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**bMc8F9ZI** · 03-25-2012, 08:36 AM

Pao, you're confused about what I meant. I do not like terms like Latino being imposed on people of "Latin American" descent who are not of full Latin European descent. You have to learn to accept that not everyone is going to think like you. Yes, Latino is a Eurocentric word that is very colonial. I know a Dominican, a Peruvian, and some Mexican Americans who do not identify as Latino. If you want to identify as Latina, be my guest, but do not force others to adopt the label if they don't want to.

Now, they are South Americans, Caribbean, Mexicans, Central Americans, etc. I do consider someone who was born in Uruguay with grandparents from the Far East to be Uruguayan and South American, however, not Latino.

This is what I consider a Latino:

I consider a personal's national background and ethnicity. So, for example, I consider Evo Morales a Bolivian of Aymara ethnicity, but not a Latino.

03-25-2012, 08:36 AM	#5
bMc8F9ZI Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 512 Senior Member	Pao, you're confused about what I meant. I do not like terms like Latino being imposed on people of "Latin American" descent who are not of full Latin European descent. You have to learn to accept that not everyone is going to think like you. Yes, Latino is a Eurocentric word that is very colonial. I know a Dominican, a Peruvian, and some Mexican Americans who do not identify as Latino. If you want to identify as Latina, be my guest, but do not force others to adopt the label if they don't want to. Now, they are South Americans, Caribbean, Mexicans, Central Americans, etc. I do consider someone who was born in Uruguay with grandparents from the Far East to be Uruguayan and South American, however, not Latino. This is what I consider a Latino: I consider a personal's national background and ethnicity. So, for example, I consider Evo Morales a Bolivian of Aymara ethnicity, but not a Latino.
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