Hispanics and Latinos...the same thing?

I honestly think that the only person qualified to answer this question is Sunny Hostin. If that Nicaraguan bitch Ana Navarro tries to answer first, ignore her - she knows not what she speaks about.

OP, if you’re legitimately interested in the answer, John Leguizamo does a great job of explaining it.

No -- my Brazillian ex-gf would say, "I am not Hispanic -- I am Latina."

Apparently, it was because she spoke Portuguese and not Spanish.

Please see this Venn diagram:

That Venn Diagram is even more confusing.

When do you call the group in the middle (burgundy group) Hispanic, and when do you call them Latino/a ?

The terms are rooted in political movements of the 50s and 60s. In Texas, Hispanic is preferred by Latin Americans.

r4, if Hispanic includes Spain, why doesn't Latino include Portugal?

r7 Portugal isn't in Latin America

r8, so you're suggesting Spain is in Hispania?

Hispanic means Spanish speaking. Latino means from Latin America. So Spaniards are Hispanic but not Latino while Brazilians are Latino but not Hispanic.

R5 It really depends on where you live. There is a preference for Hispanic on the east coast and Texas while in California people definitely prefer to be called Latino. I've actually had people in California tell me that Hispanic is pejorative. Latino is a far newer term. It wasn't popularized in the US until the 1990s/early 2000s.

In my experience, people who try to be relevant use “Latino”, people who are slightly out of touch use “Hispanic”, and if they’re old or very ignorant I’ve heard the term “Spanish people” but they didn’t mean people from Spain.

Latino for everyone but Spaniards is the easiest thing to remember, OP.

[quote] In my experience, people who try to be relevant use “Latino”, people who are slightly out of touch use “Hispanic”, and if they’re old or very ignorant I’ve heard the term “Spanish people” but they didn’t mean people from Spain.

As a “Hispanic,” your dubious “experience” makes you both irrelevant and out of touch.

R14 I don’t think so. I’m no expert but I went to public schools through high school and community college. The town went from 10 to 80 whatever you want to call it. Hispanic was only used in the old days or by outsiders.

The reason Hispanic is antiquated is because it assumes that everyone with Latin American heritage speaks Spanish, which is no longer the case.

[quote] When do you call the group in the middle (burgundy group) Hispanic

Both.

Latinx!

I use this rule..since Hispaniola no longer exists I go with Latin.

[quote] since Hispaniola no longer exists

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R12 is probably from the western US (likely California) and R14 is likely from Texas or the eastern US. I live both places. I try to use the preferred term wherever I am at the time. Latinx is preferred by only a small number of people and they're usually, but not always, white.