tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4096615.post114651287583402849..comments2023-10-19T06:17:56.793-07:00Comments on Fumbling Through Life: day without an immigrantFumblinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00372792263766519648noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4096615.post-1146597983586719872006-05-02T12:26:00.000-07:002006-05-02T12:26:00.000-07:00I'll spare you my ramblings on this topic since yo...I'll spare you my ramblings on this topic since you might've read them already on my blog, but in reference to the hispanic vs latino debate, it doesn't seem to be very cut and dry one way or another from what I can gather. The only site I found citing any sort of statistics points to a preference for the term hispanic actually, though I don't know that i'd take the statistics as proof of anything other than a non-definitive stance on which term to use:<BR/><BR/>"A 2000 presidential tracking poll by Hispanic Trends Inc., a national polling firm, asked registered voters which term they preferred: Hispanic or Latino. The result was something of a surprise: A majority prefer the term Hispanic.<BR/><BR/>Of the 1,200 Latino registered voters polled, 65 percent preferred Hispanic, and 30 percent chose to identify themselves as Latino. Regionally, the results were similar."<BR/><BR/>From http://www.illinimedia.com/di/feb03/feb10/news/stories/news_story11.shtml and http://www.hispanicmagazine.com/2000/dec/Features/latino.htmlSyndromeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11218399015166748439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4096615.post-1146549209648714042006-05-01T22:53:00.000-07:002006-05-01T22:53:00.000-07:00an even better discussion of the Latino v. Hispani...an even better discussion of the Latino v. Hispanic term. <BR/><BR/>http://www.lasculturas.com/aa/aa070501a.htmFumblinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00372792263766519648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4096615.post-1146549008309950622006-05-01T22:50:00.000-07:002006-05-01T22:50:00.000-07:00http://www.answers.com/topic/hispanichttp://www.answers.com/topic/hispanicFumblinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00372792263766519648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4096615.post-1146548993622636682006-05-01T22:49:00.000-07:002006-05-01T22:49:00.000-07:00Just a note on the term Hispanic (it's preferable ...Just a note on the term Hispanic (it's preferable to use the term Latino). <BR/><BR/>from: <BR/>For a certain segment of the Spanish-speaking population, Latino is a term of ethnic pride and Hispanic a label that borders on the offensive. According to this view, Hispanic lacks the authenticity and cultural resonance of Latino, with its Spanish sound and its ability to show the feminine form Latina when used of women. Furthermore, Hispanic—the term used by the U.S. Census Bureau and other government agencies—is said to bear the stamp of an Anglo establishment far removed from the concerns of the Spanish-speaking community. While these views are strongly held by some, they are by no means universal, and the division in usage seems as related to geography as it is to politics, with Latino widely preferred in California and Hispanic the more usual term in Florida and Texas.Fumblinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00372792263766519648noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4096615.post-1146548678793179072006-05-01T22:44:00.000-07:002006-05-01T22:44:00.000-07:00A good movie (comedy) to watch is "A day without a...A good movie (comedy) to watch is "A day without a Mexican" It is about illegal Mexicans, but paints a good idea of what life would be like. I found it extra funny because I watched it when I first moved down and knew very little about the Hispanic community.head dumphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11815628286329880774noreply@blogger.com