@brhapsody The name America came from Amerigo Vespucci - and he first named SOUTH AMERICA with that name on his maps. Amerigo is a italian name. Italian = Laccio (Latim)
I have a proposition and is to change the name to the continent for example for example the continent could be called Colombica, Hispania or iberiland.
These are the Latin Countries: Italy, France, Romania, Portugal and Spain. The ones you're referring to are "Latin American" countries. th-cam.com/video/lj2wotjd3nw/w-d-xo.html
If you keep repeating that very reasonable point for the rest of your life, the billions of non Americans in the rest of the world will call US people Americans and people from other places of the Americas by their individual countries or groups such as Meso Americans, Latin Americans, South Americans, Central Americans, West Indians, HispaniAmericans, PanAmericans, IberoAmericans etc etc but Americans are the people who won the two world wars and were first in the moon. So American Cars are not cars made in Brazil nor Mexico. American Cars and American Food etc are ACCORDING TO MANKIND from North of Mexico. Just saying.
BeNita She is Brazilian of German ancestry, still that doesn't make her any less Brazilian. Her husband, Tom Brady, is American of Irish ancestry, doesn't make him any less American. The same applies to any other nation...Shakira is of Lebanese and Spanish ancestry, doesn't make her any less Colombian since she was born and raised there.
I am from Equatorial Guinea, we are Hispanic but not Latino or Spaniard. But we are considered Spain's twin country because they colonized us and receive us like their own. We do the same to them. Hispanic pride!!🙌🙌🙌
You are completely right. As far as I know, Equatorial Guinea is the only African country where Spanish is the official language. It has been for a long time until French also became official, right?
Elio Leturia That is very much true. Originally Germany colonized Equatorial Guinea until they sold us too Portugal. And ultimately Portugal sold us to Spain and we remained colonized since, until the first official president brought us independence and we became an independent country. The French came and colonized a few other parts of Africa, but I think it was actually before Spain went to Africa. The French, German, and Portuguese were there first I believe. 😊😊
Thank you, Nini. As you can tell, I am only trying to offer some kind of light on the Hispanic/Latino issue, from the perspective of a Latino American who lives in the US. I know this is a delicate topic and that there are different points of view. Sometimes I don't understand the animosity of people when expressing their opinions (which is not your case.) Instead of offering more information that can educate us all, some sound like personal attacks, which are not conducive to help anyone.
Elio Leturia I most certainly agree. I am more than happy to tell people more about my content whenever they ask. Some people do not even realize that there are Africans that are Hispanic, so they ignorantly ask "what part of Latin America are you from?" Or even "How did you learn Spanish?" All very distasteful. I am living in Spain but visit America occasionally and see the animosity that you mentioned. It's very very distasteful how many people don't just sit and listen and think they know everything based on stereotypes. I commend you for your open mind and nice personality, and ability to learn more. 😊😊
I'm tripping out on the narrator that sometimes he pronounces letters with an English-speaking accent and sometimes he pronounces correctly in Spanish.
@@elioleturia The fact that you are bilingual doesn't explain why you switched your accent from time too time as was the observation made by Esther Melchor.
@@samolodrog9639 It's because if I am pronouncing a Spanish word, I pronounce it in Spanish, and when I speak in English, I do it in English; that's all. I love being able to speak three languages, and I try to do it as closely as I can.
I think it's also important to note that not everybody in the countries where Spanish is the majority language speaks Spanish. Many people in Mexico and Guatemala, for example, speak Native languages and are not fluent in Spanish.
+ladydontekno You're truly an idiot! Everyone speaks Spanish in Mexico and Guatemala. The Native American language of the Mexicans and Guatemalans don't exist! Sure, maybe only 1% or 2% speaks it, but not a lot of people. Go to Central and South America so you don't stereotype!
Ingrid Haltenhof You sure about that? So the 1.5 million Nahuatl speakers in Mexico are a figment of collective imagination? Did you know only 60% of Guatemalans actually speak Spanish?
Ingrid Haltenhof plus 45% or more in peru speak quechua and not spanish. Let's not talk about aymara in bolivia. I've met many mexicans who can't speak english or spanish and their spanish is very broken because they are native americans.
I wasn't born in the United States of America but I'm still an American, because I was born in Guatemala of America and now I need to take an Ameican shit for America. CONGRATULATIONS!!!! I just shit my pant..
Moé Ramirez the official name of Guatemala is "Republica de Guatemala" the official name of the US is "The United States of America " hence part of the reason they are called Americans they are the only ones who have America in the name of their Country.
The term "Latino" has became in the US something similar to "Coloured" in South Africa. More than half the Latinos in the U.S. are multiracial. In fact, those Latinos who consider themselves "White" marry more usually to other "Whites" (Latinos or Anglos) and are assimilated more rapidly by the White American majority.
nope sry but many white latinos marry very different races else there wouldnt even exist any multiracial latinos as you put it latinos does not eual like coloureds in sa there its basically like sayin mulato in latin america
@@kristinapenzes9162 wrong too latinos in america are from all latin speaking countries spanish portuguese hispanic are all ppl from spanish speaking countries mexico argentina chile ecuador etc and also spain,latinos can also be european technically italians spaniards and portuguese to a lesser extent french are latinos too
Un vídeo mi interesante y bien explicado. Una pena que no mucha gente (especialmente estadounidenses angloparlantes) lo haya visto aún. Saludos desde Perú. En la misma onda, podrías hacer un vídeo de la diferencia entre America (continente) y America ("país"). Saludos Elio!
Muchas gracias! Justamente mañana lo voy a presentar en mi clase de Latino Voices. Justamente en una clase anterior les explicaba a mis estudiantes como en Latinoamérica no llamamos "América" a los Estados Unidos.
I loved your video, but I think you missed a point... you said that not all, like to be called hispanic (in Spanish Spoken language countries) because they've been there before Spanish arrived to the continent, and I do agree with that... but... how do we call all those "called Spanish or Latinos..." because they were born in an Spanish or Portuguese spoken country (such as Brazil), but their parents are British, or German, or Swiss, or Russian, or Polish, or Aremnian, or Greek and so on??? They are not Spanish, nor Latinos... what are they...??? In my country there are a lot of those people... I consider myself Latino because I am basically a mixed of Italian, Portuguese and Spanish... even though I don´t know how to call my ancesotrs that were Swiss... or am I really Latino if I have Swiss in my blood? Or am I just predominantely latino? Are you still latino if you are 50% british and 50% Italian??? Or if you are 50% German and 50% Polish but born in Uruguay??? Mmmhhh...
Thanks for your comments. I think we all evolve, learn and acquire the values from where we grow. So as an example, if your father is British and your mother German, and you are raised in Uruguay, you most likely will learn Spanish, embrace the local culture, food, music, beliefs. You may or may not speak German or English, or be interested in the culture of your parents. Or you may be heavily influenced by it! There is not a black and white answer; cases are different. Thanks for contributing to the discussion in a constructive way. Some of the comments that come from people who seem to like to argue instead of explaining their disagreements in a constructive way. But at least the video provokes a space for discussion.
