actually yes those countries are considered LATIN these are the ORIGINAL LATIN COUNTRIES Spain , Italy , Portugal , Romania , France . These countries and their people are the descends of the Ancient Romans and their language is a romance or as people know it a LATIN language so don't get it twisted.

As for Latinos or "Hispanics" they are not a "race" they are a "ethnicity" they are called Lations or Hispanics because most of them trace their roots in the Iberian Peninsula or what is known today as Spain and Portugal a Latino or Hispanic is a dude that's half Spanish or Portuguese and half Native American or African that's a LATINO and that's why they call them Latinos because they have roots in the LATIN COUNTRY OF SPAIN and that's why is LATINO

but this is the scenario ive come across. a black person, 100% african from Dominican Republic isnt black, but is Latino cos they speak Spanish? n ive been there n there mostly dark skin black, then mixed then white. but All of them are Latino. for me that word dont exist, like we say here in london. they wither black, mixed race (black/white/native.. either of the 3) or white.

like umm, J-Lo.. Mixed. probably from native n white, (maybe 4+ generations ago some black. who knows.)
AZ.. Black.
Che.. white. (argentianian, with spanish/irish roots)

but they are 3 different ppl. but No, cos they spk Spanish they are Latino. well ppl say AZ is black, but most black dominicans say there not black but latino..

this is where the confusion for me comes in.

that is all.

no you didn't know cause you still confused

people that speak Spanish/Portuguese and are South AMERICAN or Caribbean are LATINOS because all of them are the descendants of the Native people that were rapped by the Spanish conquistadors LATINO is a hybrid ethnicity and culture of Spanish/Portuguese and various Native ethnicities and cultures it does not limit to just Mayan's or Aztec's the African slaves brought into the Caribbean that mated whit the Spanish are considering Latino too because they trace their roots in SPAIN too for you Africans are BLACK , Europeans are White and Asians are Yellow it's not like that is way complicated if i am Black it does not tell you nothing i might be half white but you can't really see that until i tell you or you trace my ancestors

To put it in plain english, im not confused why people say what they do with the last bit of the paragraph of the last comment I said.
I mean, its really Dumb and Weird that they do say it, and I wanna hear an American perspective from it.. not you going over info we already know.

well that's my fucking POINT is not weird and not DUMB because LATINO'S demographically speaking have an unique ethnic cultural and social identity so to you say is dumb that they say it is very disrespectful towards Latinos and is not dumb because there is an actual ETHNICITY there LATINO is an actual ETHNICITY so it isn't dumb at all THE END

well they aren't they are Latin my whole point was there is a difference between Latin and Latino while Latino implies native American or African ancestry Latin implies only Ancient Roman ancestry tough linguistically both are the same but on the ethnic part they are way different that's what it divides Latino's from Latins

exactly he's fucking stuck up he has that white and black imagine and nothing else after the colonial era new cultures arose cultures and ethnic groups that were the hybrids of the colonial settlers and the native people most people from the Caribbean and South America are these kind of people are the products of this hybridization 2 cultures one European and one native American created a whole new ethnic group called for example LATINOS he thinks if your black then your African nope maybe your part African but that does not mean shit you can be part of this new ethnic group that arose from the colonial days i mean this dude TheScience if he goes in Brazil for example and tells a Pardo dude that he's African cause he's black he gonna get his ass whooped cause Pardo's are somewhat black but they are indigenous too and they have an entire unique culture

you didnt get my point at all. thats like the 2nd/3rd time. i said that there are mixed ppl of native n whatever. but i was talkin about the 100%er white or black person who gets called latin cos they spk spanish.
n yes i understand latinos come in many colours, which is why i ORIGINALLY asked if/why it is considerd as One race in america. i bet u still dont get it.

*leaves thread to bump cl2*

exactly i already told him if your born in Latin America or the Caribbean then your Latino