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**BPitt** · 03-25-2012, 08:13 AM

Why is it that non-LatinAmericans imply that we use the word "Latino" interchangeably with white? I never even thought of Latino (again, short for LatinoAMERICANO) as "euro-centric." When analyzing such terms, you should analyze the context of it within the desired community.
And I have to disagree with Marllon on that it is only USA. Latin-American countries aren't oblivious to the term.

They are CULTURAL ties. WE obviously know were not of the same race or races. If people from OTHER countries still can't figure it out, that is THEIR problem. Latinoamericanos don't have a problem understanding that two people from different racial backgrounds can identify under the same label. Like it or not, an Asian-Latino has a lot more in common with me than with you especially if they haven't lived in an Asian community.

I don't see what is so confusing.
Okay, so lets go with the idea that we can't identify as Latino. We shouldn't identify as Americans, either. True Americans are Native-Americans. So we'll drop the whole Latinoamericano term, too. US nationals should do the same also. No more "American" for you. Tell the minorities to drop it also. They're not Asian-American, they're Asian. They're not African-Americans, they're African. And so forth. (That might also get tricky because I doubt Africans, Asians, Euros would identify with said people)

Hell, I might as well not identify with Mexican because I'm not Mexica. Neither are majority of us "Mexicans". We should not even identify with our nationality. And neither should those with countries whose names are indigenous or anything that they aren't.

So tell me. What the heck do we call ourselves?

03-25-2012, 08:13 AM	#4
BPitt Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 518 Senior Member	Why is it that non-LatinAmericans imply that we use the word "Latino" interchangeably with white? I never even thought of Latino (again, short for LatinoAMERICANO) as "euro-centric." When analyzing such terms, you should analyze the context of it within the desired community. And I have to disagree with Marllon on that it is only USA. Latin-American countries aren't oblivious to the term. They are CULTURAL ties. WE obviously know were not of the same race or races. If people from OTHER countries still can't figure it out, that is THEIR problem. Latinoamericanos don't have a problem understanding that two people from different racial backgrounds can identify under the same label. Like it or not, an Asian-Latino has a lot more in common with me than with you especially if they haven't lived in an Asian community. I don't see what is so confusing. Okay, so lets go with the idea that we can't identify as Latino. We shouldn't identify as Americans, either. True Americans are Native-Americans. So we'll drop the whole Latinoamericano term, too. US nationals should do the same also. No more "American" for you. Tell the minorities to drop it also. They're not Asian-American, they're Asian. They're not African-Americans, they're African. And so forth. (That might also get tricky because I doubt Africans, Asians, Euros would identify with said people) Hell, I might as well not identify with Mexican because I'm not Mexica. Neither are majority of us "Mexicans". We should not even identify with our nationality. And neither should those with countries whose names are indigenous or anything that they aren't. So tell me. What the heck do we call ourselves?
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