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Originally posted by Blue Violet
that Hispanic generally is used to refer to countries/people who speak Spanish or are from Spanish speaking countries originally. It's not really a racial thing. Lots of "White" people in Chili (Large German population) consider themselves Hispanic b/c they speak Spanish. Latino is the newer term and is generally prefered by the younger generations. I guess to distinguish themselves. And chicano as has been said before is Mexican America.
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That's pretty much what my Spanish prof told me, too. The only difference is he said that "Latino" means anyone who is of a country that speaks a latin-based language (i.e. French, Italian, Spanish, etc..) but in this country has been adopted by young hispanics to mean those of hispanic descent.