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originally posted by: Necrobile
a reply to: AnakinWayneII
www.dictionary.com...
Hispanic
[ hi-span-ik ]
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adjective
Spanish.
of or relating to Spanish-speaking Latin America: the United States and its Hispanic neighbors.
Also His·pan·o [hi-span-oh, -spah-noh] . of or relating to people of Spanish-speaking descent:
originally posted by: OccamsRazor04
a reply to: AnakinWayneII
You are wrong on basically everything. First, Hispania is the Roman term for ... Spain, which is where Hispanic comes from.
These people are not descendants of Spain, but they may and likely do have some Spanish blood.
originally posted by: AnakinWayneII
So...white people.
So it's WoW? White on White crime?
originally posted by: BlueJacket
a reply to: AnakinWayneII
Frankly theyre a mix of indegenous peoples (many with malaynesion DNA/think Amazon tribes), Portraguese, African, French (Maxmillian), Spanish and others.
My understanding of Hispanic, is just Spanish speaking, or some level of decent. Not sure its rant worthy though.
originally posted by: Necrobile
originally posted by: AnakinWayneII
So...white people.
So it's WoW? White on White crime?
Hmmm, not sure how you came to that conclusion. You are aware that the Spaniards got it on with many of the indigenous folk down there, right??
originally posted by: DISRAELI
a reply to: AnakinWayneII
Wasn't there some inter-breeding with the original inhabitants, so that they would be a little mixed, genetically (as we all are)?
The equation of "Hispanic" with "non-white", whatever its accuracy, does go back a long way.
In West Side Story, don't the Puerto Ricans sing
"Things are all right in America...
If you'e a white in America".
originally posted by: OccamsRazor04
a reply to: AnakinWayneII
False. There are a small number of 'pure' indigenous. The people are a mixture of Spanish and indigenous. Also Africans. They absolutely are not European.
originally posted by: AnakinWayneII
There were not a significant amount of indigenous folk. Many of them died from diseases etc, there was also the cruel enslavement of Native Americans (across the Americas) which saw large numbers perish from a variety of things.