I think it is a very interesting subject, and I like to discuss about it in a educated manner. My problem is based on the fact that people born in Uruguay, just because the official language is Spanish, are considered Hispanic. But people born in the United States, just because they adopt the language and the culture they are not considered "anglo"... do you understand my point? Uruguay, Argentina and Southern Brazil, like USA, are countries made of immigrants, mostly European, and even though there is a large community of Italians, Spanish, Portuguese and French, many of them, are not originally of "latin countries". So I don´t think they should be call latino... I give you an example, I have a friend who was born in Argentina, both of her parents are German, she married an American guy in Argentina, they moved to Uruguay where their daughter was born... So, what is she? Latino just because she was born in Uruguay and her mom in Argentina? She grew up a few years there, but she has been living in the States for many years and speaks both languages... The other issue I have about this subject (well I have others too) is that part of Canada, speaks French, a latino language, why they are not considered latinos???? And I do not understand why Americans separate themselves in such an erratic way in the census... European descendents are plain "whte"... while African descendents are "African American" not blac...and people born in countries where Spanish is spoken are called "latinos or hispanics" except for Portugese or Spaniards where the real latino people live... they are considered white... as well as Italian, French and Rumenian... all latino cultures...just because they are located in Europe???But Uruguay where 90% of the population is of European descendentis is not considered white? Just because we are located in South America? It is ironic, but even though our population is very small, in percents, we have the highest quantity of white people (or European descendent if you prefer...) while USA has around 60%... Isn´t that ironic that those one who were born in Uruguay but become American citizens are not considered white when our ancestors are as European as American ancestors???? But latino, the same as Mexican where there ancestors are mostly Amerindian??? They are not latinos either... nor hispanics... Mestizos have some Hispanic, not the natives... And last... but not least what is a latino culture? Mexico food for example, it is totally different than Uruguayan food... in other words, the so "called" latino countries do not even share a culture... and the language... let me tell you that it is pretty different too... the accent, the meaning of many words, and the use... Again... Americans do not call themselves or Australian Anglo, just because they share a language... Why should our countries have a distinctive name when we are so different in all the aspects??? Sorry for writing a lot... but this is a big subject... with lots of point that do not make sense for me... One more thing... people who sees me, think I am Polish, or Russian when I say (and I do it on purpose) that I am Latino, some of them, do not believe me!!! Funny, right???
Hahahaha go the school sister because you are so confused, Latino refers to the people who speaks a a latin language remember latino is not a race and is for that reason the latins are in all colors and hispanic does not refer to the race but to the people whose the language is spanish, I'm mexican and although I'm mestizo but I'm white and I don't have anything to do with the brown mexicans so a latin could be a white descendant of germas, irish, russian etc. or a latin descendant of chinese, japanese, lebanese etc. in my country there is a huge lebanese colony and those guys are latins and hispanics for the simple reason of speaking a latin language.
It is also important to note that many of the people here are half white, such as Christina Aguilera, Linda Carter, Benjamin Bratt, Cameron Díaz... Alberto Fujimori is undoubtedly full blooded Japanese and born in Peru. If he committed a crime and police asked for a description, would you say Latino, Peruvian or Asian?
"Half white" (or "half __ ethnicity") is a misnomer. As a Latino/a, you just can't be "half" any ethnicity since most latinos are already combined with several ethnicities. For example, I'm Puerto Rican but if I were to use the gringo logic of using "I'm X % of X ethnicity", i can say with certainty (per 23andme) that I'm 75% white, 14% Amerindian, 7% African and 4% Arab. See where is the logic in saying someone is "half-X ethnicity"? When it comes to people who are already way too mixed, it just goes off the board.
The video was nice, however, it left out actors and actresses from Brazil, who are dark skin, as well as Haiti which is the largest country that has Latin culture as well. I'm sure this was done intentionally. However, as I always stated, Latino nor Hispanic is a race, but those who are fairer skin or fit the description of a "Hispanic" or "Latino" person, are more accepted than Black Latinos. Not fair, and it is very racist.
nice, video but the real latinos are ethnic group from spain,italia,portugal, romania y france. here in americas we are latin american but there are many ethnic group.you forget that hatians and and people french territories like french guyane, martinique,etc are latin americans too.
You forgot Carlos Santana, Linda Ronstadt, Ricardo Montealban, Antony Quinn, to mention few, is true, latin ( latino ) are asociated for the language not a race or ethnic background. But the question is now Why people start to put more attention to our country our food and. Our ethnic heritage who drives their curiosity to investigate more in us than other latin American people
There are many... I had to choose and also find images that were copyright-free. I only hope that the video incites people to talk about the issue and demystify some misconceptions. Thanks for the comment.
@@kristinapenzes9162 They are cause Puerto Rico is an territory of the United States and all Puerto ricans are U.S Citizens since 1917 , but they can't vote in U.S elections since they arent yet a state.
The purpose was to show the ethnic diversity, Olivia, not the person's character. I also got a similar comment about Fujimori, who is in jail. Thanks very much for your comment.
nada6390 we are actually known as the sons and daughters of Adam and Eve a word that is not yet known. Homo sapiens is just a scientific name given by science or like human race or earthling, these are just terms to describe a geographic area where you are born. Like a continent, country, tribe, neighborhood , street home address.
Fujimori is not a latino. He was born in Japan and brought to Peru as a baby or very young. He knows latino culture, was raised in a hybrid of Spanish and native Peruian. He is ethnically Japanese and a "latino" by culture. This is the case with many "latinos." For example, how latino is a person brought over from Germany to Latin America?
I think the word Latino may just be another politically correct term, just like when Hispanic is used as a racial category. Any dictionary Spanish-English will tell you that the word Latino means Latin. Latin is not a race, Latin is not a nationality, Latin is not a regional or even continental demonym (like American), Latin is not a culture (you would think Hispanic, if you'd try to find a common cultural trait), and it is definitely not a the language spoken by those called Latinos, who, with the exception of Brazilians who speak Portuguese, speak their own version of Castilian/Spanish. So what the hell does the word Latin mean in the modern World? The only known thing I can find that is associated to the word is a now dead language spoken by the ancient Romans. Latino?...
latino=someone from latin america=someone from a spanish or portuguese(brazil speaks portuguese wich is its own language older than castillian wich is actually just spanish)speaking country
But the Latin Language,which birthed, Spanish, portuguese,French,Italian ect. Was derived from Ancient Greek. As the Romans were Huge Greek fanboys,and modeled their society/culture off of theirs.
Latino is Spanish and Italian for Latin. Latin people come from Europe, Italy Spain France Portugal and Romania. People in Latin America that have ancestry from these countries are Latino. Hispanics are also Spanish people or Latin Americans that have ancestry in Spain
we're not Hispanics nor Latinos. Hispanics are from spain and latinos are Italy, spain, Portugal, france ann even Romania is a latino country. most of population in wich today is so called Latin America, are MESTIZOS (mixture of native americans, Europeans and some cases black as well). that's the right ethnicity for that people. of course we still have whites and as in my case, im mexican but im black my ancestors came from africa to Mexico over 500 years ago so, in no way im latino. the fact that part of our roots are from spain and that we speak Spanish, does not makes us Hispanics nor Latinos.
Marcos De Los Santos what if im half puertorican but took dna test and i am not mixed with other races? What is that called being latin american but white?
People of United States You shall take a note of this: I am a descendant of Antonio López de Santa Anna, in a small fraction. Burt by other way.... And I have 50% European, 20% Jewish, 5% indigenous, 17% African and 8% Asian. So you should know that 80% of Mexicans are a mixture of many humanities who emigrated to Mexico and that means being Mexican. If in the United States, the white people, people of color, Asian people and indigenous people mix with each other until they create a single humanity, I bet you will look like us. The Spaniards brought many Human Resources to live to the New Spain (Mexico) We never were a Colony, we were a Viceroyalty. we were Spaniards of America.
