Quote:
Originally posted by LUVBUGZ
As far as -oids go, I think I'd take offense to being called a "mongoloid"
|
Apparently, kids with Downs Syndrome were called "Mongoloids" at one time...that must have been before my time, and I'm not sure if this was meant to be derogatory or not.
Quote:
|
I thought "spics" were specifically Puerto Ricans, although Puerto Ricans are Latinos I guess.
|
Spic, as far as I understand, is the short form of "hispanic," and I've heard it used to describe Latinos (or those who look Latino).
Puerto Rico was originally inhabited by the Taino tribe of South America. It was "discovered" by Columbus during his second voyage in 1493 and became a colony of Spain.
The US Census Bureau defines Latinos as
Hispanics or Latinos are those people who classified themselves in one of the specific Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino categories listed on the Census 2000 questionnaire -"Mexican, Mexican Am., Chicano," "Puerto Rican", or "Cuban" -as well as those who indicate that they are "other Spanish/Hispanic/Latino." Persons who indicated that they are "other Spanish/Hispanic/Latino" include those whose origins are from Spain, the Spanish-speaking countries of Central or South America, the Dominican Republic or people identifying themselves generally as Spanish, Spanish-American, Hispanic, Hispano, Latino, and so on.
Quote:
|
How can Latinos come from all three races? I think I get the "ethnic issue" thing though.
|
Latinos can be of European descent (caucasoid), African descent (negroid) or Native American descent (mongoloid). When the Spanish came to this part of the world, some of them bred with Native Americans (Mestizos). The Spanish also brought African slaves with them, and those slaves bred with the whites (Mulattos) and Native Americans. And yet some of the Spanish just kept to themselves and settled and bred in this part of the world, hence white Latinos.
From the Census Bureau:
People who identify their origin as Spanish, Hispanic, or Latino may be of any race.
Quote:
|
I like Dan, but am not familiar w/ this character.
|
Trading Places is a great movie...one of my favorites.