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Old 07-04-2009, 11:50 PM
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Originally Posted by knight_shadow View Post
I don't remember seeing any threads. They usually get thrown into the "black" threads. It's weird, though, because I've listened in on "Hispanic vs Latino" (and even "Asian vs Oriental") debates IRL.
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Originally Posted by DSTRen13 View Post
You know, IRL, I've definitely heard the Hispanic/Latino conversation way more often.
Okay, I've never had an Asian vs. Oriental debate per se...more like someone will say, "the Orientals" and someone else will correct them. But Hispanic vs. Latino I haven't heard before. The argument against calling anyone who speaks Spanish a "Mexican person," now THAT one I hear a lot. I'm always surprised at how many people don't understand that not everyone who speaks Spanish is not from Mexico--or even that no one in this world speaks "Mexican." Quite as many who don't get that not all black people have direct heritage from African or that people who live in African do not speak "African." )
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