Babalu Blog: Why I abhor the terms “latino” and “hispanic”

Posted on: March 29th, 2006
Filed Under: [ Hispanic News ] [ Commentary ]
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“I hadnt wanted to cover this subject here on Babalu for fear of opening up a great big ole can of worms, but I feel I have to clarify a few things regarding the recent protests by “latinos” or “hispanics” throughout the US.

First, there is no such thing as a “latino” race. There is no such thing as an “hispanic” race. Both terms are contrived and used solely for census purposes. There is no such country as “latinolandia” and Hispaniola is technically half of an island in the Caribbean.”

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