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> Cancer presents differently for different races for example. Ok, but ... you've been talking about Latino as if it is a race. Does the word Latino describe a
by HillaryBriss 8y ago
> Cancer presents differently for different races for example.
Ok, but ... you've been talking about Latino as if it is a race. Does the word Latino describe a race or a culture?
- dontreact 8y agoThat’s a complicated question I don’t have a good answer for. There is definitely a racial component to it though.
- nec4b 8y agoAnd which race would Latino represent?
- dontreact 8y agoIf you're Latino you are much much more likely to be mestizo. Which basically means it's a confusing mix of Spanish, indigenous american, and African. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mestizo https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mestizo And I'm not sure it's easy to tell to what degree/how much of a mixture you are.
- nec4b 8y agoJudging by [0], the whites are most prevalent non mixed ethnicity in South America and if you also consider that Mestizos and Mulatos are half white that also means that means that large majority of the population is white to some degree. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_South_America#Racial https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Demographics_of_South_America#...
- dontreact 8y agoTwo things 1) if the first table is self identified data I would strongly expect it to underrepresent how many people are mixed. Unless you have gotten genetic testing, it’s hard to know like I mentioned. And there is social pressure to identify as white. 2) Even then, whites are still pretty much a minority in most countries, especially the ones that have more significant immigration to the US.