Mexican, Spanish, Hispanic - which is it?

Question

I am educating myself on different cultures and am traveling to Mexico. When a person is from Mexico, what do they prefer when speaking about people. Are they Mexican? Spanish? Hispanic? I'm trying to better myself and become more global in thought and development. This is to appreciate and respect the culture, not to offend anyone.

Answer 1

I guess it goes with the changing times...When I was a kid...it was "spanish" when I was a teen it was hispanic...now its Latino or Latina....which I hate that term......I think hispanic is the correct term for anyone who comes from a spanish speaking country and culture a few are:
Puerto Rico
Columbia
Cuba
Ecuador
Mexico
Venezuela
I consider them all hispanic....although when referring to a person from a certain country you could use the terms: Cuba....Cuban, Puerto Rico...Puerto Rican....Mexico, Mexican

Answer 2

From Mexico, Mexican. From Spain, Spanish. From Latin America (including Mexico) of Spanish heritage or influence, Hispanic.

Answer 3

If you're traveling to Mexico, there is nothing wrong with calling them Mexican. It becomes an issue when people assume that hispanic people in the states are from Mexico, and they could be from any number of countries. For example, I wouldn't use Spanish unless I knew the person was from Spain. In the states, I would refer to them as Hispanic to be safe because you do not know their origin.

Answer 4

remarkable, we could make issues sparkling: SPANISH Spanish has 2 meanings: a million) A language 2) a man or woman born in Spain MEXICAN a man or woman born in Mexico. So: a million.a million*A Mexican isn't Spanish (even nevertheless he could communicate Spanish) a million.2*a man or woman of Mexican ancestry born in the U. S. isn't Mexican. Mexican is a nationality, no longer a race. you do no longer carry nationalities on your blood. LATINO The be conscious "latino" in the "latin languages" (Portuguese, Spanish, French, Italian) is somebody from Europe or usa (continent) that comes from a rustic that talk a latin language. in the U. S., nevertheless, this is only an ethnic label that aplies to people from Latin usa or born in the U. S. with Latin American ancestry So: 2.a million*A Spanish isn't latino (US which skill of latino) 2.2*A Mexican is latino HISPANIC the actual which skill of the be conscious "Hispanic" is a man or woman who communicate Spanish. yet in the U. S. it has develop into an ethnic label that aplies to people from a Spanish-conversing united states of Latin usa or with ancestry from a Spanish-conversing united states of Latin usa. So: 3.a million*A Spanish is Hispanic, in case you employ the actual which skill of the be conscious, yet isn't Hispanic in case you employ it as an ethnic label 3.2*A Mexican is Hispanic 3.3*A Hispanic could be latino, and a latino could be Hispanic, reason: 3.3.a million*in case you employ the actual which skill of the be conscious Hispanic no longer all Hispanics are latinos, reason Spanish are Hispanic yet are not latinos. 3.3.2*yet once you employ Hispanic as a ethnic label, then all Hispanics are latinos 3.3.3*no longer all latinos are Hispanic via fact Brazilians and Haitians are latinos yet are not Hispanic. In Brazil is spoken Portuguese and in Haiti is spoken creole (a dialect of French). substantial: Mexican, Latino, Hispanic, none of them are races, a Mexican, latino or Hispanic could belong to any race (white, black, community american, mulatto, mestizo, mixed, etc) and that they do belong. of direction on your united states you will see those words used with a incorrect which skill each and all the time, alongside with in the great media, yet this answer is the closer from the splendid answer as posible. i'm no longer Yankee, i'm a Brazilian residing in Brazil.

Answer 5

Stick with nationality. In Mexico they are Mexicans. In Argentina they are Argentinians.

All people from Spanish speaking countries are deem Hispanic. People from Spain are Spanish.

BUT if you are American...we expect mistakes from you.

Answer 6

I believe preferred terms are Hispanic or Latino/Latina.

Answer 7

Mexican

Simply - Say I am an AMERICAN of Spanish, or Italian, heritage.... you would call me an American not an Italian, or Hispanic, see?

Answer 8

Hispanic, its more general