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 == The ""sudacas"" paradox == 

 What a funny paradox ! 

 In Spain,  Latinos/Hispanic are highly socially discriminated (much more than in the USA , for example) and called ""sudacas"" (racist/derogative term to designate non white people, that is,  ""mestizos"" or ""Amerindian"").  It is their normal designation except in those contexts were political correctness is required and includes people from the EEUU border to the Patagonia. 
 Sudacas is etymologically considered a contraction from Sud (south) and caca (shit) although some people merely consider it  a variation of “Sud” with the suffix “aca” as derogative adornment.  

 But in America the terms Spaniards and Hispanics  are interchangeable. Or worse,  Spaniards are even confused with Mexicans. This make most Spaniards (like me) laugh sadly (“Oh, you know, Americans are  ignorant, etc..”) 

 I think that all the contributors that claim “that Hispanic, contrary to Anglo, does not carry a racial meaning” are  talking from their very personal perspective and not capturing  the more common appreciation made by the rest of us. 

 The question is very simple:  English and Spanish languages lack a  term to properly designate people from outside Spain that have Spanish as their native language. Being aware of this limitation, the Census Bureau was  forced to choose one in 1970 (this is mentioned in the article). And they choose, ""Hispanic"", which , as the discussion of this article shows, was very unfortunate 
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