Romanians Latin but not Latino
"Latino" refers to people with ethnic origins relating to Latin America. Romania is squarely located in Eastern Europe and is significantly removed from anything related to the Americas. The Romanian language is derived from Latin, but that's a linguistic classification and has nothing to do with the ethnic make-up of Romanians vis-a-vis Latinos. If you search "Romanian ethnicity", you'll get a variety of results pointing to the Slavic, Baltic and slight Mediterranean mix, but that's still generally considered Eastern European. [B]For the purposes of the US Census[/B], they don't distinguish between White ethnicities save White Hispanic. So if you're Romanian, in the United States of America, you are White. Not Latino of "Hispanic". So, a Romanian would officially be considered White, Non-Hispanic / Non-Latino in the United States.
Conclusion: I don't know which misguided Romanians Mursenary claims to know in America [B]my native land[/B] (I understand it), but I personally don't know of any Romanians in my country from the old country in Europe who think they are "Latino". The ones I know correctly view themselves as European, or American if they have acquired their citizenship. And in any event, [B]the United States government[/B] certainly does not think of them as such (Latino). I rest. [B]Case closed[/B]!
Thanks for reiterating my point
[QUOTE=TheCane;2649451]"Latino" refers to people with ethnic origins relating to Latin America. Romania is squarely located in Eastern Europe and is significantly removed from anything related to the Americas. The Romanian language is derived from Latin, but that's a linguistic classification and has nothing to do with the ethnic make-up of Romanians vis-a-vis Latinos. If you search "Romanian ethnicity", you'll get a variety of results pointing to the Slavic, Baltic and slight Mediterranean mix, but that's still generally considered Eastern European. [B]For the purposes of the US Census[/B], they don't distinguish between White ethnicities save White Hispanic. So if you're Romanian, in the United States of America, you are White. Not Latino of "Hispanic". So, a Romanian would officially be considered White, Non-Hispanic / Non-Latino in the United States.
Conclusion: I don't know which misguided Romanians Mursenary claims to know in America [B]my native land[/B] (I understand it), but I personally don't know of any Romanians in my country from the old country in Europe who think they are "Latino". The ones I know correctly view themselves as European, or American if they have acquired their citizenship. And in any event, [B]the United States government[/B] certainly does not think of them as such (Latino). I rest. [B]Case closed[/B]![/QUOTE][QUOTE=Mursenary;2648809]While no, I would not call them "Latinos" and "Latinas" because of the connotations attached to those terms, I recognize them to be "Latin" and so do they also often call themselves such. Ask a Romanian in America who understands the term "Latin" as it is used stateside and I'll bet you that half will say yes they are Latin.[/QUOTE]Like I explicitly said in my posts numerous times, Latin not Latino. Glad you agree and Thanks for reiterating my point. No one said anything about being Latin American since you can be both Latin and European simultaneously. I believe your exclusive association of the term Latin with Latin America is the erroneous use of the term because it has been tainted by the Americanization of the word Latin.
[B] Now the case is closed[/B]