Hispanic - adj. (Iberian Peninsula; Spain) of or relating to the people, speech, or culture of Spain and Portugal or Latin America - Webster's New Collegiate Dictionary From a Heinz 57 American Sue macduff@infi.net Original message: > > Regarding the term Hispanic... What is a hispanic? I would argue that it > >is > > neither race nor nationality. It is a culture that developed in America > > among Americans born to Mexican or Spanish ancestry, that didn't want to > >be > > labeled as either three. In our discriminating times, Hispanic sounds a > >lot > > less offensive than "Mexican > > Mike Gregory > > Bakersfield, California > > genealogy@bak.rr.com > > http://home.bak.rr.com/mg/