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Old 11-21-2007, 06:52 PM
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Originally Posted by nitido357 View Post
I don't know. The terms Latino and Hispanic are not something that came up from a movement like the evolution of the words negro, black and african-american. Both terms have been around for a while and taught at most schools in Latino American countries.

Now, maybe they grew up here and no one told them about the difference between a descriptor of a language and a descriptor of a group of people in many nationalities that share more than just the language.

Or perhaps they were going for what poorly foreign history educated Unitedstatians would understand...who knows
Or perhaps she, herself, is Latina and chooses to say what she feels. But, who knows.
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