Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:From about.com

Important Points to Remember

The difference between Latino and Hispanic:
Latino generally refers to countries (or cultures) that were once under Roman rule. This includes Italy, France, Spain, etc. Brazilians are considered to be Latino, but are not considered to be Hispanic.
Hispanic describes cultures or countries that were once under Spanish rule (Mexico, Central America, and most South America where Spanish is the primary language).
In American-English, Latino has come to be equated with Hispanic and are often used interchangeably without offense. However:

Latino: When referring to gender neutral, identifying both men and women, use Latino.
Latina: When specifically referring to women, use Latina.

Brazil was under Roman rule? I missed that part of World History.

So, would people from Cote d'Ivoire, for example, be Latino? After all, they colonized by France and speak a Romance language. However, I've never heard them identified that way.

For that matter, Britain was once under Roman rule, and my ancestors came from there. Does that make me Latino as well as WASP?

I have heard that the term Latino includes all of Latin America, while Hispanic is limited to Spanish speaking countries, but the rest of your definition makes no sense to me.

Here is a little bit of reading to explain the influence of Rome

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hispanic

Well then, I guess I won't be using about.com as a source of info in the future.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:From about.com

Important Points to Remember

The difference between Latino and Hispanic:
Latino generally refers to countries (or cultures) that were once under Roman rule. This includes Italy, France, Spain, etc. Brazilians are considered to be Latino, but are not considered to be Hispanic.
Hispanic describes cultures or countries that were once under Spanish rule (Mexico, Central America, and most South America where Spanish is the primary language).
In American-English, Latino has come to be equated with Hispanic and are often used interchangeably without offense. However:

Latino: When referring to gender neutral, identifying both men and women, use Latino.
Latina: When specifically referring to women, use Latina.

Brazil was under Roman rule? I missed that part of World History.

So, would people from Cote d'Ivoire, for example, be Latino? After all, they colonized by France and speak a Romance language. However, I've never heard them identified that way.

For that matter, Britain was once under Roman rule, and my ancestors came from there. Does that make me Latino as well as WASP?

I have heard that the term Latino includes all of Latin America, while Hispanic is limited to Spanish speaking countries, but the rest of your definition makes no sense to me.

It's not my definition... It's from About.com!

Anonymous wrote:From about.com

Important Points to Remember

The difference between Latino and Hispanic:
Latino generally refers to countries (or cultures) that were once under Roman rule. This includes Italy, France, Spain, etc. Brazilians are considered to be Latino, but are not considered to be Hispanic.
Hispanic describes cultures or countries that were once under Spanish rule (Mexico, Central America, and most South America where Spanish is the primary language).
In American-English, Latino has come to be equated with Hispanic and are often used interchangeably without offense. However:

Latino: When referring to gender neutral, identifying both men and women, use Latino.
Latina: When specifically referring to women, use Latina.

Brazil was under Roman rule? I missed that part of World History.

So, would people from Cote d'Ivoire, for example, be Latino? After all, they colonized by France and speak a Romance language. However, I've never heard them identified that way.

For that matter, Britain was once under Roman rule, and my ancestors came from there. Does that make me Latino as well as WASP?

I have heard that the term Latino includes all of Latin America, while Hispanic is limited to Spanish speaking countries, but the rest of your definition makes no sense to me.

From about.com

Important Points to Remember

The difference between Latino and Hispanic:
Latino generally refers to countries (or cultures) that were once under Roman rule. This includes Italy, France, Spain, etc. Brazilians are considered to be Latino, but are not considered to be Hispanic.
Hispanic describes cultures or countries that were once under Spanish rule (Mexico, Central America, and most South America where Spanish is the primary language).
In American-English, Latino has come to be equated with Hispanic and are often used interchangeably without offense. However:

Latino: When referring to gender neutral, identifying both men and women, use Latino.
Latina: When specifically referring to women, use Latina.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:For you, OP, what's the different between Hispanic and Latino?

Self-identification, sometimes people prefer one term over the other.

NOOOOOOOOOO

Hispanics are people who came from Spain!!!

Latinos are those who come from countries COLONIZED BY Spain!

didn't you guys know that?

Anonymous wrote:So Hispanics are either white or black, correct?

Is this equivalent to Italians being "white"? If so, how does a Hispanic determine if they are white or black?

Or Native American or mixed race or Asian.

Kind of like Americans. In the US we don't think of "American" as an ethnicity, but it is, with smaller subgroups such as African American, or Cajun, or . . .

Similarly people living in, say, Panama, probably don't primarily identify themselves as Hispanic or Latino/a, but in America they are often lumped together with others to form a larger ethnic category.

'As to why we separate out Hispanic identity on forms that otherwise ask for race, it's because in our country there's a pattern of discrimination based on Hispanic heritage, that's unique among Ethnic groups, and is more similar to racism. So, if an organization or the government is collecting data in order to identify potential bias and determine equal access (the most common reason for collecting this data) it makes sense to collect data about whether or not someone is Hispanic/Latino/a.

So Hispanics are either white or black, correct?

Is this equivalent to Italians being "white"? If so, how does a Hispanic determine if they are white or black?

"Hispanic" is an ethnicity, not a race. I believe it means to be descended from people living in a country where Spanish was spoken. It can encompass different races (like white and black). I can't think of any other ethnicities like that.

Anonymous wrote:For you, OP, what's the different between Hispanic and Latino?

Self-identification, sometimes people prefer one term over the other.

For you, OP, what's the different between Hispanic and Latino?

00:10 here.

I must add that the Latino/Latina White/Black thing is EXTREMELY confusing to me.

Only African Americans are black. But not all blacks are African American.

To my understanding, in the Hispanic and Latino/Latina community one can be either of White or Black race. Does this exist in other minority communities? Is there an option for African Americans to choose a race outside of Black? What about in the Asian community, is race strictly Asian only?