Spaniard Actor Antonio Banderas, classified as coloured for Oscars

[bandeirante]

Why did some of these papers call Banderas a person of colour though? I'm trying to understand the reasoning behind it.

Latinos (plural accusative of Latinus) = inhabitants of Latium, Latin speakers, Roman citizens


Latinos (Spanish, Portuguese, Sardinian) = same as above
Llatins (Catalan) = same as above
Latins (French) = same as above
Latini (Italian, Romanian) = same as above

[Grace O'Malley]

all spanish, portuguese and italians and colonies are latinos! latinos= latins in english!

Yes but Latin is a language group. Why call a whole continent of people from many different backgrounds Latino? That's just something that the US did. People that have quite different racial backgrounds all called Latino. Also why are people in the US that have been there a few generations still called Latino? Some of them don't even speak any Latin languages. In Europe where the Latin languages originate people don't label all Latin speakers Latin. Imagine putting French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese and Romanian people all under the umbrella of Latin. It doesn't really make much sense.

[bandeirante]

Yes but Latin is a language group. Why call a whole continent of people from many different backgrounds Latino? That's just something that the US did. People that have quite different racial backgrounds all called Latino. Also why are people in the US that have been there a few generations still called Latino? Some of them don't even speak any Latin languages. In Europe where the Latin languages originate people don't label all Latin speakers Latin. Imagine putting French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese and Romanian people all under the umbrella of Latin. It doesn't really make much sense.

Latinos (plural accusative of Latinus) = inhabitants of Latium, Latin speakers, Roman citizens


Latinos (Spanish, Portuguese, Sardinian) = same as above
Llatins (Catalan) = same as above
Latins (French) = same as above
Latini (Italian, Romanian) = same as above


Van Gaal can't stand Latin players - luca Toni(italian player)

https://www.goal.com/en/news/1862/pr...n-players-toni

[Grace O'Malley]

Latinos (plural accusative of Latinus) = inhabitants of Latium, Latin speakers, Roman citizens


Latinos (Spanish, Portuguese, Sardinian) = same as above
Llatins (Catalan) = same as above
Latins (French) = same as above
Latini (Italian, Romanian) = same as above


Van Gaal can't stand Latin players - luca Toni(italian player)

https://www.goal.com/en/news/1862/pr...n-players-toni

They are language groups. In that article they are using Latin for an Italian but it is not common usage in Europe to label all these populations under the umbrella of Latin. People will call them Italian, Spanish etc. I'm sure Europeans will clarify this.

[bandeirante]

They are language groups. In that article they are using Latin for an Italian but it is not common usage in Europe to label all these populations under the umbrella of Latin. People will call them Italian, Spanish etc. I'm sure Europeans will clarify this.

luca toni (italian), lucio (brazilian), ribery (french)! latins by article luca toni!
Latin countries use the "Latin term"!

[MysteriousWays]

Yes but Latin is a language group. Why call a whole continent of people from many different backgrounds Latino? That's just something that the US did. People that have quite different racial backgrounds all called Latino. Also why are people in the US that have been there a few generations still called Latino? Some of them don't even speak any Latin languages. In Europe where the Latin languages originate people don't label all Latin speakers Latin. Imagine putting French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese and Romanian people all under the umbrella of Latin. It doesn't really make much sense.

In the U.S., historically, as you know, we have had a very strict and idiosyncratic (i.e., "wrong") view as what counts as "white." Everything kind of derives from that. French would not be considered Latinos in the U.S.,nor would Italians or Romanians. Most people would not say Spaniards or Portuguese are Latinos, but some ignorant people would honestly, as stupid as that sounds.

[Cristiano viejo]

Not sure, most Americans think of Spanish Europeans as white. He may have been confused for being Mexican by these writers. Might be a case of lazy journalism.

Dont be naive, for God sake... it is more than clear the intention of these journalists.

[Roy]

Lol.
It cannot be.

I remember reading when Antonio Banderas first came to the US, someone tried to argue with him when he checked "white" for his race on a document.

There was also this movie with Banderas playing a moor in exile thats captured by Vikings lel.

How did I miss that?

[Nordarya]

Hispanics: Spain and Mexico, lol
Latinos: Vatican and Romania, lol

[samario]

Yes but Latin is a language group. Why call a whole continent of people from many different backgrounds Latino? That's just something that the US did. People that have quite different racial backgrounds all called Latino. Also why are people in the US that have been there a few generations still called Latino? Some of them don't even speak any Latin languages. In Europe where the Latin languages originate people don't label all Latin speakers Latin. Imagine putting French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese and Romanian people all under the umbrella of Latin. It doesn't really make much sense.

It's the same as Arab. Useless umbrella terms. Latino is not a race.