LACS 210 Lecture 3: LUS Notes (2/12)
26 Jul 2018
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Hispanic - defined as a person from or having ancestry from countries and regions where spanish is the primary language. Of the terms discussed in today"s lecture, it is the oldest. Latino - defined as any person of latin american descent currently residing in the united. Unlike hispanic, the term latino includes people whose primary language is something other than spanish, i. e: english, portuguese, french, etc. Latin american - defined as any person currently residing in latin america, not the. Chicano - obsolete term specifically used to define people of mexican descent living in the us. Hispanic is inherently limiting - because it uses language as it"s metric, excluding many people in latin america who don"t come from countries speaking predominantly. Most people prefer the term hispanic to latino, with many preferring to be described as their country of origin. This proportion dropped to half among second-generation respondents, and to 20% of third generation or higher respondents.
