Talk:Latin America
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[edit] All the Peoples
So let's say there's a guy from Mexico. Can he be considered Hispanic, Latino, and Mexican all at once? What's the appropriate usage for those terms? A.Ha 15:59, 13 January 2009 (EST)
The word Hispanic refers exclusively to someone who is currently a resident of a Spanish-speaking American country. If your guy currently lives in Mexico, he would be hispanic. If he lives in the United States, he isn't hispanic.
Latino refers to all Latin American nations regardless of language. So a Brazilian national would be latino, but not hispanic. Spaceboyjosh 20:26, 17 January 2009 (EST)
- And Chicano? Mexican-American, but with a particular political bent, no? TheoryOfPractice 20:31, 17 January 2009 (EST)