Latin, though, implies European ancestry. Roman empire and whatnot.
I'm thinking that it's because Latin is the name of both a dead language and a descendent family of languages, not a culture, so it's more like "Spanish speaking america", than Hispaniola's "Spanish America."
Also, it's Portuguese inclusive, yeah.
Plus since Latin is a dead language, Latinx people were successfully able to take ownership of the term "Latin". So, when you think someone is "Latin" you don't think of Nero or Cesar or whatever.
i see latin mostly refering to the use of a latin language, since latinos have included haiti, however its not perfect since it not includes the guyanas and sometime involves quebec too
I've never heard Haitians be referred to as Latino/Latinx. Dominicans, yes, and it's the same island. But not Haitians. I've always heard them be considered "carribean".
Yes, they would technically be a part of Latin America and therefore Latinx by the logic given. But the fact that they don't seem to be, at least in America, is why I feel like the word Latinx isn't functionally different than the word Hispanic.
Latin, though, implies European ancestry. Roman empire and whatnot.
I'm thinking that it's because Latin is the name of both a dead language and a descendent family of languages, not a culture, so it's more like "Spanish speaking america", than Hispaniola's "Spanish America."
Also, it's Portuguese inclusive, yeah.
Plus since Latin is a dead language, Latinx people were successfully able to take ownership of the term "Latin". So, when you think someone is "Latin" you don't think of Nero or Cesar or whatever.
i see latin mostly refering to the use of a latin language, since latinos have included haiti, however its not perfect since it not includes the guyanas and sometime involves quebec too
I've never heard Haitians be referred to as Latino/Latinx. Dominicans, yes, and it's the same island. But not Haitians. I've always heard them be considered "carribean".
Yes, they would technically be a part of Latin America and therefore Latinx by the logic given. But the fact that they don't seem to be, at least in America, is why I feel like the word Latinx isn't functionally different than the word Hispanic.
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Yeah, I did. I'm sleep deprived. Will fix.
Well here in mexico i seen haitians been refer as latinos
Take that back.
im not kidding its true, i have seen it
I think that if I heard a Quebecois call themselves "latinx" I would be legally required to spit on their face.