Do you know what is the difference between a Latino and a Hispanic?

Question

In any way you can tell me the difference.

Answer 1

Click on the link below if you wanna listen the difference between Latino & Hispanic...

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=1439805

It was an interview from The Tavis Smiley Show, September 23, 2003 (NPR's Tavis Smiley talks with commentator Antonio Gonzalez, who provides definitions and historical context to the words "Latino" and "Hispanic.")

I hope my answer helps to clarify the difference between Latino vs Hispanic... If it does, please choose my answer as the best answer... TQ... (^_^)

Answer 2

I am a Mexican American woman. The main difference between "Latino" and "Hispanic" is that Hispanic can refer to Spanish speaking people from Europe as well as from the Americas. It would not be a valid reference for people from Brazil or Portugal, as they do not speak Spanish.

Many people from American (north, central & south) countries that speak Spanish or Portugese prefer the term "latino", simply because identifying someone as "hispanic" is identifying their culture by the language they speak rather than where they are from. Not all "hispanics" speak Spanish (the root word for the term "hispanic").

So it's mainly a matter of what the person prefers to be called. When someone asks me what my ethnic background is, I tell them that I'm Mexican American. I don't use "latino/a" or "hispanic", because I'm proud of my father's Mexican roots and culture. I include the "American" in Mexican American because I'm also very proud of my mother's anglo roots and culture.

See the article cited in the sources for more information on "latino" versus "hispanic".

Good question!

Answer 3

Yes there's a difference, latinos are the people from Europe that speak spanish or latin, (spain, some italians, some greeks and portuguese)
Hispanic are the people that we're conquered by spanish and french, like all of south america countries, central america and Mexico, hipanic were indian people of brown color, most of the latinos were white with colored eyes, I'm Mexican not latino, not hispanic but Mexican..

Answer 4

There actually is a difference. The term Hispanic is derived from the spanish word "Hispano" (Spaniard), and it refers to people from Spain. Latino (Latino Americano) refers to spanish speaking people from the western hemisphere particularly Central and South America, and includes the Caribbean also, for instance, Cuba, Santo Domingo and Puerto Rico. If you meet someone from Colombia or Guatemala, they are refered to as Latin American or more commonly (sometimes used in a derogatory manner) known as, "Latino". I hope this clears up any doubts.
Best of Luck!

Answer 5

Hispanic was a word created by the US Census takers to throw all people of Spanish or Latino origin into one category. So basicly Hispanic just means everyone who speaks spanish.

Answer 6

Often the term "Hispanic" is used synonymously with the word "Latino", and frequently with "Latin" as well. Even though the terms may sometimes overlap in meaning, they are not completely synonymous.

"Hispanic" specifically refers to Spain, and to the Spanish-speaking nations of the Americas, as cultural and demographic extensions of Spain. It should be further noted that in a U.S. context, a Hispanic population consists of the people of Spain and everyone with origins in any of Spanish-speaking nations of the Americas, regardless of ancestry of the latter. In the context of Spain and Latin America, a Hispanic population consists of the people of Spain, and when regarding the inhabitants of the Spanish-speaking nations of the Americas, includes only criollos, mestizos, mulattos, and others with Spanish ancestry, to the exclusion of indigenous Amerindians, unmixed descendants of black Africans and whites or other peoples from later migrations without any Spanish lineage
see more in wikipedia

Answer 7

yes a hispanic is a person from spain origin
latinos are from latin america
these are often confused due to the fact that they share a language- espaniala

Answer 8

i think that the diffrence is not any difference at all. its like the difference between white and causaian

Answer 9

no difference.