what is hipanic? what race is that? where comes from? LATINO I KNOW'?

Question

Puerto Ricans are American born, as are all other Americans.
So what the hellow is a Hispanic?
A latino, is a person or group whos launguage derives from LATIN, such as spanish, italian, french, excetra, so what is a hispanic????
WHO LABLED AMERICAN UNITED STATE PUERTO RICANS AS HISPANIC AND WHY? NOTE THE MANY LAST NAME FROM EROUPE ON PUERTO RICANS

Answer 1

"Hispanic (Spanish: Hispano) is a term denoting a derivation from Spain, her people and culture. It follows the same style of use as Anglo indicates a derivation of England and the English. Thus, the Spanish-American War in Spanish is known as Guerra Hispano-Estadounidense, the "Spanish-German Treaty" is Tratado Hispano-Alemán, and "Spanish America" is Hispanoamérica."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hispanic

Another quote from the same Wikipedia article:

"In Spain, Spanish-speaking Latin America and most countries outside the United States, Hispanic/Hispano is not commonly employed as an indicator of ancestry, however, this can be implied depending on the context. When used in this manner, in Spanish-speaking Latin America an Hispano is commonly regarded to be any person whose ancestry stems, in whole or in part, from the people of Spain — to the contrast of the non-Hispanic (ie. non-Spanish descended) population. In this sense, when speaking of a nation's Hispanic population, those who are implied are Spaniards, criollos, mestizos, and mulattos, to the exclusion of indigenous Amerindians, unmixed descendants of black African slaves or other non-Spanish descended peoples who may reside in each respective country, regardless of whether they now use Spanish as their first and only language."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hispanic

The US Census Bureau defines Hispanic as those who self-identify their origin as Spanish, Hispanic or Latino of any race.
http://rkn.buffalo.edu/data/datanotes.cfm?GroupID=120

Another Census Bureau definition:

"The U.S. Census Bureau defines Hispanic Origin as:

Persons of Hispanic origin were identified by a question that asked for self-identification of the person's origin or descent. Respondents were asked to select their origin (and the origin of other household members) from a "flash card" listing ethnic origins. Persons of Hispanic origin, in particular, were those who indicated that their origin was Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, Central or South American, or some other Hispanic origin. It should be noted that persons of Hispanic origin may be of any race."
http://www.evergreen.edu/library/govdocs/hotopics/hispanicheritage/index.html

By the way.... My ancestors came from Germany to the U.S. My wife's ancestors came from what is now the Czech Republic. And we're called Anglos?

These words really mean nothing when we look at them closely.... government agencies or others putting people in boxes.

Answer 2

I remember first coming to Texas and my gym teacher asked if I was hispanic or anglo. In Wisconsin, I had learned of the Anglo Saxons. My parents are from eastern Europe, and I don't consider myself Anglo Saxon. Hispanic I knew was anyone of Spanish decent. I am dark haired and dark eyed and I have a light olive complextion that in the summertime is very dark since I am very active outdoors. In the winter, my skin is very light depending on where I am (Wisconsin or Texas). I just tell people I am an American and leave it at that.

Answer 3

Hispanic doesn't existe, UNLESS you are speaking of the people who are from the Island of Hispañola which is Haitti & Dominican Republic. I suppose that term would be justified in that case. I personally despise the term Hispanics. I do not know much of the history, but I believe it srufaced in the 1970s during some census issue. Some said it was Latinos and some say it was the Anglos who came up with the term.

Answer 4

The term "Hispanic" refers to anyone with Spanish ancestry. The Latin name for Spain was Hispania.

Answer 5

it is definitely a linguistic team greater beneficial than something. i'm from Colombia, and generally from the climate of Antioquia and Cundinamarca. In my kinfolk we do evaluate ourselves "Hispanic" because of the fact our kinfolk tree for the main section is unquestionably from Spain, and a few of it from Portugal. we've pointed out names, dates and places of beginning for our Hispanic ancestors. even although, there are people who could evaluate themselves greater affiliated with the Muisca, Quimbaya, Quechua or different indigenous communities and save on with particular traditions of those identities, and there are some who've greater affinity with the Afro-Colombian subculture. So there's a lot of cultural variety in Colombia. think of of the U. S. - there is cultural variety there too, and there is not any race we are able to evaluate as "the american race". What on earth might that be? There are perhaps some elementary crucial values and aspirations that define an American, and we've them in Colombia too. by the way, i do no longer hate Venezuela in any respect! i think of their president is a nut, yet i do no longer evaluate Hugo Chavez a representative Venezuelan. he's basically a nut. maximum different Venezuelans are regular human beings basically attempting to do their jobs, and we proportion some elementary background. Our Revolution of Independence became led by an identical Simon Bolivar, and our super-super-super grandparents fought and died as brothers in background. something is basically stupid politics.