Reply #24: No, people will call them Latinos -- even if they don't speak Spanish [View All]

[fishwax]

I didn't say it was about the language individuals spoke.

In the same way that "Latin America" refers to Mexico and south and central America, where the culture is strongly influenced by Latin/Romance-speaking cultures, so too "Anglo America" refers to the parts of North America where the culture is strongly influenced by (or descended from) the English language and culture; and just as people who come from Latin American (or "appear" to come from Latin America) might be called Latinos, so people who come from Anglo American are sometimes referred to as Anglos.

I'm not saying it's precise--just that used in that context it isn't an implication that white = English. :hi: