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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I think it makes perfect sense. They're not going to say they're Guatemalan or Salvadoran just because their parents are from there. My parents were born and raised in Texas but zero part of me is Texan. Maybe they refer to themselves as Spanish because it's the one distinguishing factor they see between them and other kids. They're Americans who speak Spanish. It reminds me of when I was studying abroad in Europe. People would ask us (mostly white kids) where we were "from." We'd say Maryland or Virginia or whatever, and they'd say "no really, where were your people from? England? Germany?" Kids don't think in terms of heritage generations back.[/quote] But Spanish is the language they speak, not their race or nationality. They actually say they are Spanish as opposed to White or Black. How did Spanish come to be regarded as a racial group? I can't imagine someone from Spain would consider a Salvadoran to be Spanish. [/quote]
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