I don't get this. Which is the race??? I am CONFUSED!!!
2006-09-03 08:53:13 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Other - Cultures & Groups
kjnsr, WHAT THE F**K IS WRONG WITH YOU???!!!
2006-09-03 17:26:29 · update #1
Its not a race.
It represents people from certain countries/regions. Mexico, Columbia and Cuba are some of those regions.
As for race a typical Latino is a mixture of some white (Spanish heritage), some black (african slave trade heritage) and some indigineous western hemisphere natives.
2006-09-03 08:58:58 · answer #1 · answered by Carl 3 · 4⤊ 0⤋
It was usually taught that there are four major "races" of human beings---- the white which is called the Caucasoid, the black- which called the ******* the Asian, which are called the mongoloid and the Australoid, which are the Aborigines of the Australian continent region and southeast Asia.
Dr. Venter and scientists at the National Institutes of Health recently announced that they had put together a draft of the entire sequence of the human genome, and the researchers had unanimously declared, there is only ONE RACE -- the human race.
The differences between people are geographic, nature has shaped our features and skin color to compensate for the environment in which our ancestors lived.
All these people who make a big deal about being this or that race are just basing their judgments on what the surface of the person looks like.
Another difference is the culture of a person.It is not "burned" into the mind or DNA of a person either, so just because one labels himself "Cuban Latino" doesn't mean he has to like beans and rice, or if he is black, he has to like grits.....or if he's Mexican, he has to like tortillas and mariachi music.These are not races,they are cultural traits that can change with time.
Some people do take those cultural preferences and make them into stereotypes.
What they are telling you with "Latino, Cuban,Mexican and Colombian is about nationality or a common line of ancestry, their roots.
2006-09-03 09:54:21 · answer #2 · answered by Tiberias 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
actually latino or hispanic aren't considered races at all, there are only 3 races, caucasions, blacks and asians, and all other people stem from them, hispanics and latinos are mixed, a lot have a mixture of spanish (white) and native american which is an asian descent race
2006-09-03 09:21:23 · answer #3 · answered by AFwife 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Why are people so hung up on race? There is only one race, the Human Race.
2006-09-03 08:56:35 · answer #4 · answered by October 7 · 5⤊ 1⤋
These are nationalities not races. They are all part of the white race. There are only three races, White, Black and Yellow
2006-09-03 09:00:46 · answer #5 · answered by oldman 7 · 0⤊ 3⤋
ethnicity is specific to a country such as Japanese, Mexican
race is specific to a group of people... like Japanese, Chinese, Korean would be considered Asian....Italian, French, English would be considered European...
get it?
2006-09-03 09:00:16 · answer #6 · answered by sassiest_princess 4 · 3⤊ 0⤋
races are
white yellow
brown
red
black
and mixed get it?
2006-09-03 09:10:13 · answer #7 · answered by Stephanie D 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
latino/hispanic is a mixed race
it consists of africans, native american indians, and spaniards.
2006-09-03 08:55:35 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
they all are races and america the stupid is trying to assimilate them into it's own culture ( if it can be called that)
2006-09-03 08:55:47 · answer #9 · answered by Jess 4 · 1⤊ 3⤋
they're not a race - they're kinda like human bugs
2006-09-03 09:01:26 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 3⤋