Nice video, but you should be more careful in you classification. Especially when you use the "Latino / Latina" description to define someone. Many of the people who appear in this video are not "Latinos". You can say that many of them are son's of Latinos and that they where born in U.S.A. Or, they have Latinos parents. But many of them are born in U.S, have Latinos parents, and they don't even speak a romance language. You are only "Latino / Latina", when you where born in an official Latin-speak country or region, and of course, you speak a romance language like Spanish for example, or Portuguese, Italian, French, there are many other's. Even if your father and mother are "Latinos", and you speak perfect Spanish (example), or Spanish AND English (bilingual), but you where born in Great British or U.S.A. You are not "Latino" anymore, because in your country of birth is officially spoken English. You can always say that you are of Latin descent in this particular case (it would be the correct term). Sorry if you thik otherwise. And please, always confirms the information before publishing.Christina Aguilera don't speak spanish or another romance languge. So, she's NOT Latina at all. Benjamin Bratt was born in U.S.A (San Francisco). He's NOT Latino. Lynda Carter was born in U.S.A (Phoenix, Arizona). She's NOT Latina. Rosario Dawson was born in U.S.A (New York City). She's NOT Latina. Cameron Diaz was born in U.S.A (San Diego, California). She's NOT Latina. America Ferrera was born in U.S.A (Los Angeles, California). She's NOT Latina. Dolores Huerta was born in U.S.A (Dawson, New Mexico). She's NOT Latina. Eva Mendes was born in U.S.A (Miami, Florida). She's NOT Latina. Soledad O'Brien was born in U.S.A (St. James, New York). She's NOT Latina. Rosie Perez was born in U.S.A (Bushwick, Brooklyn, New York City, New York). She's NOT Latina. Zoe Saldaña was born in U.S.A (Passaic, New Jersey). She's NOT Latina. Jimmy Smits was born in U.S.A (Brooklyn, New York). He's NOT Latino. Christy Turlington was born in U.S.A (Walnut Creek, California). She's NOT Latina. Dara Torres was born in U.S.A (Los Angeles, California). She's NOT Latina. Raquel Welch was born in U.S.A (Chicago, Illinois). She's NOT Latina.
I am not going to argue who is Latino or who is not, but I hope you got the point of the video which is show that Latino is not a race and that Latinos can be of any race, said that, some of this people might have been born in the US, but that doesn't mean they can't be used as models to show what Latinos look like, just imaging a kid of Norwegian parents being born in Japan, he is not "legally Norwegian" but you can perfectly say, this is what a Norwegian looks like, because a sheet of paper (birth certificate) does not change your appearance/phenotype.
I perfectly understand the example of the video, because i'm "Latino" (born in Latin America). We (Latinos) know exactly that Latino is not a race and hispanic is not a race neither. Some people, "especially in the United States", use it to mean that, yes, but it's inaccurate. The label "Latino" is about a geographical origin (when we are trying to specify a Romance language) and culture, and not just about appearance. But it's just a little tendentious to false expectations ("according to my opinion"), to use "some of this people that have been born in the US" (15 of 32 is not "some" for me). And I'm just saying that, it could be done and explain better in a video, without putting fake Latin models, or using some famous people that have been born in the US. "Remember", you are Latino and "ONLY" if you where born in Latin America (in this particular case). Please, understand the difference. But I'm not trying to degrade in any way the effort of who made the video. If I could make a suggestion, it would be that the sources of information need to be checked before publishing. That's all.
Pepe007JEN Some of these people were not only born in the U.S. They're actually half white or anglo, whichever term you want to use. Even if they were just born in U.S. I would still consider them full Cuban, Mexican, or whatever, but many of them have one parent that is U. S. white.
Thanks for the effort to point out where these individuals were born. Again, the place where a person is born does not make them Latinos. It's the cultural upbringing, customs, influenced by religion and language. I am only trying to offer a perspective. There are Latinos who choose not to speak Spanish, or to adhere to certain customs. It's their prerogative. And if we disagree, that's fine!
Yeah, right! Then why French Guyana and Canada aren't latino countries since the people from those countries speak french? I'm sorry, but here in Brazil we don't take this "latino" word too seriously, because we think is made up based in prejudice using the excuse of the fact that those languages came from latim. Here in Brazil this "latino" is not used or accepted. We always correct people from other countries saying "We're South Americans". We don't care about the explanation of the differencies between latino or hispanic. It's bullshit.
tell that to the brazilians in europe they all embrace to be latino and hang with argentineans cubans dominicans etc. my ex was brazilian and proud latina
You have a mistake in the video, you said that only Spain was Hispania before, but not only Spain, it was even Portugal part of it, it was the all Iberian Peninsula, the true Hispanics are the Spanish People and Portugués People.
Ahhhh entonces también los canadienses son latinos porque hablan francés, y porque no decir Africa Latina, ahí también hablan lenguas romances. Somos hispanos.
*Argentines know they are American B.J. , Belgiums know they are European , they just don't go throughout Europe telling other Europeans they are European, more US-Anglo americans should know that the inhabitants from the New World American are American B.J.*
Fist hispanics are people who can trace their roots to Spain. Latinos are mostly people who has Spanish and indian mixture but also comprised to all those who speak spanish. Dominicans are not really hispanics because they are African, Black puerto ricans and Cubans as not hispanic either. Indian Mexican are not hispanics because they do not have Spanish european mixed, they are Indians. Being colombian or Venezuelan is just like calling someone American you are not specifying race. So Raul Julia is Puerto rican but for his looks more likely he has Spanish blood. Maduro is Venezuelan but looks mixed. Christina Saralegui looks 100:percent Spanish and Zoe Saldana or Rosario Dawson are African because their family ancestry do not come from Spain.
@@davidortega357 ok so latinos are not an specific race you are and your wife are latinos with different races. my mom is from Chile although her parents are from Ukraine and my dad i was born in Argentina and his parents are Russian and both in the USA are considered latinos despite their European.features.
THEN WHAT RACE ARE WE? Lol I guess I will never know. I'm Peruvian-Salvadoran. My peruvian side is mixed w so many different things from meztizo to italian to afro latin roots. My salvadoran side is a big ass question mark because my salvadoran side isn't your typical Black hair tan skinned salvadoran. SOOO IM CONFUSED
we are NOT a race as you can see in the video we got black white brown mixed mulato mestizo arab even asian latinos is a linguistic cultural concept not a racial one cameron diaz is latina so is ozuna or mario lopes
almost all of them who you talkn about have different mixes sum native nd white sum black nd white sum black white and native sum arab white native sum asian black native white etc.latino is a cultural linguistic denominator not a racial one as you can see cameron diaz is latina and shes white
I’m Mexican tho am I still Latina If I have black hair black eyes and like light tan skin ??? Cause like most latinas are white and think they are Mexican
@@elioleturia This reminds me of the exact same thing "Telemundo" and "Univision" does. Afro-Latinos are not even given a second thought with the possible exception of "Amara La Negra" (a very few times). "Others" noticing"? Let em' go for it!
@@doubleutee2100 Mister/Ms Doble U Te 2. Wouldn't it be more useful to present questions in a constructive way? By affirming that I am intentionally marginalizing people is an unfair personal opinion. When creating this video, my intentions were to explain that Latino is not a race, and I placed special attention to highlight known people from different races, skin colors, cultural and national backgrounds. Is it perfect? Maybe not. But it was a well-intended effort. Comments like yours do not unite Latinos; on the contrary, they are divisive and wasteful.
You mean How do Latin Americans look like because these are the Latins: Italians, French, Romanians, Portuguese and Spaniards. th-cam.com/video/lj2wotjd3nw/w-d-xo.html
@@elioleturia You see, Latinos means Latins and these are the Latins: Italians, French, Romanians, Portuguese and Spaniards. Those in the United States are "Latin Americans" who use the term Latino incorrectly. They use it instead of Latin Americans and that's not acceptable. They use it arbitrarily. They also believe that Latino/Latin is their Race. their Ethnicity, their Skin Color, their DNA. I'm tired of hearing these liars. The entire story is here: th-cam.com/video/jyAjG4hPckA/w-d-xo.html
@@elioleturiaYou see, Latinos means Latins and these are the Latins: Italians, French, Romanians, Portuguese and Spaniards. Those in the United States are "Latin Americans" who use the term Latino incorrectly. They use it instead of Latin Americans and that's not acceptable. They use it arbitrarily. They also believe that Latino/Latin is their Race. their Ethnicity, their Skin Color, their DNA. I'm tired of hearing these liars. The entire story is here: th-cam.com/video/jyAjG4hPckA/w-d-xo.html Being Latin doesn't have anything to do with LOOK. being Latins it's all about Romance languages and Roman Latin Culture. It means having inherited the linguistic and cultural identity of the Romans. People from Latin America must stop using and misusing the term LATIN. No Hispanic, No Latin, No Latino, No Latina, No Latinx.
