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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have never heard my Mexican friends say they are "Spanish" (I went to school that was like 50% Hispanic). My DH from South America is Latino but largely Italian and never says he is Spanish.

Perhaps they claim Spanish because they are trying to sound European, which is more acceptable to bigots, who are super vocal with the hate.[/quote]

OP here. That's interesting. These kids were all from Central American backgrounds. Maybe Referring to oneself as Spanish is more a Central American phenomena instead of Mexican? [/quote]

Hey OP- I'll give you a helpful response instead of the usual DCUM bs you're currently having lobbed at you.

I grew up in the DC area and we called all the kids who spoke Spanish, or were from South America "Spanish."  Since then I've lived in Texas and the west coast.  In Texas, I found white people (the ones I knew) tended to refer to all south americans as "mexicans" and the south americans themselves often called themselves "latins" (which seems like the most fitting/correct name).  On the west coast I felt like Hispanics called themselves "latinos".

I feel like it's kind of regional thing that varies on how people want to identify themselves and the concentration in each area.  For example in Texas the vast, vast majority of Hispanics you meet are Mexican, hence many others being labelled as such if they speak Spanish, and the Hispanics there not really minding being lumped in with Mexicans.  They would probably be offended in LA where each different country tends to hold onto their group/core identity more.

My anecdotal experiences, but it is interesting, isn't it? [/quote]

OP here. Yes it is interesting and thank you for your response. I find it interesting that the term Hispanic has never really been adapted by the people it's supposed to describe. Maybe it's time to drop it altogether and perhaps use Latino instead since more Central/South Americans seem to use it.

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