are filipinos considered latino?
Spaniards are referred by Filipinos as Kastila (Castilian) named after the former Kingdom of Castile, now a region of Spain. The majority of the Filipinos of Spanish descent are of Andalusian origin, while a minority are Catalan or Basque descents. Another term for them is Hispano Filipinos. Classifying Filipinos as Hispanic or Latino would not be true to the definition of a Latino or Hispanic person. It would be the equivalent of naming an Indian, Fijian or Zulu person Anglo. Or naming an Italian and Portuguese as Arabs. Turkish and Lebanese as Europeans. One or more of these is spoken natively by more than 90% of the population. leigh204 answered: I’m a Filipina, and the Filipinos I do know do NOT consider themselves Latino. dorkydebutante answered: My Latino friends always joke that Filipinos are the Mexicans of the East. leigh204 answered: I’m a Filipina, and the Filipinos I do know do NOT consider themselves Latino. go-sullivan reblogged this from metropolitanmanila. dorkydebutante answered: My Latino friends always joke that Filipinos are the Mexicans of the East. A lot of our history supports this joke, but we’re not Latino lol. Filipino people of Spanish ancestry. Spanish settlement in the Philippines first took place in the 16th century, during the Spanish colonial period of the islands. The conquistador Miguel López de Legazpi founded the first Spanish settlement in Cebu in 1565, and later established Manila as the capital of the Spanish East Indies in 1571. Are Filipinos Considered Hispanics? Are Filipinos Hispanic? I was very puzzled because this is not the first time I come across this question. I decided to do some research and personally call Dr. Gaerlan and Dr. Nadal, two qualified professionals at different universities in the U.S. to speak about the matter. Are Filipinos Asians or Pacific Islanders? Is the Philippines part of South-east Asia, Oceania or the Pacific Islands? Officially, of course, Filipinos are categorized as Asians and the Philippines as part of South-east Asia. But describing Filipinos as Pacific Islanders isn’t necessarily wrong either. In fact, for a long time, Filipinos were known as Pacific Islanders. On the other hand, a different definition of “Hispanic” could yield a different answer. Filipinos can be considered Hispanic if one prioritizes the definition that countries colonized by Spain are “Hispanic” because of that historical influence — no matter what their location on the globe or current linguistic status. (Source: Spanish language in the Philippines) The thing is that I see being Hispanic as more of a linguistic and geographic term/issue. Filipinos who speak Spanish are a small population among the Filipino people (about 2,600 spoke it as a first language in 1990; 2.6 million speak it as a second language). It is probably the same answer to the question why are people from Guam not considered latino?. For everyone's knowledge, Guam used to be a part of the Captainship-General of Las Islas Filipinas (now Philippines). The picturesque of Filipino culture is very much Spanish or Hispanic. However, it is also very American.
No, filipinos are not considered latino.