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[quote=Anonymous]I am not Spanish but I have a good friend who moved here from the Dominican Republic and told me the term "Hispanic" was something he had never heard until moving to the US, and that it is not commonly used among Latino/as. The literal meaning of the term "Hispanic" is of or pertaining to Spain/Iberia so your students are not massively deviating in using "Spanish" to describe themselves. They are words with the same root, and clearly one is their preferred term. White, non-Spanish speaking Americans would likely recognize the term "Hispanic" to mean someone who speaks Spanish (but may have a skin tone just as white, if not whiter). So "Hispanic" is a racial designation as is "Latino." "Spanish" seems to me to fit within this category. Clearly these kids are aware that they are not from Spain. [/quote]
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