Talk:Basque Americans

Should Basque-Latin Americans be labeled as Basque-Americans?
I notice that Cuban talk show host Cristina Saralegui was labeled as a Basque-American? In my opinion, a Basque-American is a person of Basque descent who's family came to America directly from the Basque Country, not from Latin America. I see Cristina Saralegui as a Cuban-American than Basque-American because her Grandparents(or Great-Grandparents) immigrated to Cuba than the United States. I think she, Carlos Alazraqui, Fernando Bengoechea, Hector Elizondo, and Robert Goizueta should be removed. I also believe these people are more likely to see themselves as Hispanic-Americans than Basque-Americans. Majority of Basque-Americans see themselves as White than Hispanic. If they are labeled as Basque-Americans, that means Tiago Splitter, a German-Brazilian basketball player, should be labeled as a German-American and Pablo Mastroeni, an Italian-Argentine soccer player, should be labeled as an Italian-American. Lehoiberri 18:27, 1 October 2007 (UTC)
 * Sort of following on from this, I've culled the list of all those that probably shouldn't be there. Refs for bio pages guys, a Basque surname is NOT proof of ethnicity. Akerbeltz (talk) 22:34, 4 June 2010 (UTC)


 * Well there is also the problem of possibly too many names for the page. BTW John Arrillaga and John Etchemendy are definitely Basque-Americans.  --Erp (talk) 04:57, 5 June 2010 (UTC)


 * That's true as well. Thanks for that link - I've returnded those two to the list and added a ref, also on their bio pages. Many thanks! Akerbeltz (talk) 09:28, 5 June 2010 (UTC)

"Amerikanuak"
The introductory statement reads: Basque-Americans, or (Amerikanuak) in Basque.... Apart of the parenthesis that should be "" or rather italic type, I am of the understanding that the term Amerikanuak applies to all Basques that migrated to America-continent: the Americas, as it's usually called in English, including those who returned to the Basque Country. I.e. someone who migrated to Cuba or Argentina would also be an amerikanu, including those that returned, often rich, to the motherland.

Please, correct me if I'm wrong in this but, otherwise, the name should be dealt with somewhere in the article. --Sugaar (talk) 15:05, 19 November 2007 (UTC)

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BetacommandBot (talk) 22:11, 2 January 2008 (UTC)

José Iturbi
He was valencian, not basque, unless you consider basque every person with basque descent, in which case you should include half of all spanish descent people on earth.

Newspapers
The first Basque-language newspapers were published in California. It should be mentioned. --Error (talk) 00:20, 26 August 2009 (UTC)
 * Historia del periodismo en lengua vasca de los Estados Unidos: dos semanarios de Los Ángeles en el siglo XIX
 * Abstract: During the last years of the nineteenth century, Basque people, both from the Northern and the Southern Basque Country, emigrated to South and North America. A Basque colony settled up in California, then one of the youngest states of the Union and a melting pot of cultures, races and languages. There flourished a lot of newspapers written in the different languages of the emigrants, following at the same time the American model, trying to give some service to each one's community. The ethnic press was born. Two Basque weekly newspapers were published in Los Ángeles: Escualdun Gazeta (The Basque Newspaper) and California-ko Eskual Herria (The Basque People of California), whose history will be told in this article.
 * --Error (talk) 23:13, 25 April 2011 (UTC)

Added pop culture appearance.
From the recent appearance on "Longmire."SLEPhoto (talk) 19:45, 11 June 2013 (UTC)

Ancestry
If your "ancestry" is Basque then you qualify as a Basque American.. Being born in another country doesn't change your ancestors!. Hispanic means mainly of Spanish descent, its distorted use now in only the US is useless. Cristina Saralegui most certainly identifies with her Basque heritage and Basque blood. You need to read her book where she devotes "pages" to her Basque grandparents and one grandmother being from Asturias. She even says she was born in Cuba but with Basque blood and with the Basque traits. go to her wiki Article and see the source to her book. The person originally above who suggested to remove her was clueless. She grew up in a family with very strong connections. Even Ricky martin (whether you want to think he qualifies as an "American" since Puerto Ricans are US citizens is really up to other people) but he said he is partly Basque in an interview. Puertorico1 (talk)


 * Yes but the point is, as per Wiki policy, especially for living persons, we need bona fide refs. Like some interview where this person says 'my grandfather was Basque'. Just being called Echeverria makes no one Basque. Akerbeltz (talk) 23:47, 9 August 2015 (UTC)

Ok no problemo, here is Christina's link to her book where she devote pages to her origins.Cristinas book


 * That is indeed a bona fine source. Feel free to add with that as a ref. Akerbeltz (talk) 12:22, 2 December 2015 (UTC)

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