Comments by "Renny Richard Macchi Sr." (@renatomacchi2195) on "NBC News" channel.

@juanitacanon3120 But you have to respect it as it is and what has been during the past 2000 years and not change it. This is exactly what the Latin Americans have been doing. Giving "Latin" a different meaning from what it is.
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@juanitacanon3120 The fact is that Latino/Latin is not only a language. You can change Spanish and make it any way you want but you cannot change the meaning of Latin. Two different scenarios Latin (In English is Latin and not Latino/a) ok has a meaning and it relates to Language and Culture and is always been this way while Latin American has another meaning. Ask the French colonizers: They named that part of this continent Amerique Latine. So while you can change Spanish, which is a Latin Language, you cannot change the meaning of Latin which refers only to Latin Languages and Latin Culture and use it to mean something else. You just cannot due it but as I said and I agree with you that languages do evolve same as Latin evolved over the centuries into what we call Romance languages:Italian, French, Romanian., Portuguese and Spanish. However the Roman Latin Culture can never change. We are called "Latin People" for a reason: Because we speak Latin languages, have a Latin Culture, come from countries whose laws are based on Roman Laws and whose Religion is Christian Catholic. This is what means being Latins (Latinos in Spanish plural). Being Latins doesn't have anything to do with the Color of the Skin or DNA. Sorry, there is no Latin Food. See here the requirements to be considered Latins. It's all Roman culture. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin_Union
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@juanitacanon3120 The fact is that Latino/Latin is not only a language. You can change Spanish and make it any way you want but you cannot change the meaning of Latin. Two different scenarios Latin (In English is Latin and not Latino/a) ok has a meaning and it relates to Language and Culture and is always been this way while Latin American has another meaning. Ask the French colonizers: They named that part of this continent Amerique Latine. So while you can change Spanish, which is a Latin Language, you cannot change the meaning of Latin which refers only to Latin Languages and Latin Culture and use it to mean something else. You just cannot do it but as I said and I agree with you that languages do evolve same as Latin evolved over the centuries into what we call Romance languages:Italian, French, Romanian., Portuguese and Spanish. However the Roman Latin Culture can never change. We are called "Latin People" for a reason: Because we speak Latin languages, have a Latin Culture, come from countries whose laws are based on Roman Laws and whose Religion is Christian Catholic. This is what means being Latins (Latinos in Spanish plural). Being Latins doesn't have anything to do with the Color of the Skin or DNA. Sorry, there is no Latin Food. See here the requirements to be considered Latins. It's all Roman culture. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin_Union
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@juanitacanon3120 The fact is that Latino/Latin is not only a language. You can change Spanish and make it any way you want but you cannot change the meaning of Latin. Two different scenarios Latin (In English is Latin and not Latino/a) ok has a meaning and it relates to Language and Culture and is always been this way while Latin American has another meaning. Ask the French colonizers: They named that part of this continent Amerique Latine. So while you can change Spanish, which is a Latin Language, you cannot change the meaning of Latin which refers only to Latin Languages and Latin Culture and use it to mean something else. You just cannot do it but as I said and I agree with you that languages do evolve same as Latin evolved over the centuries into what we call Romance languages:Italian, French, Romanian., Portuguese and Spanish. However the Roman Latin Culture can never change. We are called "Latin People" for a reason: Because we speak Latin languages, have a Latin Culture, come from countries whose laws are based on Roman Laws and whose Religion is Christian Catholic. This is what means being Latins (Latinos in Spanish plural). Being Latins doesn't have anything to do with the Color of the Skin or DNA. Sorry, there is no Latin Food. See here the requirements to be considered Latins. It's all Roman culture. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin_Union
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@juanitacanon3120 The languages I agree that they can change as I said but not what being Latin means and that Latino (Latino/Latina) cannot be a substitution for "Latin American". You can modify a language and I agree with you but you cannot change a culture and in this case the Roman Latin Culture. So Latin always means one thing and Latin American means another. But you can take the Spanish language and add to add any other non Latin words and it's ok but you cannot change Latin American and make it Latin or Latino or Latina. You can only use Latin when somebody asks you what is your culture then you say "My Culture is Latin", or "I'm Latin by culture" This is the way the Latin Europeans do. You must do the same.
