What is the correct term? Latino, hispanic, or chicano?

Question

there has been political issues involving each term. what is the correct term to use?

Answer 1

It is generally a personal preference as to whether one perfers being called a Latino or Hispanic. I'm pretty sure that both are usually interchangabel, but if you want to be politically correct:

"The term "Latino" refers to all residents of the United States from Latin America countries whose language is Spanish. The term "Hispanic," which was adopted by the U.S. government for the purpose of allocating resources and enforcing equal opportunity laws, is the nationally accepted term for people of Spanish descent regardless of race, he explained. "

Chicano(a) is specifically from Mexico

Answer 2

Latino is define for Latin Americans, Hispanic also applies, except for people from Brazil and non-spanish speaking countries in South America and Chicano is a term defining Hispanics (usually of Mexican descent) that are born in the U.S.

Answer 3

Mexico is named after the Amerindian tribe the Mexica or MECha. So we could look into this spelling and its origins. It comes from Nahuatl language. Now Xicano is likewise Chicano = MeXicano that's truly contained in the notice Mexican or Mexicano so it ability Mexicans in ordinary terms it has greater community emphasis. the challenge with many ignorant Mexicans is they do no longer recognize there very own historic previous fairly in Mexico. Theyd do no longer recognize that initially the MECha people Mexica people or Aztecs got here from the Southwest of what's now usa which use to hitch Mexic. Classical Nahuatl, the language of the Aztecs, and its present day family contributors contributors are component of the Uto-Aztecan family contributors

Answer 4

id say all of these are correct terms, although chicano refers to mexican-americans, while the latino and hispanic refer to the general latino population from latin america

Answer 5

hispanic and latino is not inter-changable

Hispanic is anyone from a spanish speaking country ..
Latinos are anyone from countries of latin descent.. such as the French .. Spanish, Portuguese, Italians, Brazilians ect.

So hispanics are latinos... but not all latinos are hispanic.

as to Chicano.. thats only for mexicans

Answer 6

Depends on the person's background....

Chicano= Americans of Mexican descent.

Latino= ALL people that trace their roots to Latin-American (including the Carribbean) who are Portugese and Spanish speaking.

Hispanic= Specifically people of Spanish or a Spanish mixed background and culture.

Answer 7

Chicano relates to mexicans only...Hispanic, Latin or even spanish can related to any one from any country that has spanish backround, i.e. spanish speaking countries. Which range from peru, chile, ecaudor, dominican republic, cuba, puerto rico, mexico, venezuela, san salvador, e.t.c

Answer 8

People from Spain mostly consider themselves Hispanic. People from Latin, Central, and South America mostly consider themselves Latino (Latina.)It depends on what they consider themselves.

Answer 9

Latino.

Because Brazilians are not hispanic. theny do not speak spanish. and chicano only refers to MEXICAN-AMERICANS

Answer 10

give em' hell, francine!