Yes, Mr. Macchi. I agree with you. The issue is that people use those terms, and the media as well. My purpose was to present a perspective for the regular American. There are many misused terms (even the U.S. census, more in the past) that I'd consider practically impossible to change what the system perpetuates. So if this video helps start a discussion, I think it served a purpose.
@@elioleturia This problem in the United States started when Mexican Frank del Olmo didn't like the term "Hispanic" and he chose the term "Latino" instead of "Latin Americans" to describe the "Ethnicity" of the Spanish-speaking people of the Americas. He believed that saying Latino instead of Latin Americans was easier. The fact is that Frank del Olmo was ignorant. He had no idea of what the term "Latino or Latin" meant and where it came from and of course as all the Media-TV. newspapers, Politicians, Dictionaries pander to Blacks, Spanish-speaking people and other minorities then these people want to be called Latinos (Latins) for them it's ok. They don't give a damn if it's right or wrong. I'm going to write to the Ministry of Culture of Italy and involve them as well. These people have to stop identifying themselves as they do. No, Latin is not the color of their skin and it's not their blood!! In the meantime people can write or email the U.S. Census Bureau and place their opposition to this lie.
carlosb1 I SPEAK FRENCH & ITALIAN FLUENTLY & I DO NOT CONSIDER MYSELF LATINA THANK U VERY MUCH. IF U LIVE N FRANCE U WOULD KNOW that most french people don t consider themselves latin, never call themselves latin. IF u insist or argue some french ppl will smile embarrassingly or smirk & grimace. Some french ppl will give u long explanations why they r NOT REALLY LATIN.. Its rare to hear a french person call himself latino spontaneously AND with any pride.Actually i ve never heard it. IN MODERN FRENCH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE, "LATIN" PPL CONNOTES PPL OF SOUTH & CENTRAL AMERICA & THE CARIBBEAN who speak some type of spanish.(& portugese.)....IN FRANCE THE FRENCH R FRENCH & THE LATINS R... SOMETHING ELS WHATEVER THEY DECIDE. I M JUST A MESSENGER.
Where were you born?? Latin is just a term that says you were born in latin region not a race. And french does derives from latin. Just a note. If you were born in france. Then your not a latin America. If you were born in latin america than that makes you someone born in the region of latin descent speaking language. This is the problem that the majority always significe the whole integrity of a group of people. When the minority feels left out they cant accept they are part of the group.
3:21 you can't be "Puerto Rican-American"!!!!! If you're Puerto Rican, YOU ARE ALSO AMERICAN BY DEFAULT. All Puerto Ricans are Americans. "Puerto Rican-American" doesn't exist.
Thank you so very much for the clarification. What I meant was when one parent is from Puerto Rico and the other isn't. But as you can see this is a very complex issue with so many interpretations, and definitions. The time you put to contribute to the discussion with your knowledge is appreciated.
@@elioleturia it really isn't. A person born in PR is just as American as someone born in any of the actual 50 states: they have the same exact passport. Barring the complicated PR-USA relationship (which could be a discussion for a different day), any time a Puerto Rican touches any of the 50 states and attains residence in any of them, they aren't any different from any other natural born resident from whenever state they're living. There aren't "many interpretations" about this, so don't make this seem something it isn't.
i hate when just United States's pple is called american bc it includes the hole continent
Whole = All /Hole = O
The Americans are usa people. Don't try to steal our thunder :)
@brhapsody
The name America came from Amerigo Vespucci - and he first named SOUTH AMERICA with that name on his maps.
Amerigo is a italian name.
Italian = Laccio (Latim)
I have a proposition and is to change the name to the continent for example for example the continent could be called Colombica, Hispania or iberiland.
I agree with you.
We basically look like EVERYONE...from AFrica to Asia to Europe come to a Latin country we have um all.Taste the Rainbow.
These are the Latin Countries: Italy, France, Romania, Portugal and Spain. The ones you're referring to are "Latin American" countries. th-cam.com/video/lj2wotjd3nw/w-d-xo.html
Latin Country? Italy, France, Romania, Portugal and Spain.
AMERICAN IS NOT A COUNTRY!!!!! IS A CONTINENT!!! SO ALL OF THEM ARE AMERICAN!!!
Yes, but after so much time making the world call them americans it won't change.
North America is a continent. The United States of America is a country within North America.
If you keep repeating that very reasonable point for the rest of your life, the billions of non Americans in the rest of the world will call US people Americans and people from other places of the Americas by their individual countries or groups such as Meso Americans, Latin Americans, South Americans, Central Americans, West Indians, HispaniAmericans, PanAmericans, IberoAmericans etc etc but Americans are the people who won the two world wars and were first in the moon. So American Cars are not cars made in Brazil nor Mexico. American Cars and American Food etc are ACCORDING TO MANKIND from North of Mexico. Just saying.
@jordan carver and there is central america too
Nicolas Soto Barrera yes, and latin people are not from America, but from Europe
Let me add Gisele Bundchen, Brazilian model . She definitely dosnt look like what "north americans" think when they think about latinos.
Vic k American people are different no matter how they look like race color of the skin color of the hair eyes etc etc
EXCATLY
Gisele Bündchen is latina like all Brazilians.
+Rafael Fronja yes
BeNita She is Brazilian of German ancestry, still that doesn't make her any less Brazilian. Her husband, Tom Brady, is American of Irish ancestry, doesn't make him any less American. The same applies to any other nation...Shakira is of Lebanese and Spanish ancestry, doesn't make her any less Colombian since she was born and raised there.
I am from Equatorial Guinea, we are Hispanic but not Latino or Spaniard. But we are considered Spain's twin country because they colonized us and receive us like their own. We do the same to them. Hispanic pride!!🙌🙌🙌
You are completely right. As far as I know, Equatorial Guinea is the only African country where Spanish is the official language. It has been for a long time until French also became official, right?
Elio Leturia That is very much true. Originally Germany colonized Equatorial Guinea until they sold us too Portugal. And ultimately Portugal sold us to Spain and we remained colonized since, until the first official president brought us independence and we became an independent country. The French came and colonized a few other parts of Africa, but I think it was actually before Spain went to Africa. The French, German, and Portuguese were there first I believe. 😊😊
Thank you, Nini. As you can tell, I am only trying to offer some kind of light on the Hispanic/Latino issue, from the perspective of a Latino American who lives in the US. I know this is a delicate topic and that there are different points of view. Sometimes I don't understand the animosity of people when expressing their opinions (which is not your case.) Instead of offering more information that can educate us all, some sound like personal attacks, which are not conducive to help anyone.
Elio Leturia I most certainly agree. I am more than happy to tell people more about my content whenever they ask. Some people do not even realize that there are Africans that are Hispanic, so they ignorantly ask "what part of Latin America are you from?" Or even "How did you learn Spanish?" All very distasteful. I am living in Spain but visit America occasionally and see the animosity that you mentioned. It's very very distasteful how many people don't just sit and listen and think they know everything based on stereotypes. I commend you for your open mind and nice personality, and ability to learn more. 😊😊
to us latinos you guys are like latinos ustedes escuchan reggaeton y mucha musica es muy similar mi novia es de bata
I hate when some people assume we’re all brown, we’re not all brown guys!
True! I totally missed the "brown" memo at birth 😂.
I'm tripping out on the narrator that sometimes he pronounces letters with an English-speaking accent and sometimes he pronounces correctly in Spanish.
My main language is Spanish, but I teach in an English-speaking university.
@@elioleturia The fact that you are bilingual doesn't explain why you switched your accent from time too time as was the observation made by Esther Melchor.
@@samolodrog9639 It's because if I am pronouncing a Spanish word, I pronounce it in Spanish, and when I speak in English, I do it in English; that's all. I love being able to speak three languages, and I try to do it as closely as I can.