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@juanitacanon3120 The languages I agree that they can change as I said but not what being Latin means and that Latino (Latino/Latina) cannot be a substitution for "Latin American". You can modify a language and I agree with you but you cannot change a culture and in this case the Roman Latin Culture. So Latin always means one thing and Latin American means another. But you can take the Spanish language and add to add any other non Latin words and it's ok but you cannot change Latin American and make it Latin or Latino or Latina. You can only use Latin when somebody asks you what is your culture then you say "My Culture is Latin", or "I'm Latin by culture" This is the way the Latin Europeans do. You must do the same.
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 @juanitacanon3120 I agree with you. In fact even me I tell people that I"m Italian. I only say I'm Latin if somebody asks about what is my culture. Bye.
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@juanitacanon3120 I agree with you. In fact even me I tell people that "I"m Italian" if somebody asks about what is my culture. . I only say" I'm Latin" . By the way, saying Latino/Latina is grammatically incorrect in English-correct English is Latin singular and Latins plural. Bye.
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@teoborges3949 You got that right 100%.
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@teoborges3949 ^5
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@lesterf9f115 Sorry but everything Latin, and whether you say Latino or Latina is the same thing, be it the Latin people, the Latin Language and the Latin culture all comes from Roman Italy.The Latin doesn't come from Spain and it doesn't come from what the French colonizers called "Amerique Latine" (Latin America) and Latin has only one meaning and whether in Spanish or any other language Latin can only have one meaning Latin is not a word. Latin is about Roman-Romance Languages and Roman Latin Culture. Nobody can give any other meaning. You only say that you are Latin when somebody ask your linguistic and cultural heritage then and only them you can say the "You're Latin" but culturally and not for personal identification. For personal identification you must say "I'm Mexican" if you come from Mexico" or "I'm Cuban" if you come from Cuba... or if you want to be known as part of a larger group then you say "I'm Latin American" in English. The terms Latin or Latino or Latina are not the same as "Latin American" because Latin means one thing and Latin American means another. Also there is no Latin Food, there is no Latin Music and there is no Latin Dance. It's all an invention. You must use the term Latin American/s to describe whatever you do. A person from Latin America is a Latin American, a person from Mexico is a Mexican. This is what we do in Latin Europe. We don't call ourselves Latins for personal identification. We say " I'm Italian" or "I'm French" or "I'm Romanian" or "I'm Portuguese" or I'm Spaniards" Only when we have to state our culture then we say for instance in Italian "Sono Latino/a" or "I'm culturally Latin", "Sono di cultura Latina". You use the term Latin/Latino/Latina as a Race or Ethnicity or Skin Color and this is not right. You have to use "Latin American".
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@beren2223 I understand you and you make good points however as long as people of the Americas use Latino/Latina or Latin as their own Ethnicity, their own Skin Color , their own DNA I have to keep reminding them what being Latins means. They also must understand the reason why Latin America was named "LATIN" America by the French colonizers.
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@beren2223 I understand you and you make good points however as long as people of the Americas use Latino/Latina or Latin as their own Ethnicity, their own Skin Color , their own DNA I have to keep reminding them what being Latins means. They also must understand the reason why Latin America was named "LATIN" America by the French colonizers.
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@beren2223 I understand you and you make good points however as long as people of the Americas use Latino/Latina or Latin as their own Ethnicity, their own Skin Color , their own DNA I have to keep reminding them what being Latins means. They also must understand the reason why Latin America was named "LATIN" America by the French colonizers.
