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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]At least the kids do, I'm not sure about the adults. I am a substitute teacher -primarily middle and high school,  and I've noticed that kids from Mexico and South America call themselves Spanish. Yesterday while subbing I overheard a discussion where kids (all Hispanic) were shocked to find out that one of their classmates was half "Spanish". The girl actually said that her mom was white and her dad was from Guatemala, but to them that counts as Spanish. Don't these kids know that Spain is in Europe?  Why don't they just refer to themselves as Hispanic, Latino, or their individual nationality? White Americans don't go around calling themselves English. 
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Why do People from the USA refer to themselves as Americans?  They're from the US, not the whole continent.  Do they not understand geography?
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Truth![/quote]

Not truth. America is the name for the United States. [/quote]
There's North America, South America, and Central America (not an official continent, but a geographical signatory). There are many separate countries in North America. Only one of those is the US. [/quote]

Ok, but citizens of the U.S. Don't use the term American as a racial designation. Hispanic kids refer to their classmates as being White, Black, or Spanish. I find it odd that they don't seem to realize that Spanish is a nationality that describes someone from Spain. It's not a racial designation. [/quote]

Why does this upset you?  Do you care if someone says Caucasian versus white?  It's not just Hispanic kids who do this, the white kids call the Hispanic kids Spanish too.  Do they not know that Spanish means from Spain.  You sound uptight.   [/quote]

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