Come to Brazil and you Will see what is diversity of races
I think it's also important to note that not everybody in the countries where Spanish is the majority language speaks Spanish. Many people in Mexico and Guatemala, for example, speak Native languages and are not fluent in Spanish.
+ladydontekno Plus there are many Asians and Middle Eastern people in Latin countries.
Yes. You can see people of Asian and Middle Eastern background in the video.
+ladydontekno You're truly an idiot! Everyone speaks Spanish in Mexico and Guatemala. The Native American language of the Mexicans and Guatemalans don't exist! Sure, maybe only 1% or 2% speaks it, but not a lot of people. Go to Central and South America so you don't stereotype!
Ingrid Haltenhof
You sure about that? So the 1.5 million Nahuatl speakers in Mexico are a figment of collective imagination? Did you know only 60% of Guatemalans actually speak Spanish?
Ingrid Haltenhof
plus 45% or more in peru speak quechua and not spanish. Let's not talk about aymara in bolivia. I've met many mexicans who can't speak english or spanish and their spanish is very broken because they are native americans.
We’re everyone from around the world thrown in a blender, it really depends on your parents how you looks like, not the country you were born
Beautiful.the answer is beautiful
hi
I wasn't born in the United States of America but I'm still an American, because I was born in Guatemala of America and now I need to take an Ameican shit for America. CONGRATULATIONS!!!! I just shit my pant..
Moé Ramirez the official name of Guatemala is "Republica de Guatemala" the official name of the US is "The United States of America " hence part of the reason they are called Americans they are the only ones who have America in the name of their Country.
Isaac Rivera The "of" is the key word. United States OF America.
i love that youre educating others on this subject matter its long overdue
Brilliant. Great presentation and accessible info.
I have dark hair, tan skin & brown eyes & I'm shirt and ppl have told me I don't look latina
You look indigenous.
The term "Latino" has became in the US something similar to "Coloured" in South Africa. More than half the Latinos in the U.S. are multiracial. In fact, those Latinos who consider themselves "White" marry more usually to other "Whites" (Latinos or Anglos) and are assimilated more rapidly by the White American majority.
nope sry but many white latinos marry very different races else there wouldnt even exist any multiracial latinos as you put it latinos does not eual like coloureds in sa there its basically like sayin mulato in latin america
latino is a people from the central region of Italy .
@Mario Franz no, Hispanics are from Europe, Latinos are from Central America and South America (not Brazil)
@@kristinapenzes9162 wrong too
latinos in america are from all latin speaking countries spanish portuguese hispanic are all ppl from spanish speaking countries mexico argentina chile ecuador etc and also spain,latinos can also be european technically italians spaniards and portuguese to a lesser extent french are latinos too
@@kristinapenzes9162 ehhh?? Haaahahaha clooown.. 🇪🇸🇪🇸=latino and hispanic
@@kristinapenzes9162 A latino is any guy who speak any language derived from "latin". that is all.
When people say Latino what they really mean is Mestizo or Metis
They’re only half Latino
Don't let society identify you but let you decide how you will be identified. At the end of our lives we all end up old and friendless.
Un vídeo mi interesante y bien explicado. Una pena que no mucha gente (especialmente estadounidenses angloparlantes) lo haya visto aún. Saludos desde Perú.
En la misma onda, podrías hacer un vídeo de la diferencia entre America (continente) y America ("país"). Saludos Elio!
Muchas gracias! Justamente mañana lo voy a presentar en mi clase de Latino Voices. Justamente en una clase anterior les explicaba a mis estudiantes como en Latinoamérica no llamamos "América" a los Estados Unidos.
Latinos come in different colors!
I loved your video, but I think you missed a point... you said that not all, like to be called hispanic (in Spanish Spoken language countries) because they've been there before Spanish arrived to the continent, and I do agree with that... but... how do we call all those "called Spanish or Latinos..." because they were born in an Spanish or Portuguese spoken country (such as Brazil), but their parents are British, or German, or Swiss, or Russian, or Polish, or Aremnian, or Greek and so on??? They are not Spanish, nor Latinos... what are they...??? In my country there are a lot of those people... I consider myself Latino because I am basically a mixed of Italian, Portuguese and Spanish... even though I don´t know how to call my ancesotrs that were Swiss... or am I really Latino if I have Swiss in my blood? Or am I just predominantely latino? Are you still latino if you are 50% british and 50% Italian??? Or if you are 50% German and 50% Polish but born in Uruguay??? Mmmhhh...
Thanks for your comments. I think we all evolve, learn and acquire the values from where we grow. So as an example, if your father is British and your mother German, and you are raised in Uruguay, you most likely will learn Spanish, embrace the local culture, food, music, beliefs. You may or may not speak German or English, or be interested in the culture of your parents. Or you may be heavily influenced by it! There is not a black and white answer; cases are different. Thanks for contributing to the discussion in a constructive way. Some of the comments that come from people who seem to like to argue instead of explaining their disagreements in a constructive way. But at least the video provokes a space for discussion.
I think it is a very interesting subject, and I like to discuss about it in a educated manner. My problem is based on the fact that people born in Uruguay, just because the official language is Spanish, are considered Hispanic. But people born in the United States, just because they adopt the language and the culture they are not considered "anglo"... do you understand my point?
Uruguay, Argentina and Southern Brazil, like USA, are countries made of immigrants, mostly European, and even though there is a large community of Italians, Spanish, Portuguese and French, many of them, are not originally of "latin countries". So I don´t think they should be call latino... I give you an example, I have a friend who was born in Argentina, both of her parents are German, she married an American guy in Argentina, they moved to Uruguay where their daughter was born... So, what is she? Latino just because she was born in Uruguay and her mom in Argentina? She grew up a few years there, but she has been living in the States for many years and speaks both languages...
The other issue I have about this subject (well I have others too) is that part of Canada, speaks French, a latino language, why they are not considered latinos????
And I do not understand why Americans separate themselves in such an erratic way in the census... European descendents are plain "whte"... while African descendents are "African American" not blac...and people born in countries where Spanish is spoken are called "latinos or hispanics" except for Portugese or Spaniards where the real latino people live... they are considered white... as well as Italian, French and Rumenian... all latino cultures...just because they are located in Europe???But Uruguay where 90% of the population is of European descendentis is not considered white? Just because we are located in South America? It is ironic, but even though our population is very small, in percents, we have the highest quantity of white people (or European descendent if you prefer...) while USA has around 60%... Isn´t that ironic that those one who were born in Uruguay but become American citizens are not considered white when our ancestors are as European as American ancestors???? But latino, the same as Mexican where there ancestors are mostly Amerindian??? They are not latinos either... nor hispanics... Mestizos have some Hispanic, not the natives...
And last... but not least what is a latino culture? Mexico food for example, it is totally different than Uruguayan food... in other words, the so "called" latino countries do not even share a culture... and the language... let me tell you that it is pretty different too... the accent, the meaning of many words, and the use... Again... Americans do not call themselves or Australian Anglo, just because they share a language... Why should our countries have a distinctive name when we are so different in all the aspects??? Sorry for writing a lot... but this is a big subject... with lots of point that do not make sense for me...
One more thing... people who sees me, think I am Polish, or Russian when I say (and I do it on purpose) that I am Latino, some of them, do not believe me!!! Funny, right???
Sorry I had some typing issues like white and black!!!
Hahahaha go the school sister because you are so confused, Latino refers to the people who speaks a a latin language remember latino is not a race and is for that reason the latins are in all colors and hispanic does not refer to the race but to the people whose the language is spanish, I'm mexican and although I'm mestizo but I'm white and I don't have anything to do with the brown mexicans so a latin could be a white descendant of germas, irish, russian etc. or a latin descendant of chinese, japanese, lebanese etc. in my country there is a huge lebanese colony and those guys are latins and hispanics for the simple reason of speaking a latin language.
It is also important to note that many of the people here are half white, such as Christina Aguilera, Linda Carter, Benjamin Bratt, Cameron Díaz... Alberto Fujimori is undoubtedly full blooded Japanese and born in Peru. If he committed a crime and police asked for a description, would you say Latino, Peruvian or Asian?
