What's your Background?

[Frenchy]

I dont know if Im that attractive haha Ive only met one person from here so far that could pass judgement

Yes, you are

 

[patty diaz]

Yes, you are

haha thank you

 

[Carla Suarez]

Dear spaniards, welcome to latin america ,remember us?

Some people confuse latinos (from South America) with Spanish (from Europe) when the only similarity is the language and even this is completely different! As some people in Europe think Canadians are American , a nonsense...

No Ñ on your keyboard?

 

[User#6517]

Some people confuse latinos (from South America) with Spanish (from Europe) when the only similarity is the language and even this is completely different!

Oh my god.. THIS!!

I know a lot of guys who say that they love Spanish girls or are dating a Spanish girl when they're actually referring to Latinas. It's such a silly thing to get upset about, but being half Latina myself, my reaction is always this:

 

[Carla Suarez]

Haaaahaaaaa So trueee¡ When I was in Canada, (btw also happened in USA) I refer myself as Spanish, and they wondered ask me.. From Mexico?

 

[User#8628]

Do they confuse Spanish with Hispanic?

 

[patty diaz]

Do they confuse Spanish with Hispanic?

Yes they do lol

 

[Carla Suarez]

Do they confuse Spanish with Hispanic?

Some think Spanish are anyone who talks in Spanish (Colombian, Mexicans, Brazilian, ..)

But it's not even the same ethnicity, I'm Caucasian!

It's like confusing Chinese with Japanese just because they are both from Asia

 

[zecarioca]

Some think Spanish are anyone who talks in Spanish (Colombian, Mexicans, Brazilian, ..)

... except that we Brazilians speak Portuguese

(But of course I get your point.)

Not sure if I agree with you when you say that the ONLY similarity between Spanish people and Latinos is the language... there are many shared cultural elements and some personality traits... but once again, I get your point - obviously people shouldn't consider them to be one and the same.

 

[e-smile]

Haaaahaaaaa So trueee¡ When I was in Canada, (btw also happened in USA) I refer myself as Spanish, and they wondered ask me.. From Mexico?

Some think Spanish are anyone who talks in Spanish (Colombian, Mexicans, Brazilian, ..)

But it's not even the same ethnicity, I'm Caucasian!

It's like confusing Chinese with Japanese just because they are both from Asia

Brazilian speak Portugese not Spanish.

 

[Carla Suarez]

Brazilian speak Portugese not Spanish.[/QUOTE]

Obviously I know (I have been several times in Brazil) it's just an example, substitute Brazil for Puerto Rico, Argentina, Venezuela or any other country from South America.
The point is people confuse Spanish with Hispanic as @User#8628 has mentioned

@zecarioca I agree about similarities, we are outgoing, open minded and "sangre caliente" mood , but the point is physical are huge differences cause not the same Latin than Caucasian. And as you know even Spanish language it's not the same in South A. than in my country, same as Portugese from Brazil is not the same than from Portugal. It's just a clarification for people (maybe for us it's obvious but in other countries are some miss understanding for this)

 

[e-smile]

Obviously I know (I have been several times in Brazil) it's just an example, substitute Brazil for Puerto Rico, Argentina, Venezuela or any other country from South America.
The point is people confuse Spanish with Hispanic as @User#8628 has mentioned

@zecarioca I agree about similarities, we are outgoing, open minded and "sangre caliente" mood , but the point is physical are huge differences cause not the same Latin than Caucasian. And as you know even Spanish language it's not the same in South A. than in my country, same as Portugese from Brazil is not the same than from Portugal. It's just a clarification for people (maybe for us it's obvious but in other countries are some miss understanding for this)

Even among the Latinos there are differences. Uruguayans don't look like Mexican and Mexicans don't look like Peruvians.

The same goes for African people. Senegalese don't look like Ghanaian and Sudanese are also very different from those. Most can't see the difference between all black people and I'm often annoyed to see in the movies someone play the role of someone's son while they are obviously from different ethnic origin. It's like having a Thai playing the role of some Korean guy's son. That said they do use many Chinese actors for playing Japanese people in American movies.

 

[Pansexual latina]

Im going to piggy back on the idea that the only difference is the language, spain conquered us which is why we speak spanish, our people have spaniard european blood and traits mostly through rape way back when of our people. If you look a lot of us still have a good percentage of spaniard in our genepool and well as from the african slaves and the natives of our respective countries. So no, thats not the only thing we share and yes there are lots of hispanics/latinos who are mostly Caucasian. I personally have a very european nose

 

[e-smile]

Im going to piggy back on the idea that the only difference is the language, spain conquered us which is why we speak spanish, our people have spaniard european blood and traits mostly through rape way back when of our people. If you look a lot of us still have a good percentage of spaniard in our genepool and well as from the african slaves and the natives of our respective countries. So no, thats not the only thing we share and yes there are lots of hispanics/latinos who are mostly Caucasian. I personally have a very european nose

A lot of mix in south America Native Indians, Europeans from many countries (not only spain), Black African slaves, north African pirates or merchants ...

ps : Actually Spanish people aren't Caucasians, this word is vastly misused.

 

[MikeH]

It's like confusing Chinese with Japanese just because they are both from Asia

And like people in US or Europe wouldn't be doing that all the time!

 

[Carla Suarez]

@e-smile IMHO Argentinian are not "latino" I mean physically because they come from Italian emigrant background so are more Caucasian type.
Funny thing is some of Uruguayans I talked to felt really upset because I confused the accent and ask them if were Argentinian. And for them was almost an insult so I guess it happen around the world

I must confess I probably don't see the different from a Thai vs Korean or someone from Myanmar ..
I'm still shocking since I discover my beloved main character actress from Memoirs of a Geisha it's Chinese playing for Japanese

 

[Pansexual latina]

And like people in US or Europe wouldn't be doing that all the time!

