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Originally posted by LUVBUGZ
I know some "Spanish" peeps who get irate if you call them "Mexican" and I think they get pissed of you call them "Latinos" too. What's w/ that? Or are they just racist spics?
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Some folks from the days of wayback still refer to themselves as Spanish, even if they are not of actual Spanish descent. This was done in the early part of the 20th century by many Latinos in order to make themselves "look better" in the eyes of white folk.
The use of the term "Latino" is growing from what I've seen. It's like using the term "African-American." Hispanic is considered derogatory by many because it was "imposed" as a cover-all for those of Latin American descent by the Census Bureau in the 1970s. Still others prefer to be referred to by their nationality--Mexican, Peruvian, etc.
I've recently begun using Latino more recently. For that matter, the term African-American too. *shrugs* One can't be expected to know who prefers what, so I figure as long as I'm not using "spic" or "nigger," it's cool, and/or they'll ask me to use another term.
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When I think of "mongoloid" I picture people from Asia, not Native America. Well, actually, what is Native America? For some reason I think of the U.S. as Native America.
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"Native Americans" refers to those that were here before Europeans came over. Native Americans originated in Asia (along with Polynesians, Melanesians, Micronesians, Aborigines, etc.), then came to America over the Bering Strait "Ice Bridge" about 50,000 years ago. The term "Indian" was started by Columbus, as he first thought he reached the East Indies.