"Half white" (or "half __ ethnicity") is a misnomer. As a Latino/a, you just can't be "half" any ethnicity since most latinos are already combined with several ethnicities. For example, I'm Puerto Rican but if I were to use the gringo logic of using "I'm X % of X ethnicity", i can say with certainty (per 23andme) that I'm 75% white, 14% Amerindian, 7% African and 4% Arab. See where is the logic in saying someone is "half-X ethnicity"? When it comes to people who are already way too mixed, it just goes off the board.
I really enjoyed the video!
Yo soy Latino porque mis abuelos son Latinos de Galicia,Espana.
Muy bien dicho
Eres latino por que hablas castellano y nada mas
You can call yourself whatever you want,in the end we know who we are.
The video was nice, however, it left out actors and actresses from Brazil, who are dark skin, as well as Haiti which is the largest country that has Latin culture as well. I'm sure this was done intentionally. However, as I always stated, Latino nor Hispanic is a race, but those who are fairer skin or fit the description of a "Hispanic" or "Latino" person, are more accepted than Black Latinos. Not fair, and it is very racist.
nice, video but the real latinos are ethnic group from spain,italia,portugal, romania y france. here in americas we are latin american but there are many ethnic group.you forget that hatians and and people french territories like french guyane, martinique,etc are latin americans too.
You forgot Carlos Santana, Linda Ronstadt, Ricardo Montealban, Antony Quinn, to mention few, is true, latin ( latino ) are asociated for the language not a race or ethnic background. But the question is now Why people start to put more attention to our country our food and. Our ethnic heritage who drives their curiosity to investigate more in us than other latin American people
There are many... I had to choose and also find images that were copyright-free. I only hope that the video incites people to talk about the issue and demystify some misconceptions. Thanks for the comment.
Puerto Rico y America is the same, you mean USA right? cause both of them are part of Mesoamerica
Aren't all Puerto Ricans Americans?
No
@@kristinapenzes9162 They are cause Puerto Rico is an territory of the United States and all Puerto ricans are U.S Citizens since 1917 , but they can't vote in U.S elections since they arent yet a state.
@@ChannelBlaino only while living in PR. If a Puerto Rican attains residency in any of the 50 states, they can vote for a POTUS candidate.
Why did you have to put Maduro? Couldn't you find someone better? Thank you for showing people the map of Latin America.
The purpose was to show the ethnic diversity, Olivia, not the person's character. I also got a similar comment about Fujimori, who is in jail. Thanks very much for your comment.
There are no hman races, there is only one species: homo sapiens sapiens.
nada6390 we are actually known as the sons and daughters of Adam and Eve a word that is not yet known. Homo sapiens is just a scientific name given by science or like human race or earthling, these are just terms to describe a geographic area where you are born. Like a continent, country, tribe, neighborhood , street home address.
Bullshit Adam and Eve is a fairy tale.
We all don't "look" the same, but you can kinda tell we all trace from the same ancestors but different countries
You're such an idiot
Very well-explained and there are many more actresses and actors who are Latinos and/or Hispanic. Also, many Latinos/Hispanics are mixed too.
Sounds like a video for special needs students
AKA Americans
@@carlosb1 ur mom
Well done, there's a thing or two to clarify but in general the video is accurate.
Fujimori is not a latino. He was born in Japan and brought to Peru as a baby or very young. He knows latino culture, was raised in a hybrid of Spanish and native Peruian. He is ethnically Japanese and a "latino" by culture. This is the case with many "latinos." For example, how latino is a person brought over from Germany to Latin America?
I think the word Latino may just be another politically correct term, just like when Hispanic is used as a racial category. Any dictionary Spanish-English will tell you that the word Latino means Latin. Latin is not a race, Latin is not a nationality, Latin is not a regional or even continental demonym (like American), Latin
is not a culture (you would think Hispanic, if you'd try to find a common cultural trait), and it is definitely not a the language spoken by those called Latinos, who, with the exception of Brazilians who speak Portuguese, speak their own version of Castilian/Spanish. So what the hell does the word Latin mean in the modern World? The only known thing I can find that is associated to the word is a now dead language spoken by the ancient
Romans.
Latino?...
latino=someone from latin america=someone from a spanish or portuguese(brazil speaks portuguese wich is its own language older than castillian wich is actually just spanish)speaking country
Latinos came from Europe like France Italy Portugal Greece
Greece isn't a Latin country.
Rafael Fronja sorry about that Spain is a Latin
clara So is Rumania.
But the Latin Language,which birthed, Spanish, portuguese,French,Italian ect. Was derived from Ancient Greek. As the Romans were Huge Greek fanboys,and modeled their society/culture off of theirs.
Is that supposed to be a Argument? The things I said are pretty common knowledge..
Latino is Spanish and Italian for Latin. Latin people come from Europe, Italy Spain France Portugal and Romania. People in Latin America that have ancestry from these countries are Latino. Hispanics are also Spanish people or Latin Americans that have ancestry in Spain
camerron diaz?!? wow you got me there, cool i dint knew
we're not Hispanics nor Latinos. Hispanics are from spain and latinos are Italy, spain, Portugal, france ann even Romania is a latino country. most of population in wich today is so called Latin America, are MESTIZOS (mixture of native americans, Europeans and some cases black as well). that's the right ethnicity for that people. of course we still have whites and as in my case, im mexican but im black my ancestors came from africa to Mexico over 500 years ago so, in no way im latino. the fact that part of our roots are from spain and that we speak Spanish, does not makes us Hispanics nor Latinos.
Marcos De Los Santos people from Latin America are whites blacks asians etc etc they are not just mestizos
Chuckie A everybody say Latinos and Hispanic to Latin Americans and I will too, so ok
Marcos De Los Santos what if im half puertorican but took dna test and i am not mixed with other races? What is that called being latin american but white?
Chuckie A i ghess im neither latina meztizo or hispanic
you have to be latino in order to know what a latino means! goes further...
Victor Driver It means nothing!
Call us all latinos is like call them (north american/briton/irish/australian...) all anglo-saxon.
they are all anglophones not anglo saxons y nosotros los latinos no tenemos ningun problema con decir que somos latinos
Thanks I feel very educated now.
People of United States You shall take a note of this:
I am a descendant of Antonio López de Santa Anna, in a small fraction. Burt by other way....
And I have 50% European, 20% Jewish, 5% indigenous, 17% African and 8% Asian. So you should know that 80% of Mexicans are a mixture of many humanities who emigrated to Mexico and that means being Mexican. If in the United States, the white people, people of color, Asian people and indigenous people mix with each other until they create a single humanity, I bet you will look like us. The Spaniards brought many Human Resources to live to the New Spain (Mexico) We never were a Colony, we were a Viceroyalty. we were Spaniards of America.
Nice video, but you should be more careful in you classification. Especially when you use the "Latino / Latina" description to define someone. Many of the people who appear in this video are not "Latinos". You can say that many of them are son's of Latinos and that they where born in U.S.A. Or, they have Latinos parents. But many of them are born in U.S, have Latinos parents, and they don't even speak a romance language.
You are only "Latino / Latina", when you where born in an official Latin-speak country or region, and of course, you speak a romance language like Spanish for example, or Portuguese, Italian, French, there are many other's.
Even if your father and mother are "Latinos", and you speak perfect Spanish (example), or Spanish AND English (bilingual), but you where born in Great British or U.S.A. You are not "Latino" anymore, because in your country of birth is officially spoken English. You can always say that you are of Latin descent in this particular case (it would be the correct term). Sorry if you thik otherwise.
And please, always confirms the information before publishing.Christina Aguilera don't speak spanish or another romance languge. So, she's NOT Latina at all.
Benjamin Bratt was born in U.S.A (San Francisco). He's NOT Latino.
Lynda Carter was born in U.S.A (Phoenix, Arizona). She's NOT Latina.
