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Originally Posted by christiangirl
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." ) |
The conversations are usually spin-offs of the "Mexican vs ______" conversations. IIRC, Hispanic makes several people uncomfortable because of the Spain reference. I've seen more people using Latino in its place.