2007-12-06 23:34:23 · 16 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Cultures & Groups ➔ Other - Cultures & Groups
European. Spanish people don't even like being called Hispanic.
2007-12-06 23:38:33 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
"Hispanic" is a somewhat fuzzy term describing ethnicity, and is generally applied to any person from a Spanish culture - Latin American, or Iberian Spanish, mostly. The word comes from the Spanish language name for Spain, "Hispania."
Since you asked about the Spanish people, you could use BOTH terms. In today's Spain, in which many immigrants from around the world - particularly North Africa - live and work, native Spaniards might wish to draw a distinction. But in general, Spaniards themselves are Europeans, and consider the term "Hispanic" ridiculous. The Southern Spanish city of Cadiz was founded by the Phoenician (the original name was "Gades") and is the oldest continually-occupied city in Europe.
2007-12-07 07:43:13 · answer #2 · answered by Der Lange 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
European
2007-12-07 07:36:56 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Spanish first. European next. Hispanic doesn't apply at all. The term Hispanic is a blanket term applied to a person of Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, Central or South American etc. heritage regardless of race.
2007-12-07 08:22:07 · answer #4 · answered by ♥ Honest Heart ♥ 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Spaniards are European. Spain is in Europe.
Hispanic is a term that former President Nixon coined to mean what we now call Latinos. Latinos are people whose ancestors are from Latin American countries, not European. However, many of the people from Latin American countries are a mixture of Spanish and that specific Latin American country (Mexico, Central America, South America). Those Spaniards were all over the place making many conquests (land) with (physically) natives.
2007-12-07 07:43:17 · answer #5 · answered by llselva4 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Spain is in Europe so does that answer your question Hispanic tends to cover the central/south Americans
2007-12-07 07:38:19 · answer #6 · answered by Snot Me 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
European. Hispanic people are people from Latin America who are mixed with Indian blood.
2007-12-07 07:48:49 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
We are european and we are hispanic (hispanic = related to Spain)
Hispanic is not a race
2007-12-07 08:28:18 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 5⤊ 0⤋
Spanish people are people from Spain which is in Europe they can be called White-Hispanic because Hispanic is people who dialect is Spanish but the people from Spain that I know don't call themselves Hispanic they call themselves White.
2007-12-07 10:10:27 · answer #9 · answered by La Femme Fatal 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋
European. A typical Spaniard feels closer to an Italian than he does to a Mexican.
2007-12-07 07:47:31 · answer #10 · answered by karkondrite 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