[Dan31659]

The majority of those called Latinos are not purely Spanish. 85 percent of all Mexicans are either Native American mixed with Spanish (mestizo) or purely Native American. Half of the Cuban people are black. Puerto Ricans have much black blood in them, and many are pure black; some even have Taino Indian in them. Brazilians are Portugese and/or black. Central Americans are overwhelmingly Mestizo and Indigenous. The Italian and German strains are growing faster in Argentina than the Spanish strains. The reason all ‘Hispanics’ are lumped together Eurocentrically was that back in the days of old, those who were considered Spaniards got better treatment than natives and blacks. Spaniards actually from Spain residing in the New World were practically treated like royalty, and Spaniards born in the New World were of the second tier. Mestizos and mulattos were beneath the Spaniards and treated like second-class citizens. Lobos (Indian/African mix), negros and Indios were considered bottom of the barrel and fit only for slavery and exploitation. Such thought carried over into the United States during the 19th century and for much of the 20th.

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Name : Dan31659, Gender : M, Race : Hispanic/Latino (may be any race), Religion : Pentecostal Christian, Age : 21, City : Los Angeles area, State : CA, Country : United States, Occupation : Student, Social class : Lower middle class, 

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