why are they calling haitians latinos?

We are not latinos, Im just haitian carribean islander, everytime i look in the internet i look for latin american people and i saw a haitian person and others, why are they callng us latinos? we are not hispanic........or are we?

I dont know, in the Don omar music video he was representing all the hispanic countries and i saw haiti why is that?

Haiti was colonized by France. French comes from Latin like Spanish, Portuguese, and Italian. Haitians are in fact Latinos. Yes that is possible. If it makes you more comfortable, just say Afro-Latino. And just for the record, the Spanish Controlled the whole island at some point in history.

At the risk of sounding impertinent allow me to say the following.
I declare that I am Haitian Mulatto so as not to recognize myself as Black Haitian,to deny the Black that I have in me,in my aspiration to whiten the Black race.
But until we can come together as one people united in purpose we will always be purveyors of domestic help at best and beggars for handouts at worst.

Because it is. Haiti is located in Latin America.

Haitians speak a French dialect. French is a Latin based language just as Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, and Romanian are. Spanish speaking Latinos are no more Latino than Latin Americans that speak French or Portuguese! Latino is a word that is greatly misused and misunderstood. People think Latino is equal to short, dark, and brown, in otherwords, neither Black nor White! However, the Ancient Latins were definitely a White people who were neither short, nor dark, nor brown!

Modern day Latinos define a wide group of varying peoples that speak Latin based languages. Millions of Latinos are White, millions of Latinos are Black, and millions of Latinos are Brown (i.e. Mulatto or Mixed). In all honesty, if Latin or Latino was used in its most truthful manner, it would refer to Whites only, since the Ancient Latins were a White tribe, and since 99.99 percent of Spaniards, Portuguese, French, Italians, and Romanians are also indeed White! Furthermore, it would only be a term to use for those people today who are predominantly or 100 percent Latin blood in origin, but I seriously doubt any exists today, even in Italy, where they came to power! All other Latinos are merely Latinized peoples thus, not true Latinos! But, for simplicity's sake, I'll use Latino in its loose sense.

Another point that needs to be established is that Hispanic is not synonymous with Latino. Hispanics refer to only Spanish speaking Latinos. This brings me to another point. Spanish speaking Latinos are the only group of Latinos that are givin official status as a group, Hispanic! Those that speak Portuguese aren't givin their own distinct label, nor are those that speak French! Seems a bit discriminatory doesn't it! Even Hispanic is a vastly misused and misunderstood term. Hispanic technically means Spanish and the vast majority of Spaniards, some 99.99 percent are White! Hispanic derives from Hispania, the Roman name for Spain. As the Spanish dialects diverged, it soon became Espana.

Another point of importance is that the term Latin America was coined by the French in reference to their own colonies in the Americas! Thus, French/Spanish speaking Cajuns and French speaking Canadians can rightfully be called Latinos!

afro-haitian wrote:

We are not latinos, Im just haitian carribean islander, everytime i look in the internet i look for latin american people and i saw a haitian person and others, why are they callng us latinos? we are not hispanic........or are we?
I dont know, in the Don omar music video he was representing all the hispanic countries and i saw haiti why is that?

Hispanic and Latino are not synonymous! Hispanics only refers to Latinos that speak Spanish! Portuguese speakers and French speakers are both Latin American, but not Hispanic! Latino is not a look! Latins come in White, Black, and Brown (aka Mixed, Mulatto, etc.)

this is not talking about language billy boy haitans and haspanics are the same race

kashayal ahla wrote:

this is not talking about language billy boy haitans and haspanics are the same race

Okay, Kashayal Ahla Boy, language plays a part. HISPANIC AND HAITIAN ARE NOT RACES YOU BIG DOPE! Haiti is a nation a country, not a race! Hispanic means speaker of Spanish, not a race or a nationality! These are facts, facts, facts! If you have not the intellectual fortitude of comprehending this simple truth then you need to exit this site and go contemplate the habits of statues!

Caco wrote:

Haiti was colonized by France. French comes from Latin like Spanish, Portuguese, and Italian. Haitians are in fact Latinos. Yes that is possible. If it makes you more comfortable, just say Afro-Latino. And just for the record, the Spanish Controlled the whole island at some point in history.

Well check this out if you think Latinos gives a D*** about Haitians.
http://www.youtube.com/watch...

Haitians are Latino. What is the difference between a Black Haitian woman and a Cuban Celia Cruz? They are both from Caribbean Latin American islands with just 60 miles between the two countries; They both speak languages that comes from latin, French and Spanish. What makes a person Latino is where they're born and what they speak, not that they have light brown skin and wavey or curley hair. There are Black and White Latinos.

JAC wrote:

Haitians are Latino. What is the difference between a Black Haitian woman and a Cuban Celia Cruz? They are both from Caribbean Latin American islands with just 60 miles between the two countries; They both speak languages that comes from latin, French and Spanish. What makes a person Latino is where they're born and what they speak, not that they have light brown skin and wavey or curley hair. There are Black and White Latinos.

