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Eric Jones I already answered some of your questions in another post. The problem with the Latin Americans is that they consider their Dark Skin Color as being Latin. They think that to be Latin you have to be dark or Mestizo looking and that Latin is their Ethnicity as the U.S. Census Bureau lists.
Latin (Latino is incorrect in English) it's only about speaking Latin Languages and possessing Roman Latin Culture. People from Latin America keep saying " I'm Latin or in Spanish "Soy Latino, Soy Latina". This is wrong because we don't use "LATIN" as a personal identification. We use Latin only on occasions when we have to identify our culture. The right way would be I'm White, I'm Mixed Race, "I"m Indigenous..."I'm Mexican", I'm Cuban", "I'm Honduran" or "I'm Latin American" but NOT Latin, not Latino, not Latina and certainly not Latinx. Now if any of you feels that he/she has a Latin culture (The Latin Culture is the culture spread by the Romans) then he/she can say "I'm culturally Latin" or in Spanish " Tengo cultura Latina" but only then and not like all of you do. In fact the Italians and the Latin Europeans seldom use the term Latin unless they have to identify their culture..
They say White or Italian, French, Romanian, Portuguese and Spanish or just European.
You have to blame Mexican Chicano Frank del Olmo who created this mess years ago. Frank del Olmo wanted to unite all the Spanish-speaking people of the Americas under one label but he chose the wrong "LATINO" label instead of choosing a Race for the Latin Americans or just say "Latin American/s".
Latino is wrong in English you don't say Latino you say LATIN and wrong because Latin only refers to Languages and culture and has nothing to do with Race or Ethnicity. You just don't use Latin/Latino/Latina as a personal identification. You have to use your RACE or your Country of origin or say Latin American. I hope that I clarified the issue.
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Number one "Latinos" is grammatically incorrect in English. Correct way is Latins. Secondly, there are no Latins in Arizona but there are "Latin Americans". Big difference. Latinos is Spanish plural for "Latins" and these are the Latins: Italians, French, Romanians, Portuguese and Spaniards and have been Latins for more than 2000 years since the Romans, the Romans who spread the Latin language, Latin Culture and Christianity. Please learn what being Latin means. Latin is not a Race, not an Ethnicity, not a Skin Color and cannot be used for personal identification. The term Latin (Latino/Latina in Italian, Portuguese and Spanish languages) can only be used when one has to identify his or her culture and never in other instances. Not the way the Spanish-speaking people of the Americas do. They have to blame Mexican Chicano Frank del Olmo who wanted to unite all the Spanish-speaking people of the Americas under one label but he chose the wrong "Latino" label instead of "Latin American/s" or choose a Race like we all do. They have to use their Race to identify themselves or use the name of the countries they come from like Mexican, Honduran, Cuban... and leave the Latin alone because the Latin is the linguistic and cultural identity of the Romans the Italians and the Latin Europeans. Stop the lies.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jyAjG4hPckA&feature=youtu.be
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@LordDirus007 You are uneducated and make no sense. The Romans were all Italian and Latin before they started colonialism and went out of Italy towards the rest of Europe, Northern Africa and the Middle East. They already were Latin and what made them Latin was their Latin Language, Latin Culture and Roman Laws. The fact that as they colonized they assimilated some other non-Italian groups did not influence that they were already Latin. Moreover, the people that you mention above where all of the same race, all European except for Northern Africans. The fact is that you mention Race. Race is not a factor in determining who is a Latin person and who is not. In order to be Latin a person must speak a Latin language: Italian, French, Romanian, Portuguese and Spanish, must have the Roman Latin Culture, coming from a Country whose laws are based on Roman Laws and whose Religion is Roman Catholicism.
