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To: Greetings_Puny_Humans; equalator
Hispanic is a broad term.

The terms "Hispanic" and "latino/a" are based on the words "Spain" and "Latin."

Latin as in the language of European Caucasians. Spain, as in the Caucasian European country.

In reality, "Hispanic" and "latino/a" refer to dark-skinned indigenous natives of nations in the Western hemisphere colonized hundreds of years ago by Spanish-speaking conquerors.

It is a term used to determine a race based on a linguistic foundation, as if language determined race.

It's actually a pretty interesting evolution of language being an impediment to communication, as Hobbes might remark to Calvin (Calvin & Hobbes)!

35 posted on 05/31/2014 7:20:04 PM PDT by Finny (Thy word is a lamp unto my feet, and a light unto my path. -- Psalm 119:105)
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To: Finny
It's actually a pretty interesting evolution of language being an impediment to communication...

Don't you think that said language is being used as a tool to conflate language and race - and make race a bigger issue?

59 posted on 06/01/2014 5:12:02 AM PDT by Principled (Obama: Unblemished by success.)
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