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@n.d7969 What applies to you is Latin American. Latin/Latino has a different meaning and it's not the same as "Latin American". You cannot take Latin American and make it Latino when Latin/Latino already has a 2000 year old Roman meaning.. Being Latins (Latinos in Spanish) means: Speaking a Latin Language and possessing the Roman Latin Culture. Latin/Latino is a cultural term and cannot be used for personal identification. For personal identification you must use the name of the countries you come from and if it's Mexico you have to say "I'm Mexican" and if it's Cuba you have to say "I'm Cuban" and if you want to be known as belonging to a larger group then you have to say "I'm Latin American". This is the way we do in Latin Europe. The term Latin/Latino can only be used if in a conversation when one is asked about his/her culture then and only then they can say " I'm culturally Latin" or "I'm Latin" but not in other instances. You are using and misusing and twisting the meaning of Latin/Latino and you use it to identify your Ethnicity, Your Skin Color, Your Blood and everything else you do. Totally wrong. Latin is not your "native indigenous heritage". Latin is the Roman heritage of the Italians and the Latin Europeans: French, Romanians, Portuguese and Spaniards. http://www.latino-news.press
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@n.d7969 What applies to you is Latin American. Latin/Latino has a different meaning and it's not the same as "Latin American". You cannot take Latin American and make it Latino when Latin/Latino already has a 2000 year old Roman meaning.. Being Latins (Latinos in Spanish) means: Speaking a Latin Language and possessing the Roman Latin Culture. Latin/Latino is a cultural term and cannot be used for personal identification. For personal identification you must use the name of the countries you come from and if it's Mexico you have to say "I'm Mexican" and if it's Cuba you have to say "I'm Cuban" and if you want to be known as belonging to a larger group then you have to say "I'm Latin American". This is the way we do in Latin Europe. The term Latin/Latino can only be used if in a conversation when one is asked about his/her culture then and only then they can say " I'm culturally Latin" or "I'm Latin" but not in other instances. You are using and misusing and twisting the meaning of Latin/Latino and you use it to identify your Ethnicity, Your Skin Color, Your Blood and everything else you do. Totally wrong. Latin is not your "native indigenous heritage". Latin is the Roman heritage of the Italians and the Latin Europeans: French, Romanians, Portuguese and Spaniards. http://www.latino-news.press
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You re neither Latins, nor Latinos, nor Latinx. You are "Latin Americans" with nothing Latin other than the language which comes from the Latin language of the Romans. Use your own race/races to identify yourselves like we all do and these are the races: White, Black, Asian and Red-Skin Indian. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jyAjG4hPckA&feature=youtu.be
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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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@Anidem9 Yes, but being Latin (In English correct way is Latin and not Latino/a)has nothing to do with DNA or Blood. Being Latin means having inherited the languages and culture of the Romans.
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Cannabis Dreams I don't understand what you mean. The Romance languages come from the Latin and the Latin was the language of the Romans
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Cannabis Dreams @Cannabis Dreams I don't understand what you mean. The Romance languages come from the Latin and the Latin was the language of the Romans
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@othila9902 Gringos? Well, the definition of Gringos is "a Foreigner", not a person from Spanish and Portuguese speaking countries of the Americas. That means in your vocabulary that any person in the United States who is not a Spanish or Portuguese speaking is a "Gringo" and not only Whites. However, in polite discourse an "American" is thought to be a U.S. Citizen living in the United States regardless of his/her race or origin. I agree that it's not a correct definition but due to the fact that the name of the United States has the "America" included this is why they say "American" when they should say "United States American". However, a person from Latin America is a "Latin American" for sure but the best way to identify himself/herself is to say I'm Mexican, I'm Cuban, I'm Puerto Rican...etc., etc. This is the way we all do. We don't use a culture to identify ourselves and Latin/Latino/Latina is a culture: A language and a Culture of the Romans. Have a Good Day.
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@othila9902 Gringos? Well, the definition of Gringos is "a Foreigner", not a person from Spanish and Portuguese speaking countries of the Americas. That means in your vocabulary that any person in the United States who is not a Spanish or Portuguese speaking is a "Gringo" and not only Whites. However, in polite discourse an "American" is thought to be a U.S. Citizen living in the United States regardless of his/her race or origin. I agree that it's not a correct definition but due to the fact that the name of the United States has the "America" included this is why they say "American" when they should say "United States American". However, a person from Latin America is a "Latin American" for sure but the best way to identify himself/herself is to say I'm Mexican, I'm Cuban, I'm Puerto Rican...etc., etc. This is the way we all do. We don't use a culture to identify ourselves and Latin/Latino/Latina is a culture: A language and a Culture of the Romans. Have a Good Day.
