I’m bloody sick and tired of ‘’Latino’’ this and “Latino’’ that. Latin is a language, not a race but regardless. Haven’t we enough hyphenated groups? Why the Hell can’t we just be “Americans’’?
Latino is the word used to replace Hispanic—its a reference to a culture based on Spanish/Portuguese civilization from South America. Much of it is focused on Language (ie, Spanish) and Religion (Roman Catholic) The word is also a buzz word for Mexican—it never has been about Race— and Latino could mean very European types to Blacks (Cuban/etc..) Newer buzz word is Latina to mean women of the Hispano Culture. It is a clumsy word at best and does little to reflect the voting block that is diversity and vitality that has culture roots that can be traced to the Ancient Roman to Spanish Empires just as Anglo Culture reflects The culture of the English Empire.