Antedating of "Hispanic"

[Shapiro, Fred]

Aren't Dominican-Americans or Colombian-Americans or Panamanian-Americans as Hispanic as Cuban-Americans or Mexican-Americans or people of Puerto Rican origin?

Fred Shapiro



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From: American Dialect Society [ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU] On Behalf Of Wilson Gray [hwgray at GMAIL.COM]
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Subject: Re: Antedating of "Hispanic"

On Sun, Mar 27, 2011 at 7:37 PM, Shapiro, Fred <fred.shapiro at yale.edu> wrote:
> I'm not sure why "especially one of Cuban, Mexican, or Puerto Rican origin" is necessary.

You're not? That's surprising.

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