Latino/Hispanic

I am not in Mexico (when I made the request "mas cerveza&quot and told me the proper local usage was
"otro cerveza" which only told me that I was dealing with a language snob and I don't think that's good. Which just illustrates how people are everywhere. I don't let it decrease the affection I have for many of the people I've met around the world.

I also refuse to use the English word "actor" to refer to an actress who is clearly a person who is a female and involved in the acting business. So go with your preferences in language. Sad to say, there are many people who let language serve as a way to express their prejudices but mostly I think we're doing ok. You offer me some new thoughts about language clusters and designations like
"AmericanX. But really, I think we're all part of the same family but live in different neighborhoods.

I support and agree with everything you have said and we could have a friendly discussion, I'm sure.
I think we should label records/cds, not people. One of my pet peeves is the use of the word "race"
and its derivatives since there's only one "race" and that's the human race. All the prejudice that exists is due to the natural differences in ethnicity among our human family. That's my passion.

Take satisfaction in being yourself and some people will be with you. But not everyone...

Now I'm going to have to look up the original thread! Take care.