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**VIAGRAENLINOBARATOCAMPRAR** · 03-11-2011, 06:23 AM

There was a time when I used to think Latino was a race and not a cultural meaning. Before I realized this I often associated looking Amerindian and metiszo with being "Latino" because most of the Latinos I was around were from Mexico and Central America. And whenever I would watch a telenovela I would even say, "none of these people are real latinos." Mind you I was only a kid. I didn't know better. I have noticed people often associate Amerindian/metiszo features with being "Spanish" or "Latin" without even realizing those features are actually not "Spanish". Often times I hear many Native Americans say they get mistaken for "Latino".

Latin Americans vary, depending on where you are in the Americas. "Latino", unless we're referring to European Romance speakers, is meaningless. "Hispanic" is also meaningless, unless we are referring to actual Iberians.

Your question reminds me of this: http://www.vdare.com/misc/100310_krejsa.htm

03-11-2011, 06:23 AM	#23
VIAGRAENLINOBARATOCAMPRAR Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 464 Senior Member	There was a time when I used to think Latino was a race and not a cultural meaning. Before I realized this I often associated looking Amerindian and metiszo with being "Latino" because most of the Latinos I was around were from Mexico and Central America. And whenever I would watch a telenovela I would even say, "none of these people are real latinos." Mind you I was only a kid. I didn't know better. I have noticed people often associate Amerindian/metiszo features with being "Spanish" or "Latin" without even realizing those features are actually not "Spanish". Often times I hear many Native Americans say they get mistaken for "Latino". Latin Americans vary, depending on where you are in the Americas. "Latino", unless we're referring to European Romance speakers, is meaningless. "Hispanic" is also meaningless, unless we are referring to actual Iberians. Your question reminds me of this: http://www.vdare.com/misc/100310_krejsa.htm
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