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Hispanic is a linguistic term coined by the Nixon Administration to classify the Spanish speaking people that were migrating to the country. It was intended to distinguish them from the Anglo majority. Hispanics can be of any race. They can be as light as Cameron Diaz or (Avy Lee Roth) and as dark as Sammy Sosa (or Havana Ginger).


According to Wikipedia Etymologically, the term Hispano/Hispanic is derived from Hispania (whose meaning and derivation is uncertain), the name given by the Romans to the entire Iberian Peninsula — modern-day Spain, Portugal, Andorra and Gibraltar — during the period of the Roman Republic. In the modern era, however, Hispanic/Hispano has usually only been applied to Spain and things related to it..

Avy Lee Roth is Hispanic as she was born in Spain. Most people of Latin America consider ourselves Latino. We hate the word Hispanic.
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