Now I know they are of Spanish descendent thus of Latin origins, but the true latins are the Italians, who are not included in this group called "Latinos". Why do you think this is? An approximation? An error of history?

Hispanics are not "called" Latinos. Hispanics, are Latinos because all Hispanic countries are located in Latin America.

What?

Latin = Latino

who cares. we r tan and hot

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but yes they're hot

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I don't think I've ever met a hispanic person be upset about this

Edit: oh you are asking why. Nevermind then, I need to learn how to read apparently

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only on atrl you would find liberals over analyzing race, sexual orientation and labels. it would make any avg person brain dead

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They originate from Latin America (any country that speaks Spanish, Portuguese etc.)

It's weird. I read that "latino" and "hispanic" are terms coined by American marketing companies that were trying to find a term to describe people in Latin America and their descendants in the United States (including people from the southern part of the US, which used to be Mexico until the US invaded it under their imperialistic expansionist model and took it over illegally).

I don't like those terms and don't use them, they erase the racial, ethnic and cultural differences present within Latin America (it's very frustrating when people assume "latino" is a race). I just say "Latin Americans" or refer to people by their specific race (Amerindian, mixed Amerindian/white European, white European, black, etc) or by their nationality.

These are topics that have been researched on and written about for decades at the phD level.

But average people tend not to be very educated so I guess you're right in a way.

I am Hispanic and I don't care. I am used to it. So you can call me Latino or Hispanic.

"Latino" is actually spanish for Latin, Latin American.

I'm dominican and peruvian and usually I just say I'm Spanish but then I have the one person who feels the need to correct me but idc

No, no, I'm sure those companies held on to the term for those reasons, but the term itself was created by the French.

Back in the 19th century when the French invaded Mexico (shortly after independence) and founded a Mexican "Empire." Napoleon III of France wanted to form alliances with Mexico and other former Spanish/Portuguese colonies, so he (and his followers) kept writing about how France and these American countries had common Latin origins, like their languages, Roman Catholicism, etc.

So yeah, basically the term was an imperialistic tool used by the French, but it stuck across Latin America, and later on it also stuck in the U.S. as an easy way to classify everything south of the border.

So in