[jakota]

Actually, jmacusa, Hispanic refers to Spain, Spanish decent.

[PowderMonkey]

LOL! The govt. slapped the “Hispanic” label on a former colleague because he came to the U.S. from Uruguay. His family originally immigrated from Italy to Uruguay when he was a boy. He's furious over his recently acquired ethnicity. “I'm Italian! There's not a drop of Hispanic blood in me!”

[jmacusa]

Bullsh!t. ‘’Hispanic ‘’was a term Richard Nixon came up with. People native to Mexico are not Spaniards and Spaniards don’t consider themselves ‘’Hispanic’’. All of the people from Mexico, Central and South America never referred to themselves as ‘’Hispanic’’. They referred to themselves as ‘’Mexicans’’ or Colombian’’. “Hispanic’’ is used as a wedge to make sure a certain group of people who speak Spanish are identified as something else first, a ‘’distinct ethnic community’’ and an American as an after thought and I’m fed up with it. We have one language, English. It is the language our founding documents are written it, it’s the language spoken in the wars we have fought to keep our land free and to bring freedom to others and we have one flag— The Stars and Stripes. If this isn’t good enough for “”Hispanics’’ or any other ‘’distinct ethnic community’’ then find another country. We’re a sovereign damn it, not a bloody boarding house.