Rosario Dawson was born in U.S.A (New York City). She's NOT Latina.
Cameron Diaz was born in U.S.A (San Diego, California). She's NOT Latina.
America Ferrera was born in U.S.A (Los Angeles, California). She's NOT Latina.
Dolores Huerta was born in U.S.A (Dawson, New Mexico). She's NOT Latina.
Eva Mendes was born in U.S.A (Miami, Florida). She's NOT Latina.
Soledad O'Brien was born in U.S.A (St. James, New York). She's NOT Latina.
Rosie Perez was born in U.S.A (Bushwick, Brooklyn, New York City, New York). She's NOT Latina.
Zoe Saldaña was born in U.S.A (Passaic, New Jersey). She's NOT Latina.
Jimmy Smits was born in U.S.A (Brooklyn, New York). He's NOT Latino.
Christy Turlington was born in U.S.A (Walnut Creek, California). She's NOT Latina.
Dara Torres was born in U.S.A (Los Angeles, California). She's NOT Latina.
Raquel Welch was born in U.S.A (Chicago, Illinois). She's NOT Latina.
I am not going to argue who is Latino or who is not, but I hope you got the point of the video which is show that Latino is not a race and that Latinos can be of any race, said that, some of this people might have been born in the US, but that doesn't mean they can't be used as models to show what Latinos look like, just imaging a kid of Norwegian parents being born in Japan, he is not "legally Norwegian" but you can perfectly say, this is what a Norwegian looks like, because a sheet of paper (birth certificate) does not change your appearance/phenotype.
I perfectly understand the example of the video, because i'm "Latino" (born in Latin America). We (Latinos) know exactly that Latino is not a race and hispanic is not a race neither. Some people, "especially in the United States", use it to mean that, yes, but it's inaccurate. The label "Latino" is about a geographical origin (when we are trying to specify a Romance language) and culture, and not just about appearance. But it's just a little tendentious to false expectations ("according to my opinion"), to use "some of this people that have been born in the US" (15 of 32 is not "some" for me).
And I'm just saying that, it could be done and explain better in a video, without putting fake Latin models, or using some famous people that have been born in the US. "Remember", you are Latino and "ONLY" if you where born in Latin America (in this particular case). Please, understand the difference. But I'm not trying to degrade in any way the effort of who made the video. If I could make a suggestion, it would be that the sources of information need to be checked before publishing. That's all.
So the people in the video aren't Latinos because they don't speak a romance language, even though Spanish is a romance language?
Pepe007JEN Some of these people were not only born in the U.S. They're actually half white or anglo, whichever term you want to use. Even if they were just born in U.S. I would still consider them full Cuban, Mexican, or whatever, but many of them have one parent that is U. S. white.
Thanks for the effort to point out where these individuals were born. Again, the place where a person is born does not make them Latinos. It's the cultural upbringing, customs, influenced by religion and language. I am only trying to offer a perspective. There are Latinos who choose not to speak Spanish, or to adhere to certain customs. It's their prerogative. And if we disagree, that's fine!
You're wrong. Brazil is not part of Latin, is it?
Yeah, right! Then why French Guyana and Canada aren't latino countries since the people from those countries speak french? I'm sorry, but here in Brazil we don't take this "latino" word too seriously, because we think is made up based in prejudice using the excuse of the fact that those languages came from latim. Here in Brazil this "latino" is not used or accepted. We always correct people from other countries saying "We're South Americans". We don't care about the explanation of the differencies between latino or hispanic. It's bullshit.
tell that to the brazilians in europe they all embrace to be latino and hang with argentineans cubans dominicans etc. my ex was brazilian and proud latina
To all my white amigos Spanish came from Europe in Spain Mexico.
Honey, we come in all the colors of the rainbow
That's right. I am glad you agree with me!
Sort of like Giselle Bundchen or Alessandra Ambrosio? That is what most of them look like?
You have a mistake in the video, you said that only Spain was Hispania before, but not only Spain, it was even Portugal part of it, it was the all Iberian Peninsula, the true Hispanics are the Spanish People and Portugués People.
I don't recall having mentioned the word "Hispania"... but thank you very much for taking the time to watch it and comment.
ONE OF THE BEST FUCKING VIDEOS ON TH-cam!
66 people still don't get it
Lol a Latino man made this video 😂😂😂
Zoe is also Haitian
Haiti is still latino
Ahhhh entonces también los canadienses son latinos porque hablan francés, y porque no decir Africa Latina, ahí también hablan lenguas romances. Somos hispanos.
Jehovah the creator of everything sees no race or color
Yes he does but the smarter humans turn pagan and follow their real indigenous gods
@@celtlordcologne110 uuh?
@@gildasdoingstuff8654 too much for you? Ask a real question..
True! Are u Jehovah's witnesses?
so why people that comes from United Estates are "americans". and me that comes from Costa Rica have to be latino "latinoamerican"? for them
i like your answer, because it is informative,i just wanted to know from an American perspective. thaks only to the mature people with mature answers.
It's gringos dumbfuck lol
sandpitturtle is not gringos is call Anglo Saxon
*We have no real anme for ourselves by US-Anglo Architect Frank Lloyd Wright*
*Argentines know they are American B.J. , Belgiums know they are European , they just don't go throughout Europe telling other Europeans they are European, more US-Anglo americans should know that the inhabitants from the New World American are American B.J.*
I'm the only brown skinned Latino on the internet.
They are all different like then United States. You can blame Hollywood and the media for people's ignorance.
Fist hispanics are people who can trace their roots to Spain. Latinos are mostly people who has Spanish and indian mixture but also comprised to all those who speak spanish. Dominicans are not really hispanics because they are African, Black puerto ricans and Cubans as not hispanic either. Indian Mexican are not hispanics because they do not have Spanish european mixed, they are Indians. Being colombian or Venezuelan is just like calling someone American you are not specifying race. So Raul Julia is Puerto rican but for his looks more likely he has Spanish blood. Maduro is Venezuelan but looks mixed. Christina Saralegui looks 100:percent Spanish and Zoe Saldana or Rosario Dawson are African because their family ancestry do not come from Spain.
Im 60% native american of mexico.Jalisco. my wife was 60% middle eastern 30% euro 10% na my daughter is 47% native Am and 40% middle eastern.
@@davidortega357 ok so latinos are not an specific race you are and your wife are latinos with different races. my mom is from Chile although her parents are from Ukraine and my dad i was born in Argentina and his parents are Russian and both in the USA are considered latinos despite their European.features.
Latin is not a race?
Exactly, it's about language and nothing else
THEN WHAT RACE ARE WE? Lol I guess I will never know. I'm Peruvian-Salvadoran. My peruvian side is mixed w so many different things from meztizo to italian to afro latin roots. My salvadoran side is a big ass question mark because my salvadoran side isn't your typical Black hair tan skinned salvadoran. SOOO IM CONFUSED
we are NOT a race as you can see in the video we got black white brown mixed mulato mestizo arab even asian latinos is a linguistic cultural concept not a racial one cameron diaz is latina so is ozuna or mario lopes
wait....so im a spanish (spain) mexican (mexico) american....What am i?
yeah but these people exist in latin america not even here in the usa
roger8654 so?
1:28 who is that?
so what is their race? im talking about the one with brown skin, thick eyebrows and natural eyeliner
almost all of them who you talkn about have different mixes sum native nd white sum black nd white sum black white and native sum arab white native sum asian black native white etc.latino is a cultural linguistic denominator not a racial one
as you can see cameron diaz is latina and shes white
Mestizo is their race
Thick eyebrows?
Racist description
I’m Mexican tho am I still Latina If I have black hair black eyes and like light tan skin ??? Cause like most latinas are white and think they are Mexican
mexicans can be white... did you not see the video?
bl beautiful video pa
Zoe's Haitian too, is she still Latino?
Yes, she has two Latino nationalities.
She's half Dominican and half Puerto Rican
Haitian is latino too
This comes off as racist, because the author intentionally avoided including darker skinned Afro-Latinos!
