What is the difference between Latino/Latina and Mexican? I hear George Lopez refer to himself as both all the time. Is there a difference?
2007-01-31 15:14:30 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Other - Cultures & Groups
A Latino or Latina would be referring to a person's association with the Latin heritage. ie. Persons from Mexico, Spain, Puerto Rico and various other countries of Latin heritage. A Mexican would be a Latina or Latino specifically from Mexico, while you could also be a Spaniard Latina or Latino.
2007-01-31 15:31:20 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
A Mexican is someone from Mexico (a nationality)
A Latino/Latina is someone from Latin America (an ethnicity, created when the Spanish conquistadors intermarried with the native central Americans)
2007-01-31 23:18:40 · answer #2 · answered by joecool123_us 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mexicans come from Mexico
Latinos are from Latin America
2007-01-31 23:19:58 · answer #3 · answered by Dreamer 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