The problem with the people from Latin America is that they use the term Latin/Latino/Latina as either being their Race or their Skin Color or their DNA. This is not true. Latin (Latino is incorrect in English-correct way is Latin) only refers to first the Latin Language spoken by the Romans and two it refers to Romance Languages and three it refers to the Latin Culture of the Romans. Nothing to do with Skin Color or Race. Everything Latin be it the Latin people, the Latin Language and the Latin Culture all comes from Italy. The Romans spread it around Europe, Northern Africa and the Middle East through colonialism and when centuries later the French, Portuguese and Spaniards came to the new world to colonize they spread the Latin Languages, Roman Culture, Roman Laws and Christian Catholicism throughout what is now known as the Americas. So to conclude it's not the race of a person which determines being Latin. Latin is a culture and cannot be used for personal identification like the Spanish-speaking people do. For personal identification people must use their Race, or Country of Origin like Mexican, Cuban...or say "Latin American/s" . This is what we all do. We don't identify using a culture. In fact even the Latin Europeans seldom use the term Latin. They use their Race which is White or almost always say Italian, French, Romanian, Portuguese and Spaniards or just say European. Latin is only used when in a discussion one has to identify his or her culture and only then. You from Latin America must do the same: Use your Race, individually, or say Mexican, Cuban, Puerto Rican or "Latin American/s. You use the terms Latin/Latino/Latina the wrong way. Blame Mexican Frank del Olmo because he created this identity problem for you.,
Please go through the website of the former LATIN UNION and see the requirements to be Latin and what it means to be a Latin:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin_Union
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@Anidem9 Yes, but if the term Mestizo is not to your liking and I may agree with it then it's up to each one of you from Latin America to choose an identity as long as Race is still a factor in identifying people. In the future Race may not be important and not easy to figure out due to the many racial mixing also for not dividing people. This is why when people originally from Latin America use the Latin/Latino/Latina label they are confusing the issue because we all identify ourselves by using either our Race or the countries we come from or we use our continent. As for Latin Europeans : Italians, French, Romanians, Portuguese and Spaniards they never use the Latin label as an identification because Latin is not their Race. Latin is only their linguistic and cultural heritage. However, if they happen to be in a conversation when they have to identify their culture then they say they're Latins but only then. In the Americas you use Latin/Latino/Latina to identify your Skin Color, to identify your DNA, to identify your Blood, to identify your Food, to identify your Music and this amounts to twisting Roman history. Latin is none of that. Latin/Latino/Latina is the language spoken by the Romans and their Latin Culture and cannot be changed no matter how much Mexican Frank del Olmo preferred "Latino" instead of "Latin Americans/s" in identifying the Spanish-speaking people of the Americas. He made a big mistake. You have to use a Race and for many of you can be different from the others depending on the Racial Mixing or you have to say Mexican, Cuba, Honduran, Puerto Rican... or you can say "Latin American/s". This is the way it is. Italians own the Latin, language and culture. It's our Roman Heritage. I leave you a link to the former LATIN UNION and you can see the requirement to be considered Latin and what Latin means. By the way it's LATIN in English and NOT Latino. Latino/Latina can only be said in Italian, Romanian, Portuguese and Spanish.
LATIN UNION.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin_Union
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You are using the term Latino incorrectly. It's not your "native" heritage. It's the heritage of the Italians and of the Latin Europeans. Latino doesn't mean what you thing that it means. First of all Latino is incorrect in English-correct way is LATIN, secondly you are "Latin Americans". Blame Mexican Frank del Olmo. Frank del Olmo years ago wanted to unite all the Spanish-speaking people under one label and instead of choosing the correct way "Latin Americans" he chose "Latino" as an abbreviation for "Latin Americans" but he was wrong as you cannot abbreviate Latin American without giving it a different meaning. Latin/Latino only refers to Latin Languages (Romance Languages: Italian, French, Romanian, Portuguese and Spanish) and also refers to Roman Latin Culture and nothing else. No, Latin/Latino doesn't have anything to do with Skin Color, or Race, or DNA and there is no Latin food, there is no Latin Dance and there is no Latin Music. It's all an invention. Frank del Olmo fooled the U.S. Census Bureau into adopting the term Latino as an Ethnicity"!!! for the Spanish-speaking people. Wrong, wrong, wrong. If there are Ethnic Latins are the first Latins from Lazio, (Latium in Latin language) Italy. Stop the lies and learn what being a Latin really means and where this great language and culture come from. You can only use "Latin" in English or Latino/Latina in Italian, Romanian, Portuguese and Spanish languages only when you have to identify your culture and not the way the people from Latin America are doing. Totally wrong.
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