MobiusX Posted June 19, 2005 Share Posted June 19, 2005 How many here are Hispanics? Link to post Share on other sites
Hexpiral Posted June 19, 2005 Share Posted June 19, 2005 What's your concept of 'hispanics'? Link to post Share on other sites
Goonie Posted June 19, 2005 Share Posted June 19, 2005 nope, I am pretty much clear :D Link to post Share on other sites
The Evil Cashew Posted June 19, 2005 Share Posted June 19, 2005 definatelty.. not .. me.. though spanish is a cool lauguage. ~Cashew Link to post Share on other sites
Bolboreta Posted June 19, 2005 Share Posted June 19, 2005 What's your concept of 'hispanics'? Ditto. I'm Spanish. I don't think of myself as Hispanic though :roll: Link to post Share on other sites
Shockwave Posted June 19, 2005 Share Posted June 19, 2005 Hispanic means of a Spainsh speaking people or culture. Most people in the US use it to mean Latin American. Link to post Share on other sites
Rawphish Posted June 19, 2005 Share Posted June 19, 2005 I am :), I at least I am pretty sure, mexican is hispanic right? I dunno if I would count as latin america, most people assume I am latin american beacuse of my light skin Link to post Share on other sites
Bolboreta Posted June 19, 2005 Share Posted June 19, 2005 hmmmm.........i know people who speak spanish but do not at all consider themselved to be hispanic.....and if you call them hispanic they get pissed off.....im confused ....I just call these poeple I know friends..... Well, I kind of get pissed off too... :roll: I'd try to explain it, but I can do it politely or making sense, you I'll leave it at that Link to post Share on other sites
Hexpiral Posted June 19, 2005 Share Posted June 19, 2005 I often see 'hispanic' mentioned as an ethnicity, applied to latin americans in the USA. Which is utterly stupid, since the most latin americans are 'mestizos' (literally, 'mongrel'), except for countries like Argentina, Uruguay and Chile which are mostly populated by descendants of european immigrants. If by 'hispanic' you mean 'Latin American', I could be included. If you mean 'Spanish (peninsular, southern european)', then I wouldn't, since I'd be more accurately described as anglo-saxon. Link to post Share on other sites
MobiusX Posted June 19, 2005 Author Share Posted June 19, 2005 OKay, I meant Latin Americans.... Link to post Share on other sites
Hexpiral Posted June 20, 2005 Share Posted June 20, 2005 In that case, I think I'm the only regular latin american (living in latin america, at least) that posts in the english language forums. Why did you want to know? Link to post Share on other sites
Bolboreta Posted June 20, 2005 Share Posted June 20, 2005 I'm really sorry, I wanted to write "I'll leave it at that" (which still doesn't sound right, oh well...) I don't have a clue what the "you" is doing there :roll: I wasn't trying to talk about you at all I've gotten pissed off about this several times, but it takes way more than this to do so :roll: Basically is like this... you can say I'm Hispanic if you're talking about my culture, I guess, but somehow "Spanish" makes more sense to me (also because I live in Spain, and the term is often used for Spanish speaking people who live in the States) If you're talking about a race, well... that'd make me angry :roll: I just can't see how I'm different from the rest of European people, sorry :roll: ( and I have almost black hair, dark brown eyes and tanned skin :lol: ) And even if I were from a different "race", all my dark features come from the moors that inhabited Spain centuries ago, so mixing us with Latin American people who have native blood in them doesn't make any sense :? (yes, they're darker too, so?) Link to post Share on other sites
Cate Perfect Posted June 20, 2005 Share Posted June 20, 2005 Why did you want to know? That's what I was wondering. USer, Anglo-Irish, with a dash of Jewish and Seminole Indian Cate Link to post Share on other sites
Amcan Posted June 20, 2005 Share Posted June 20, 2005 I'm of anglo-saxon stock and Irish if you go far enough back (about 125 years). Mind you if you go back 3 million years everyone is African. Link to post Share on other sites
MobiusX Posted June 20, 2005 Author Share Posted June 20, 2005 cause I'm a Latin American..... Link to post Share on other sites
Dargon Posted June 20, 2005 Share Posted June 20, 2005 Half Mexican here, so I guess I count as Hispanic. Link to post Share on other sites
Jael L Posted June 21, 2005 Share Posted June 21, 2005 Well, I'm a mixture of Sephardic (Spanish Jewry) and Ashkenazi (Central & Eastern European Jewry) Link to post Share on other sites
Shivers Posted June 21, 2005 Share Posted June 21, 2005 I.... AM.... CANADIAN!! (whooo) *raises beer* Link to post Share on other sites
slatterly Posted June 21, 2005 Share Posted June 21, 2005 Ah ahm NAHT Canadian! Ah ahm QUEBE- Oh, wait. Yeah, I am Canadian. Whoops. Link to post Share on other sites
Shivers Posted June 22, 2005 Share Posted June 22, 2005 Ah ahm NAHT Canadian! Ah ahm QUEBE-Oh, wait. Yeah, I am Canadian. Whoops. AH HAH HAH HAH HAH!!!!! *dies* And "the motreal quebecoisers" doesn't have the same ring to it, non? Link to post Share on other sites
ophtha1mos Posted June 24, 2005 Share Posted June 24, 2005 From my experience, hispanic means from the Spanish-speaking world. Some people I know use it to include Spain, others consider Spanish people white. I've also heard "latino" being interchanged with "hispanic", but my Brazilian friend identifies herself as "latina". To answer your question, I'm Russian. Link to post Share on other sites
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