Should The Words Hispanic And Latino Be Canceled?

In this very special Hispanic Heritage Month episode, host Melany Movez gives us a bit of a background on the words Hispanic and Latino. With the conversation going around about canceling these words, we challenge you all to ask yourself, should we cancel them?

From S1 E12

See more at…

About Blacktinidad:
Blacktinidad is a weekly show that dissects the Afro-Latinx experience by analyzing hard facts, examining social trends, and engaging in deep conversations with special guests. Blacktinidad is hosted by Melany Centeno, an Afro-Boricua professional dancer, actress & certified fitness trainer, known as @melanymovez on the gram. With a degree in clinical laboratory science, experience working in a stem cell lab, and a career as a seasoned professional dancer, Melany reflects LATV’s multifaceted and complex Latinx audience.

About LATV Network:
LATV Network is the original Latino Alternative and the only remaining Latino-owned TV network in the Hispanic television space. A certified minority-owned, bilingual media company dedicated to highlighting the Latino voices redefining culture.

[leonardoRoth]

No. It shouldn't be. Thanks, next

[leroo]

wtf.. you aint black... you tan with white features.

[miguelgalindo]

I feel that after a few generations of intermixing within the Latin communities you should be able to label yourself as Latino or Latina or Latinx if you say we’re mixed with with ( Brazilian, Mexican, Salvadoran & Puerto Rican) now can be defined as a Latino

[axgcat]

Hispanic is an american term to lump all spanish speaking people as one, latin/latino(a) is a term the French imposed on us to symbolically separate us from spain when they were trying to conquer Mexico in the 1860s. "Latinx" is an ignorant term in the fight for inclusion by creating an inclusive term when inclusive terms already exists, like, hispanic, spanish, indigenous, name of country of origin (Mexican, Colombian, Cuban, Peruvian, Panamanian...etc). If you remove the x from "latinx, " you get an inclusive term (latin).

[KINGMAYABZE]

Hispanic and latino is not a color, it'd been alot of black history in Mexico and Latin America, central America, South America and in di Caribbean

[NomadFlow]

At 30secs she says: _"Cause white latinos do exist."_

Uh... No, they don't. There's no such thing. Latinos are people who have Latin American ancestry/blood. Anyone in Latin America who no Latin American ancestry/blood is nothing more than a European or African living in Latin America just like there are Europeans and Asians living in Africa.

I should also point out how stupid this whole segment is by claiming that "hispanic" and "latino" are colonialist terms not realizing the irony in that because using the term "black" as a race for people of African descent is also a "colonialist term". Africans did not create that concept. Oh, the irony.

[Jjay]

And lastly, “Black” is not a race, but an ethnicity, while human is a race. Originally, the term “Latino” was more of a stigma and/or derogatory toward the Africans and Natives that the FRENCH in “Latin America” started, used as a separation mark. It meant you belonged to the French (Non British or Spanish).
The term “Hispanic” was designed to diminish your Native and/or African ancestry. You can pour sprinkles on shit all you want, it’s still SHIT and will never magically turn into a cake, And those of us that know this are the ones offended by the sneakiness and ignorance.

-Though The Father of BLACK History is the reason for many opportunities for blacks today, the real reason Puerto Ricans flag so much is thanks to Don Pedro “The Teacher” Albizu Campos.

[godzillamegatron]

Wow changing the hair, can change your race .