I hear both these terms used to describe people who have a Spanish heritage. Which of these terms is preferred? Or are they both okay?
2007-09-13 12:59:20 · 6 answers · asked by Elaine P...is for Poetry 7 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
All the previous answers are OK, yet Latin implies that a person may be of ANY Central and South American origin, including Brazilian (Portuguese heritage) whereas Hispanic does not (excludes Brazil and Portuguese heritage).
2007-09-13 13:35:55 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 1⤋
My husband is a Mexican and he said Hispanic is the proper way to describe the Spanish heritage.
2007-09-13 20:12:34 · answer #2 · answered by Shortie1981 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hispanic was made up by Richard Nixon for statistical purposes. Latino is preferred (at least by me) to identify someone whose cultural roots are tied to the Spanish language.
2007-09-13 20:08:13 · answer #3 · answered by llselva4 6 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Hispanic is preferable because it refers to the original country, culture and language of Spain.
2007-09-13 20:05:27 · answer #4 · answered by crowbird_52 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
I think both are right, I have a channel from Spain and when they talk about people that speak spanish in America (America the continent) they call them latinos, they don't call themselves latinos...
2007-09-13 20:17:31 · answer #5 · answered by Fatima 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
they are both okay. i think
2007-09-13 20:05:34 · answer #6 · answered by nothinbutnet2009 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