. They're like a group of people who share a language and that's about it. A Mexican has more in common with a Guatemalan then they do with Dominicans. Cubans have more in common with Puerto Ricans then they do Argentinans. Since you're Brazilian would you be Hispanic? That's hard, since "Hispanics" are people from Spanish-speaking countries. I have Brazilian friends, though, who mark themselves as Hispanics because they say they have more in common with Latin Americans then they do Americans. Whatever the USA tries to label you, remember that what you think you are is what really matters!
133205
Lack of Education - Possible. People might think Mexicans rule the Hispanic world!\n\nDescrimination - Again, possible. There are some pretty bad rumors out there about Mexicans.\n\nGeneralization - A lot of Hispanics I know are Mexican. Maybe they assumed most every Hispanic person is Mexican.
1005254
Real Latins are an ancient tribe of people living on the Italian peninsula.  They were there when Rome was built.\n\nthen in the second half of the 20th century, Latin came to mean all the Spanish-speakers form Mexico on south. (Latin America).\n\nSo, at this point, a majority of the Spanish speakers in this country can be referred to as Latinos, but they like to be called Hispanic and, at least here in NYC, consider themselves a separate race.
651122
What does it matter where they are from?  The issue is illegal immigration, not the country of origin.  Latinos have assumed a high profile in the marches and in the debate, so there is some reason to think in terms of 'Mexicans'. Your numbers bear that out since that 43% is illegal aliens from all of the other countries in the world, put together.\n\nHowever, I agree that name calling is a distraction at best, and nasty to read.  We could do without it, on BOTH sides of the debate.
877944
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!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
992477
I am not sure where you read that.  I can see whites and Mongolians, but negroid?  Where did you read that?  Mexicans are a mix of native Indians and Spanish.  Mexico has had a lot of migration throughout the years.  Have you ever traveled there?  There are people from all over Europe, Jews, Chinese, Americans even Polish to name a few.
1098385
I think because we have our own culture and cannot be compared to others, it's unique ...so why do people expect us to be like the rest???  \n\nWe are not Hispanics, we are not Latinos, we are Argentines... with our own language, derived from Spanish.\n\nI'm proud to be Argentine!\n~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\nNo soy latina, no soy hispana, solamente Argentina\nCon mi propio idioma derivado del Español
886824
yes there lots of hispanic americans remember the alamo where we took the land from mexico? lot of those people stayed when the new border was established so they were actually here before you were. so next time you call one of them a wet back just stop and think he just might be more of a citizen than i'm myself.
37249
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.
1128439
I know there are a lot of immigrants that are not white.  The reason people focus on Mexicans is because they are trying to use racism to get their own way with immigration laws.  Also Mexicans make up the majority of immigrants to the united states and they are relatively well organized when it comes to protesting.  This makes them more of a threat to the white American way of life.
617839
lol...thats pretty funny to hear, i live in los angeles, so i know exactly what your talking about. you probably hear them say, 'mira, ese chino!' they are saying 'looks, theres that chinese guy'= which they mean to refer to that asian guy. i know it feels pretty offensive, but its the same wiht the hispanics, if your hispanic, they automatically call you 'mexican' even if your 0 blood mexican.
30121
Hispanic people are a mix of several ethnic backgrounds, including European, American Indian, and African.
91081
Well, it isn't proper because ppl get offended. Please note above answers. Most don't get offended by black or white. I am terrible at guessing nationality so if I don't know I just don't say. We don't call mexicans brown either, so really their are a lot of inconsistities. Preety much the rule to follow is, go with the flow and if it is going to hurt someone, don't do it unless it is important, terminology isn't important
646502
Because they don't understand English in Mexico, So the Mexican want you to speak Mexican-Spanish to them. Next time pretend you don't speak Spanish.
417126
People make that assumption because they are the largest group of incoming illegal immigrants.  They aren't the only people who come to this country and stay without legal citizenship, but Mexicans do come and stay illegally in larger numbers than immigrants from any other single country.
981232
Anglo is used primarily in direct contrast to Hispanic or Latino. In this context it is not limited to persons of English or even British descent, but can be generally applied to any non-Hispanic white person. Thus in parts of the United States with large Hispanic populations, an American of Polish, Irish, or German heritage might be termed an Anglo just as readily as a person of English descent. However, in parts of the country where the Hispanic community is smaller or nonexistent, or in areas where ethnic distinctions among European groups remain strong, Anglo has little currency as a catch-all term for non-Hispanic whites.\ngoodluck ^_^