Amen! Finally! Somebody with some common sense and intelligence! No wonder America is falling to pieces! The intelligent and common sensical ones are definitely in the minority!

no hatians, jamaicans are not latinos. they are also not hispanic hispanic means hispania or spain which means a latin american country that was colonizez by spain and speaks spanish liks puerto rico, mexico, cuba, colombia. latinos means latin in spanish which only consists to spanish speaking latin americans it can also mean people from spain since haitians speak french then they can't call themselves latinos. they are latin american which means a whole different thing. but they are not hispanic, latino, or lati latin is a spanish speaking person of latin america or a person from europe whith latin influenced languages like portugal and italy europeans are not latinos exept for spain but they are latin, since haitie is not a european country they are not latin either. they are carrabean or latin american. and about the whole latin language thing i'm still skepteble about that because porouguese, spanish, italians aren't the only languages that were inspired by latin and other europeans don't call themeselves latin, besides latin america was used by napoean to have some sort of similarity with the other european nations colonizing the americas they wanted to have at least some sort of similarity but back then they didn't consider themselves latin untill that time and they still didn't consider it a big cultural thing in europe it was only used for politically reasong because they're languages came from latin but then why weren't british people latin? because it was only for political reasons it wasn't a cultural identity, after all countries in latin america won idependece they didn't call themselves latin anymore untill latin amricans began calling themselves latin why is that? you know what forget what i said about europeans being latin only spanish speaking latin american countries are latino/latin/hispanic, but you are a latin american brother. and who ever said candadians are latins they're not o.k america actually has spanish (spain) influence and they don't call themselves latinos not condidering that english come from latin they still don't consider themselves latinos. why? because they are actually smart and know only spanish speaking latin americans are latinos. no offense.

oh and the ancient latin were from italy in that case why are the portoguese calling themselves latin? makes no sence.

o.k. i've saw somewhere that europeans want to steel tha title HISPANIC from us. it's the portuguese they say that because hipania was used by the romans to name spain and portugal. NEWSFLASH that was way way a long time ago, the name soon came to be know as spain not portougal. don't get me wrong people from spain aren't hispnic/latin/latino either but that would make more sence that portouguese calling themeselves hispnic. no one in europe not even "latin europe" not even spain calls themselves hispanic in the royal dictionary the term hispanic means some one form a country of spanish decent in the americas so this does not include other countries in the other parts in the world that were conquered by spain i don't care if those countries speak spanish they are in no way politically or culturally latino/latin/hispanic, if they did they would be incorrect. why are some portouguese which is a small number of people saying this not all portougues, why are they calling themselves hipanic when they know they're not, what now you'r trying to steel that from us to? come up with your own term your EUROPEAN get that, or is it so hard to understand? that was in ancien rome welcome to the 21st century we are in the year 2009 if you havn't notice, the word hispanic latino or latin does not have anything to do with you. i don't want people to think i'm racist because i'm not i am and will always be against something so inhuman as racism in fact i have alot of friens from so called "latin europe" and they don't consider themselves latino/latin/hispanic not even they're parents who have lived in those countries for most of their lives they call themselves what they are european, i just want to clarify what people already know and won't accept but they need to europeans are that europeans and white in most occasions they are not latino, latin or hispanic.

as in for the don omar video he was rep latin american countries not just latino or hispnic countries. this means that because don omar rep other latin american counties this does not mean they are hispanic or latino. hope i helped explain your question. like i said your not a latino brother but you are a latin american brother.

Haitians are Latino but they are not Hispanic. I can't believe we have such stupid people running around this country. Let's hope you idiots don't breed.

Question for all... Are jamaicans Litino/Hispanic? Please explain why or why not.

Latino = Latin American!!! It's just a shorter term and quicker to say in speaking. Latino and Latin AMerican both hearken back to Latin. The Latins were a people (White people incidentally) that spoke the Latin language. Today's Latino (Latin American) probably has only a smidgin of Latin blood in his veins. However, the language is more precise. Latinos (Latin Americans) speak not only Spanish, but also French and Portuguese! YES! FRENCH AND PORTUGUESE!!! Today's Latino (Latin American) to employ the term at it's loesest meaning, is not exclusive to Whites from Latin America, but also Blacks, and Mulattos (i.e. Browns)- basically anybody that speaks a Latin-based language!

Hispanic refers to only Spanish-speaking Latinos. Why they have their own special category is way beyond me. Kind of haughty and highminded I think!

Conclusion: LATINA is wrong! She is wrong not only on a belief level, but also on a factual and logical level. She has her opinions but opinions dissolve and crumble under the weight of facts! And facts are facts, whether I state them or somebody else does!

Gox wrote:

At the risk of sounding impertinent allow me to say the following.
I declare that I am Haitian Mulatto so as not to recognize myself as Black Haitian,to deny the Black that I have in me,in my aspiration to whiten the Black race.
But until we can come together as one people united in purpose we will always be purveyors of domestic help at best and beggars for handouts at worst.

The (beep) you talkin' about Gox? The topic is rather Haiti is part of the Latin America, and here you're going off about being mulatto...I could care less!

Does anybody on this post actually live in Haiti? If so, I'd like to communicate with you. You know sorta like the old fashion words "Pen Pals". Thanks.