Hispanic
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Of or pertaining to Spain or its language; as, Hispanic words.
Hispanic meaning & definition 1 of Hispanic.
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Hispanic-an ancient adjective and noun-was mainstreamed as a political label in the United States in the early 1970's. The purpose for the introduction of such an ancient adjective by the Nixon administration was ostensibly to create a political label solely for the purpose of applying the constitutional anti-discrimination standard of “strict scrutiny” to anyone who was labeled Hispanic. The label had the immediate effect of linking the entire population of the 19 nations that comprise Latin America, as well as, distinguishing the Hispanic colonial heritage of Latin American Countries from the Anglo
Hispanic meaning & definition 2 of Hispanic.
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A racial group created by the U.S. government to put all people who descend from Spanish speaking countries into one meaningless group. Hispanic is NOT a racial group. They can be white, black, native american, asian, or any combination of these peoples. Hispanic countries are just as racially diverse as the United States, thus this term has no real meaning.
Hispanic meaning & definition 3 of Hispanic.
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a word created by the united States Census Bureau that is now commonly used to lump spanish speaking people into one broad category, for better or WORSE. Also this word was incorrectly used today by the officer who decided to identify my race on the speeding ticket he gave me.
Hispanic meaning & definition 4 of Hispanic.
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An ethnicity, not a race, just like German, French, and Irish, except it refers to all Spanish speaking countries instead of just one country. The term Hispanic refers to someone from ANY Spanish-speaking countries, including those not in Latin America (Spain and Ecuatorial Guinea). Not to be confused with [Latino] which refers strictly to those with origins in Latin America.
Hispanic meaning & definition 5 of Hispanic.
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a person that is from latin countries like the [Dominican Republic],[Argentina],[Puerto Rico],[Spain] or [Colombia]. Not all hispanics have the same religion,culture,skin color or way of speaking spanish.An example would be that a Colombian that comes to America see a Domincan they might not exactly understand each other.
Hispanic meaning & definition 6 of Hispanic.
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pl. hispanics
descendant of the honkies/white people of spain - all of spain.
white person/honky pretending to be a horse
Hispanic meaning & definition 7 of Hispanic.
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Someone who is from any spanish speaking country. Not to be confused with [latino], which is actually different. A latino is someone from latin america, a hispanic is someone from any spanish speaking country (Like the spanish speaking countries in europe.) The definition varies in different places though.
Hispanic meaning & definition 8 of Hispanic.
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Relating to Spain or to Spanish-speaking countries, especially those of Central and South America.
Hispanic meaning & definition 9 of Hispanic.
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connected with Spain or Spanish-speaking countries, especially those countries in Latin America
Hispanic meaning & definition 10 of Hispanic.