I am sure that when others watch the video, notice your comment is untrue, and most of all, there is no way you know my intentions.
@@elioleturia This reminds me of the exact same thing "Telemundo" and "Univision" does. Afro-Latinos are not even given a second thought with the possible exception of "Amara La Negra" (a very few times). "Others" noticing"? Let em' go for it!
@@doubleutee2100 Mister/Ms Doble U Te 2. Wouldn't it be more useful to present questions in a constructive way? By affirming that I am intentionally marginalizing people is an unfair personal opinion. When creating this video, my intentions were to explain that Latino is not a race, and I placed special attention to highlight known people from different races, skin colors, cultural and national backgrounds. Is it perfect? Maybe not. But it was a well-intended effort. Comments like yours do not unite Latinos; on the contrary, they are divisive and wasteful.
@@elioleturia Couldn't be to much of a waste. It got your attention enough to reply.
I'm a Latino with green eyes, pail skin, freckles, and red hair.
jeje where were you born?
Rodriguez Camacho Bethany Oklahoma. My Grandpa was from Guadalajara, Mexico and my Grandma was from a small town in Cuba.
so you are American
Rodriguez Camacho yes I am American with Hispanic ancestry
Hispanic is Spain ancestry which you aren't, you are American and half Latino that would explain why you have green eyes. (si tu sabias)
I just find out I am a black Latino
You mean How do Latin Americans look like because these are the Latins: Italians, French, Romanians, Portuguese and Spaniards.
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I meant, Latinos in the US.
@@elioleturia You see, Latinos means Latins and these are the Latins: Italians, French, Romanians, Portuguese and Spaniards. Those in the United States are "Latin Americans" who use the term Latino incorrectly. They use it instead of Latin Americans and that's not acceptable. They use it arbitrarily. They also believe that Latino/Latin is their Race. their Ethnicity, their Skin Color, their DNA. I'm tired of hearing these liars. The entire story is here:
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@@elioleturiaYou see, Latinos means Latins and these are the Latins: Italians, French, Romanians, Portuguese and Spaniards. Those in the United States are "Latin Americans" who use the term Latino incorrectly. They use it instead of Latin Americans and that's not acceptable. They use it arbitrarily. They also believe that Latino/Latin is their Race. their Ethnicity, their Skin Color, their DNA. I'm tired of hearing these liars. The entire story is here:
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Being Latin doesn't have anything to do with LOOK. being Latins it's all about Romance languages and Roman Latin Culture. It means having inherited the linguistic and cultural identity of the Romans.
People from Latin America must stop using and misusing the term LATIN.
No Hispanic, No Latin, No Latino, No Latina, No Latinx.
Yes, Mr. Macchi. I agree with you. The issue is that people use those terms, and the media as well. My purpose was to present a perspective for the regular American. There are many misused terms (even the U.S. census, more in the past) that I'd consider practically impossible to change what the system perpetuates. So if this video helps start a discussion, I think it served a purpose.
@@elioleturia This problem in the United States started when Mexican Frank del Olmo didn't like the term "Hispanic" and he chose the term "Latino" instead of "Latin Americans" to describe the "Ethnicity" of the Spanish-speaking people of the Americas. He believed that saying Latino instead of Latin Americans was easier. The fact is that Frank del Olmo was ignorant. He had no idea of what the term "Latino or Latin" meant and where it came from and of course as all the Media-TV. newspapers, Politicians, Dictionaries pander to Blacks, Spanish-speaking people and other minorities then these people want to be called Latinos (Latins) for them it's ok. They don't give a damn if it's right or wrong. I'm going to write to the Ministry of Culture of Italy and involve them as well. These people have to stop identifying themselves as they do. No, Latin is not the color of their skin and it's not their blood!! In the meantime people can write or email the U.S. Census Bureau and place their opposition to this lie.
cubaaaaa!!!!
melissa diaz i love cuban pussy.
Spaniard don't resemble to Portuguese at all. What iberian race ? Nonsense
Nonsence is your coment..
carlosb1 I SPEAK FRENCH & ITALIAN FLUENTLY & I DO NOT CONSIDER MYSELF LATINA THANK U VERY MUCH. IF U LIVE N FRANCE U WOULD KNOW that most french people don t consider themselves latin, never call themselves latin. IF u insist or argue some french ppl will smile embarrassingly or smirk & grimace. Some french ppl will give u long explanations why they r NOT REALLY LATIN..
Its rare to hear a french person call himself latino spontaneously AND with any pride.Actually i ve never heard it. IN MODERN FRENCH LANGUAGE & LITERATURE, "LATIN" PPL CONNOTES PPL OF SOUTH
& CENTRAL AMERICA & THE CARIBBEAN who speak some type of spanish.(& portugese.)....IN FRANCE THE FRENCH R FRENCH & THE LATINS R... SOMETHING ELS WHATEVER THEY DECIDE. I M JUST A MESSENGER.
Where were you born?? Latin is just a term that says you were born in latin region not a race. And french does derives from latin. Just a note.
If you were born in france. Then your not a latin America. If you were born in latin america than that makes you someone born in the region of latin descent speaking language.
This is the problem that the majority always significe the whole integrity of a group of people. When the minority feels left out they cant accept they are part of the group.
France are latin European
Maduro was born in Colombia, he is not venezuelan!!
Then I'm latina but I don't at the same time? 😂 I don't look like that
omg all the traits explained me.....well i mean we were raided by spanish people so.......i am latin lol half latin half asian XD
WTF?!? MADURO IS NOT VENEZUELAN
@Jose Moran Es un estupido
I hate when Costa Rica is called Puerto Rico
dude I'm Latin and I am white what now?
cameron diaz in the vid dont you see we are all races white bklack native even arab or asian
PERIODT
Shakira look kurdish
WHERE IS LIONEL MESSI???????
Satan Shameer this people are FAKE.
@Mario Franz ¿donde nació Messi?
Its trueee I didnt no I was latino I thought I was hispanic but I'm latino
Latino asian
Para saber si tú eres “latino” basta escuchar tu grosero acento.
Aprendí español y estoy aprendiendo el portugués no soy latino.
no, no lo eres, tu lengua madre no es latina
Felicitaciones por aprender otros idiomas.
Hispanos or Iberoamericanos. Not latino.
3:21 you can't be "Puerto Rican-American"!!!!!
If you're Puerto Rican, YOU ARE ALSO AMERICAN BY DEFAULT. All Puerto Ricans are Americans. "Puerto Rican-American" doesn't exist.
Thank you so very much for the clarification. What I meant was when one parent is from Puerto Rico and the other isn't. But as you can see this is a very complex issue with so many interpretations, and definitions. The time you put to contribute to the discussion with your knowledge is appreciated.
@@elioleturia it really isn't. A person born in PR is just as American as someone born in any of the actual 50 states: they have the same exact passport. Barring the complicated PR-USA relationship (which could be a discussion for a different day), any time a Puerto Rican touches any of the 50 states and attains residence in any of them, they aren't any different from any other natural born resident from whenever state they're living. There aren't "many interpretations" about this, so don't make this seem something it isn't.
@@covfefe_drumpfh Again, thanks for the time you put to contribute to the discussion.
I know the the we are afro Latinos to but I wasn't talking about the
Sounds like the same issue bills have in the greatest nation on earth.
Latinos look like Latin Africans!! Creole power!! Puerto Rican Independence!!
latin africans??only guinea ecuatorial is latin african and cape verde maybe angola too
Latino is a speak group not is a geographical area
+Alexis Lopez no, Latino is people with roots from Spain, Italy France, Portugal. So speaking Spanish does not make you latino.
So people who live in Spain aren't Latinos then?
@@chaser29mty2009 The only reason we are Latino is because of our language, nothing more, not race, nationality or culture.
K but generalizations are right a lot of the time
So dumb! All americans speak english and have same culture... should they categorized only as americans, no matter the colour of skin? Hahaha