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@eujoseafonso You're not a Latino. Latino is not a race. You're a Latin American. Educate yourself, please. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jyAjG4hPckA&feature=youtu.be
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@knifedreamer If you come from a Latin American country you are a "Latin American". Latino means Latin and is grammatically incorrect in English. These are the Latins: Italians, French, Romanians, Portuguese and Spaniards. People from Latin America must use a RACE to identify themselves like we all do or say Mexican, Cuban, Puerto Rican or "Latin American/s". https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jyAjG4hPckA&feature=youtu.be Listen to what Ms. Citlalli of Mexican Excellence has to tell you. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lj2wotjd3nw&t=9s
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@knifedreamer If you come from a Latin American country you are a "Latin American". Latino means Latin and is grammatically incorrect in English. These are the Latins: Italians, French, Romanians, Portuguese and Spaniards. People from Latin America must use a RACE to identify themselves like we all do or say Mexican, Cuban, Puerto Rican or "Latin American/s". https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jyAjG4hPckA&feature=youtu.be Listen to what Ms. Citlalli of Mexican Excellence has to tell you. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lj2wotjd3nw&t=9s
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@knifedreamer All of you Spanish-speaking people are a bunch of ignorant. and unwilling to learn. T In English it's Latin and in Italian, Romanian, Portuguese and Spanish is Latino/Latina. In English you don't say Latino or Latina , you say Latin. This is the English language. In fact you identify yourselves using Latin and Latino. Blame Mexican Chicano Frank del Olmo . He had no respect for English same as all of you and he chose the term "Latino" instead of "Latin American" Frank del Olmo was ignorant and didn't have any idea of what Latin/Latino meant and where this great culture came from. You are neither Latins, nor Latinos, nor Latinas, nor Hispanics and nor Latinx. You are Mestizo Indians from what the Latin European colonizers, French, Portuguese and Spaniards called "Latin America".
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@knifedreamer All of you Spanish-speaking people are a bunch of ignorant. and unwilling to learn. T In English it's Latin and in Italian, Romanian, Portuguese and Spanish it's Latino/Latina. In English you don't say Latino or Latina , you say Latin. This is the English language. In fact you identify yourselves using both Latin and Latino. Blame Mexican Chicano Frank del Olmo . He had no respect for English same as all of you and he chose the term "Latino" instead of "Latin American" Frank del Olmo was ignorant and didn't have any idea of what Latin/Latino meant and where this great culture came from. You are neither Latins, nor Latinos, nor Latinas, nor Hispanics and nor Latinx. You are Mestizo Indians from what the Latin European colonizers, French, Portuguese and Spaniards called "Latin America".
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@victorvarde570 But the Spanish-speaking people of the Americas think that Latin (Latino is not correct in English) is the color of their Mestizo Skin and their DNA!!! It's not enough to speak a Latin language to be considered a Latin. Go here and learn: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin_Union
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@santi2683 I've been saying the same thing for years now.
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 @DerekHalcon NO, NO. Latino es una cosa y Latino Americano es una otra cosa.
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@DerekHalcon NO, NO. Latino es una cosa y Latino Americano es una otra cosa.
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@DAGP7 They are not Latin Americans? Well, Argentina is in Latin America so they bare Latin Americans. And who named that part of this continent Latin America? The French did it. They called it Amerique Latine .
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@omegaforcezero5440 You got that right.
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@omegaforcezero5440 The Spanish language it's only one. The accents in each of those countries may be different but the language is the same. Now if you talk about Latin culture then I have to say that the Latin Culture is unique because it refers to Language , Culture, Roman Laws and Catholic Religion. You can read more here. LATIN UNION: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin_Union
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@woah If you were a descendant of the Romans like I'm am and knew the difference between Latin and Latin American you would have a different mindset. By the way in English is LATIN and NOT LATINO. You cannot take Latin American and make it Latino. The two have different meaning. You are too ignorant to call me ignorant!!! http://www.latino-news.press
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Latin is not their culture. It's the culture of the Romans/Italians and Latin Europeans.
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@clown1526 No, you are not correct. You just must use thee term "LATIN" when you speak or write in English. You cannot change the English language. In English is not Latino and not Latina. You can say Latino/Latina only when speaking in Italian, Portuguese, Spanish and Romanian. In English it's Latin, Latin singular and Latins plural masculine and feminine. However you cannot take the term "Latins American" and shorten it into "Latino", or "Latin" because Latin means one thing and Latin American means another. Latin is the linguistic and cultural heritage of the Romans.
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These are the Latinos (Latins): Italians, French, Romanians, Portuguese and Spaniards and have been Latins for more than 2000 years since the Romans. Latin American doesn't mean Latin and the "Latin" in Latin" American means Roman heritage. They have to use their real names to identify themselves: Taino, Apache, Aztec, etc., etc..or Mexicans, Hondurans, Cubans...
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Actually these are the Hispanics: Portuguese and Spaniards because they came as you say from Hispania which is the name given by the conquering Romans to what is now Portugal and Spain. You are "Latin Americans" and for indigenous people they are NICAN TLACA people. You can learn more here but you already know what Latin/Latino means. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jyAjG4hPckA&feature=youtu.be https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JiDeavIY4-k
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