What's the Difference Between Latino and Hispanic?

What's the difference between the terms 'Latino' and 'Hispanic? Most people use these words interchangeably, but there is actually a difference. I try to tackle this difficult and complex topic, but looking at the origin and different uses of the words.

I also attempt to define where actually Latin America is. Something that, like so many things, does not have a clear definition.

Music:
No Frills Cumbia - Kevin MacLeod

[oliver_virgo]

Remember, not all people that speak Spanish are Mexican😤

[sourcandy]

as a brazilian no one here talks about being latino everyone forgets that fact idk why usa people is obsessed with this word

[Denver_____]

As a Brasilian, I am grateful that this video is made. In US schools some teachers ( well just one) would say I was Hispanic. After correcting said teacher, she said that she would reprimand me for lying in front of the class. I gave her condensed version the info as in this video.

[normal_person]

Yes, Haitians are Latino from the Hispaniola island, sharing the island with the very Spanish Dominican Republic. We speak Créole, French, and Spanish. Coming to America this concept has always been wild to ppl when they ask me why I speak Spanish as a Haitian and I don't understand why that's so hard to grasp

[moonlightmoon]

*me: i'm from Brazil*
*people from my class: so you speak Brazilian?*
*me: ...*

[fabriceizzo]

Americans are obsessed with redefining people and places around the world but have no clue about global demography and geography (most of them).

[mazukamba]

Thank you for clearing this up because I knew this for a long time but never had back up.

[hansfranz]

The term Latino actually tells you more about the people who invented it than about the people who it is describing.

[birds_are_really_fierce]

Latino/a came from Italian. Not Spanish originally and was first used to describe ROMAN ITALIANS AT THAT TIME latino americano came centuries later to divide North Americans and southern Americans but is not a legit debate. Anyone who speaks a Latin language is automatically Latino irrespective of race

[puertoricanpapi]

You’re mistaken. Italians are Latinos. Latino refers to anyone who speak a language from Latin.

[javierolmedo]

Someone who speaks Spanish: Hola.
American: you speak Spanish, so you are Mexican ?.
Hispanic America and Spain :

[brunoder]

As a Brazilian man I am truly happy to see somebody educating people on something that I always had to explain that being Brazilian makes me latino but not Hispanic. We are lusitans.

[martin]

It really depends on the idiom you're speaking, in spanish "latino" basically means "someone from a country that speaks a lenguage derivative from latin", which includes all of latin-america and latin-europe, including Spain and all hispanic countries outside of América (the continent). However normally it's just used by latin-americans and not latin-europeans so it doesn't really matter.

The video explains what it means in english, so it only works in the US and other english-speaking countries.

[tommunyon]

During my childhood days in New Mexico people's ethnic identity was generalized as Anglo, Spanish, or Indian, and to a lesser degree the generalized Anglo was broken down to Italian, German, Polish, and etc. Indigenous people were referred to by which Pueblo they came from, or other tribal affiliation, e.g. Navajo. It became more confusing by the 1970s, however. This video adds some clarity to what I have intuitively come to know over the last 50 years, or so.

[josefdirnhofer]

I have a question: are kids in europe which dont live in spain (por ejemplo Alemania) which also have parents from South America ( por ejemplo Argentina) Hispanics too?

[daibeet]

*Philippines be like.. Heyy uhmm.. I guess ill just be Asian*

[PonchoANS]

As a Mexican, I don't mind it if people call me either Hispanic or Latino. But DON't fucking call me Spanish. Spanish refers to people from Spain.

[Guus-qvef]

En EEUU se les trata de Hispanos o Latinos?es una duda que tengo.
Gracias por la respuesta de antemano.

[jacktripper]

Very informative as well as entertaining!! I love the graphics and the music in the background. Awesome video. I learned a lot, unfortunately I don’t quite remember what I learned. Lol
Being Latino, Hispanic myself, I really enjoyed this video of my “confusing” race. 😂

[otheooo]

Remember: if you say to a brazilian if they are Latino, and they say no, keep calm; Latino is an famous singer in Brazil.