Re: Labels
| From: | Nik Taylor <fortytwo@...> |
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| Date: | Monday, September 4, 2000, 1:42 |
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Mike Adams wrote:
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> So then "European-American" and "African-American", "Asian-American" are
> more cultural identifiers.. Latin-American seems to be more regional?
More linguistic. "Hispanic/Latin American/Latino" is an odd label, all
the other "racial" labels refer to where one's ancestors came from,
African-American means your ancestors came from Africa, White means your
ancestors came from Europe, etc., but "latino" means you come from a
Spanish-speaking country, regardless of whether your ancestors were
African, European, Native American, or mixed.
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