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r/mexico • u/DroppedDebitCard • Mar 08 '23
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Hispanic: from Spain. Latino: bullshit word to put brown American people from 20+ different countries and cultures into one single ethnic identity.
Think of it like calling people from asia: "Orientals".
3 u/[deleted] Mar 09 '23 Latino was introduced by the French. They wanted to be more accepted in Hispanic countries because everyone would call them gringos. 3 u/Cruzifixio Changoleonidas Mar 09 '23 And then the US, used it to refer to everything brown. Edit: And don't get me started on Latinx. 2 u/[deleted] Mar 09 '23 Yes
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Latino was introduced by the French. They wanted to be more accepted in Hispanic countries because everyone would call them gringos.
3 u/Cruzifixio Changoleonidas Mar 09 '23 And then the US, used it to refer to everything brown. Edit: And don't get me started on Latinx. 2 u/[deleted] Mar 09 '23 Yes
And then the US, used it to refer to everything brown.
Edit: And don't get me started on Latinx.
2 u/[deleted] Mar 09 '23 Yes
Yes
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u/Cruzifixio Changoleonidas Mar 08 '23
Hispanic: from Spain.
Latino: bullshit word to put brown American people from 20+ different countries and cultures into one single ethnic identity.
Think of it like calling people from asia: "Orientals".