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Kishijoten
05-02-2006, 01:52
Is their lead singer hispanic?
Swallow your Poison
05-02-2006, 01:54
Is their lead singer hispanic?
Surely you mean "Was he hispanic"?
Kishijoten
05-02-2006, 02:02
Surely you mean "Was he hispanic"?
Well was he?
Swallow your Poison
05-02-2006, 02:07
Well was he?
Well, his name was Brad Nowell, whcih doesn't sound especially Hispanic to me, and he doesn't really look it, so I'd guess "No, he wasn't", but I might be wrong.
Krilliopollis
05-02-2006, 05:17
White guy. nuff said
Bodies Without Organs
05-02-2006, 05:22
White guy. nuff said
Spanish people aren't white?
Jerusalas
05-02-2006, 05:24
Spanish people aren't white?
I think that by the term "hispanic" they mean "non-white hispanic".
Bodies Without Organs
05-02-2006, 05:26
I think that by the term "hispanic" they mean "non-white hispanic".
Oy vey. What is it with all the crazy unstated assumptions you have to make when dealing with you young folks these days. If only the english language was rich and varied enough to allow us to actually state what we meant.
Is their lead singer hispanic?
The proper term is latino.
OntheRIGHTside
05-02-2006, 05:28
Doesn't "hispanic" refer to the mass of cultural groups made up by the native americans whose cultures were mostly demolished by the Spaniards and then a bastard culture was formed from the ashes?
Jerusalas
05-02-2006, 05:32
Doesn't "hispanic" refer to the mass of cultural groups made up by the native americans whose cultures were mostly demolished by the Spaniards and then a bastard culture was formed from the ashes?
Hispanic means they came from Spain. Most of the colonies south of the border were founded by Spaniards, hence the term "hispanic" to describe them, just as the term "anglo" is often used to refer to the majority white population of the United States.
It is theorized, however, that Canada was founded by ducks given the mysterious word "Canuck" to describe peoples of Canadian ancestry. ;)
OntheRIGHTside
05-02-2006, 05:33
Hispanic means they came from Spain. Most of the colonies south of the border were founded by Spaniards, hence the term "hispanic" to describe them.
Ah, ok. That clears things up, then.
Bodies Without Organs
05-02-2006, 05:34
Doesn't "hispanic" refer to the mass of cultural groups made up by the native americans whose cultures were mostly demolished by the Spaniards and then a bastard culture was formed from the ashes?
Not solely - it also refers to Spain. In essence it is pretty much a member of the Spanish-speaking world community... however, those of Portugese cultural descent are also included in it.
OntheRIGHTside
05-02-2006, 05:36
Not solely - it also refers to Spain. In essence it is pretty much a member of the Spanish-speaking world community... however, those of Portugese cultural descent are also included in it.
It's odd that everyone groups Spain and Portugal together, when Portugese is technically closer to French...
Jerusalas
05-02-2006, 05:37
It's odd that everyone groups Spain and Portugal together, when Portugese is technically closer to French...
Iberian Penninsula.
Dinaverg
05-02-2006, 05:38
I blame Brazil, speaking Portugese on a continet(bah, I can't spell that) of Spanish.
OntheRIGHTside
05-02-2006, 05:39
I blame Brazil, speaking Portugese on a continet(bah, I can't spell that) of Spanish.
Pope's fault.
Bodies Without Organs
05-02-2006, 05:40
It's odd that everyone groups Spain and Portugal together, when Portugese is technically closer to French...
Possibly, but I'm talking about both their geographical location, and the location of their colonies in the Americas following the edict of Pope Alexander VI (IIRC).
Sarkhaan
05-02-2006, 06:38
lead singer was a white boy. any reason?
Hispanic, as far as I know, refers to anyone from Iberian peninsula or Latin America and gets broken down into white and non-white. Latino/Latina, while not proper as far as census forms and such go, refers to only latin americans.
Kishijoten
05-02-2006, 09:07
White guy. nuff said
Jesus Christ! Alot of Hispanics ARE White!
Kishijoten
05-02-2006, 09:10
lead singer was a white boy. any reason?
Hispanic, as far as I know, refers to anyone from Iberian peninsula or Latin America and gets broken down into white and non-white. Latino/Latina, while not proper as far as census forms and such go, refers to only latin americans.
Hispanic is anyone from Central or South America to the US governement. That is seen to include people any race, white,black,brown,arab,asian. Doesn't matter, Hispanic is a very diverse group of people.