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What is the difference between a Latino and a Hispanic?


2 posted on 07/11/2016 3:08:10 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum ("It's okay to commit felonies as long as breaking the law isn't your primary objective." James Comey)
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3 posted on 07/11/2016 3:10:21 PM PDT by hoosiermama (Trump is exposing the Fifth Column in the US)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

I wondered the same thing.
Hispanic used to mean people from the Iberian Peninsula, but now it has been stretched to anyone speaking Spanish.
Same for Latino, so why do they use both?


7 posted on 07/11/2016 3:14:01 PM PDT by Lurkinanloomin (Know Islam, No Peace - No Islam, Know Peace)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

If memory serves, Latino is a person of origin from the Americas -— where Hispanics originated from Hispanola (discovered by Columbus) in the Caribbean (Island of Haiti and Domenican Republic) — I think.


8 posted on 07/11/2016 3:16:19 PM PDT by EagleUSA
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
What is the difference between a Latino and a Hispanic?

I think, technically, I'm Hispanic, since my grandfather was born in Spain. I'm not Latino, however - I think Latinos are those from Spanish-speaking America.

11 posted on 07/11/2016 3:21:34 PM PDT by COBOL2Java (Donald Trump, warts and all, is not a public enemy. The Golems in the GOP are stasis and apathy)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

In short, “Hispanic” focuses on Spanish-speaking origin. This means Spain is included, but Brazil is not because Brazilians speak Portuguese. “Latino” refers to people of Latin American origin. This includes Brazil and excludes Spain.


15 posted on 07/11/2016 3:23:45 PM PDT by GilGil
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

“What is the difference between a Latino and a Hispanic?”

In general usage the words are used interchangeably.

A Hispanic is a person who speaks Spanish.

A Latino(or Latina) is a person whose country of origin is in Latin America.


17 posted on 07/11/2016 3:25:03 PM PDT by detective
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

What is the difference between a Black and an African-American?

What is the difference between a white and a caucasian?

I know official databases where each of the above pairs makes no sense at all. There is no standard definition.


18 posted on 07/11/2016 3:26:39 PM PDT by spintreebob
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

“What is the difference between a Latino and a Hispanic?”

A Latino is of Central American/Caribbean ancestry and not a “White Hispanic”

I think


21 posted on 07/11/2016 3:28:32 PM PDT by Fai Mao
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Latinos speak Latin


30 posted on 07/11/2016 3:33:39 PM PDT by GrandJediMasterYoda (By His wounds we are healed.)
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