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| Actually, a small minority of Filipinos are of Spanish or part Spanish descent, and would probably identify as "Hispanic". Interestingly, not all Spanish descended people would identify as such, especially the Basques. | Actually, a small minority of Filipinos are of Spanish or part Spanish descent, and would probably identify as "Hispanic". Interestingly, not all Spanish descended people would identify as such, especially the Basques. | ||
| Saying that people from Spain are not hispanics is a non-sence. "Hispanic" is a word that means "coming or related to Spain and spanish culture". every language use that word that way. ex; in french "les cultures hispaniques" means "the Spanish or Spanish related cultures.", not related to Mexican or Guatemaltec cultures which are mostly native indians !! | |||
| It would be like excuding english people of "anglo-saxon" culture and considering Jamaican or australian aborigen culture as the anglosaxon culture!! | |||
| It is the same for "latin" or "latino", these words mean "related and descent to roman culture", not "from south and central america" | |||
| Of course central and south america are included in "latin" group because they have a spanish, portuguese and french herency; but they don't represent all latins or latinos by themselves !!!!!!... | |||
| American people usually forget that the "original" latins or latinos are Italians, Frenchs, Spanishs, Portugueses, Catalans, Romanians, and some Belgians and swiss people... | |||
| It has nothing to see with a race or any "physical" description of people | |||
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Actually, a small minority of Filipinos are of Spanish or part Spanish descent, and would probably identify as "Hispanic". Interestingly, not all Spanish descended people would identify as such, especially the Basques.
Saying that people from Spain are not hispanics is a non-sence. "Hispanic" is a word that means "coming or related to Spain and spanish culture". every language use that word that way. ex; in french "les cultures hispaniques" means "the Spanish or Spanish related cultures.", not related to Mexican or Guatemaltec cultures which are mostly native indians !!
It would be like excuding english people of "anglo-saxon" culture and considering Jamaican or australian aborigen culture as the anglosaxon culture!!
It is the same for "latin" or "latino", these words mean "related and descent to roman culture", not "from south and central america"
Of course central and south america are included in "latin" group because they have a spanish, portuguese and french herency; but they don't represent all latins or latinos by themselves !!!!!!...
American people usually forget that the "original" latins or latinos are Italians, Frenchs, Spanishs, Portugueses, Catalans, Romanians, and some Belgians and swiss people...
It has nothing to see with a race or any "physical" description of people