It makes me wince so hard when the latinos who get mad when you call a rican a dominican or mexican are the same people who say i love that chinito music when i am playing kpop. If you are asian you're chino x_x. Same goes for being in southern part of united states besides florida, everyone thinks im mexican or speak mexican....IT KILLS ME!

 

[Frenchy]

It makes me wince so hard when the latinos who get mad when you call a rican a dominican or mexican are the same people who say i love that chinito music when i am playing kpop. If you are asian you're chino x_x. Same goes for being in southern part of united states besides florida, everyone thinks im mexican or speak mexican....IT KILLS ME!

Well in France some (not all of course) people of arabic origin will brand you a racist for whatever you may say about arabs (they may even consider that very word as an insult!) , but you should hear how they treat Africans from the south of Sahara!

 

[e-smile]

@e-smile IMHO Argentinian are not "latino" I mean physically because they come from Italian emigrant background so are more Caucasian type.
Funny thing is some of Uruguayans I talked to felt really upset because I confused the accent and ask them if were Argentinian. And for them was almost an insult so I guess it happen around the world

I must confess I probably don't see the different from a Thai vs Korean or someone from Myanmar ..
I still shocking since I discovered my beloved main character actress from Memoirs of a Geisha it's Chinese playing for Japanese

Well Italy is where the word Latin comes from isn't it ?
And they are not Caucasian either. Caucasian are people from around West Russia to north of Iran. But I understand it's now the common term to sum up all the "whites" without using the politically incorrect term "Aryan".

When I was saying "Latino" it was for the geographic meaning (Latin America) and I see it more like a linguistic term than an ethnic one. There are so many ethnicity in South America ...

I can mistake some Koreans from Japanese (especially those girls who had surgery) but Thai are very different from Koreans, also I usually recognize Chinese, Vietnamese and Filipino. I can also see a difference between Europeans, I can't say if someone is Danish or Norwegian but I can see the difference between Scandinavians, Slavs ... although there are many mixed people and you can't always say for sure.
Same goes for north African, I can see some typical Egyptians traits and make the difference with Tunisians although both countries are only separated by Libya.

PS : There is a big rivalry between Argentine and Uruguay, their football games are very hot !

 

[e-smile]

Well in France some (not all of course) people of arabic origin will brand you a racist for whatever you may say about arabs (they may even consider that very word as an insult!) , but you should hear how they treat Africans from the south of Sahara!

there actually not that many people from arab origin in France. Although Arabic is the official language of Tunisia, Algeria and Morocco, those countries aren't really Arabs. Most of their population are Berbers who are mixed from various origin from Africa and Europe. Arabs colonized north of Africa 13 centuries ago but they didn't populate the region. They made alliances with Berber tribes and settled a system that allowed them to rule from far and the used Islam to spread their language and "civilization" just like the conquistadors did with Christianity. When the Moors colonized Iberian Peninsula there were actually Berber armies not Arabs.

As far as it concerns the French of Maghrebi origin, they are certainly on the defensive and the funny part is that they are the most offensive toward native Maghrebis when they meet in France. Student from Morocco will mix more easily with French native people than with French of Maghrebi origin.

 

[patty diaz]

A lot of mix in south America Native Indians, Europeans from many countries (not only spain), Black African slaves, north African pirates or merchants ...

ps : Actually Spanish people aren't Caucasians, this word is vastly misused.

And then theres all the different ethnic groups within the indigenous people. Some can be from the same area and look completely different.

 

[RandomTokyoGuy]

@e-smile
I'm not sure why you think that Italian or Spanish people would not be Caucasian. The term stems from old racial theory and included basically all of Europe (except some Scandinavian if I recall right) as well as some western Asian.
Nowadays it's used as synonym for "white" European or American.

@Carla Suarez
You would be surprised how many ladies of different background in the adult industry label themselves as Latino. When I was in the UK or Germany escorts from Spain would very often market themselves as Latino. But I have also often seen it used by eastern European ladies who share some physical /optical traits.

 

[e-smile]

@e-smile
I'm not sure why you think that Italian or Spanish people would not be Caucasian. The term stems from old racial theory and included basically all of Europe (except some Scandinavian if I recall right) as well as some western Asian.
Nowadays it's used as synonym for "white" European or American.

I referred to the original ethnic definition of the term, then there is indeed the word "Caucasoid" initiated by a German anthropologist (J.F. Blumenbach) but that includes middle east and north Africa.

But as I said, I was talking about the ethnicity, and People of Caucasus are a group among other ethnic groups in Europe. Also there was a lot of mix in the Mediterranean sea, Romans, Greeks, Arabs, Persians, Moors, Hebrews, Iberians have settled in many places around the sea.

 

[zecarioca]

Funny thing is some of Uruguayans I talked to felt really upset because I confused the accent and ask them if were Argentinian

What makes this even more curious is the fact that they share the same acccent! (Especially "porteños", argentinians from Buenos Aires, and Uruguayans).

In fact, originally (16th to 19th century) Argentinians and Uruguayans were essentially the same people, until Uruguay was created as a sovereign country by Great Britain in order to be a "buffer" and stop the recurring wars between Brazil-Argentina (Portugal-Spain). Then, the nation-building narrative in Uruguay, with the need for a new identity to prove them different from the gigantic neighbors, came up with this nonsense that they had "nothing to do" with the guys from the other bank of the river.

And then came soccer in the 20th century and we found out it was less deadly than wars, but we could still sing our anthems, hoist our flags and insult each other

 

[MikeH]

And then came soccer in the 20th century and we found out it was less deadly than wars

So you have never gone to see a Premier League game then, have you?