Hispanic is one of several terms employed to categorize all persons whose ancestry hails either from the people of Spain, any of the various peoples of Spanish-speaking Latin America, or the original settlers of the traditionally Spanish-held Southwestern United States. The term is used as a broad form of classification in the U.S. census, local and federal employment, and numerous business market researches.
Latino (and sometimes the form Latina for females), as used in American English, generally refers to a person of Latin American, especially Hispanic heritage
2006-09-11 04:29:18
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answered by Anonymous
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Hispanic is a word created to make sure that the speaker is Politically Correct. Latino is a male latin. Latina is a female Latin. I am a Norwegiano.
2006-09-11 11:24:43
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answered by ALWAYS GOTTA KNOW 5
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good question... I dont think there is a difference but mostly the term hispanic involves a lot of times people from Spain or Portugal and Latino often means Mexican, Puerto Rican,.. but then again, I'm probably wrong...........
2006-09-11 11:27:58
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answered by diva 6
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Latino is the politically correct term. The way it was explained to me is that the term hispanic implies that their country of origin was occupied by Spain, and not all southern american countries were occupied by Spain.
2006-09-11 11:27:28
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answered by Clown Knows 7
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Hispano means from Spain origins and from hispan languaje "habla hispano".
Latino, is the people who lives in latin america (just like me!)
2006-09-11 11:34:08
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answered by JKT 4
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From what I have learned, Latino are people who are Spanish and Hispanic are people those who are mixed (like I am mixed with white, black, Spanish, English, you name it). lol.
2006-09-11 11:33:19
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answered by killerlegs 3
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The two words are spelled differently.
2006-09-11 11:23:53
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answered by Anonymous
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theres not one
2006-09-11 11:24:16
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answered by Christina H 4
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nothing really ..just one has money
2006-09-11 11:24:11
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answered by ? 2
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