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=="Haitians identify as West Indians, Afro-Caribbean or African Caribbean. Afro Caribbean are people whose ancestors were taken from Africa via the trans-Atlantic slave trade to the Caribbean islands. Other names for the ethnic group include Caribbean or West Indian. People of Afro Caribbean descent have between 85-95% African ancestry DNA. In 1804, Haiti, with its overwhelming African population and leadership, became the second nation in the Americas to win independence from a European state. Haiti is the first independent the Caribbean and Latin America. Haitians speak Haitian Creole,It is called Kreyol ayisyen or kreyol by its speakers. A French based vernacular language that developed in the 17th and early 18th centuries. It developed primarily on the sugarcane plantations of Haiti from contacts between the colonizers and African slaves. It has been one of Haiti's official languages since 1987 and is the first language of about 95% of Haitians, Of all the French creoles of Western Hemisphere, Haitian is probably the one that bears the most influence from African languages. Scholars who believe that creoles develop gradually have suggested that this is a result of two factors. One is the high ratio of Africans to Europeans in the colony's early history: 9 to 1 in the 17th century, rising to aproximately 16 to 1 in 1789 and increasing further during the Haitian Revolution (1791-1804),when most of the French colonizers left or died. The other is Haitis isolation from France. There are different types of creole language. Latino is a word that is greatly misused and misunderstood. In the Western Hemisphere, Latin America refers to nations formerly colonized by European countries rooted in Latin languages and cultures (i.e. France, Italy, Portugal, Romania, and Spain). Latino refers to the people from or descended from people from Latin America regardless of race. Hispanic refers to persons from Hispanophone (Spanish-speaking) nations.

Modern day Latinos define a wide group of varying peoples that speak Latin based languages. Millions of Latinos are White, millions of Latinos are Black, and millions of Latinos are Brown (i.e. Mulatto or Mixed). In all honesty, if Latin or Latino was used in its most truthful manner, it would refer to Whites only, since the Ancient Latins were a White tribe, and since 99.99 percent of Spaniards, Portuguese, French, Italians, and Romanians are also indeed White! Furthermore, it would only be a term to use for those people today who are predominantly or 100 percent Latin blood in origin, but I seriously doubt any exists today, even in Italy, where they came to power! All other Latinos are merely Latinized peoples thus, not true Latinos! But, for simplicity's sake, I'll use Latino in its loose sense.

Another point that needs to be established is that Hispanic is not synonymous with Latino. Hispanics refer to only Spanish speaking Latinos. This brings me to another point. Spanish speaking Latinos are the only group of Latinos that are given official status as a group, Hispanic! Seems a bit discriminatory doesn't it! Even Hispanic is a vastly misused and misunderstood term. Hispanic means of a Spanish speaking country, you don't have to be from Spain. The vast majority of Spaniards, some 99.99 percent are White! Hispanic derives from Hispania, the Roman name for Spain. As the Spanish dialects diverged, it soon became Espana.

Another point of importance is that the term Latin America was coined by the French in reference to their own colonies in the Americas! Thus, French/Spanish speaking Cajuns and French speaking Canadians can rightfully be called Latinos!

--CoCoLumps (Love yourself) 04:08, 21 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Just because the etymological origins of the word "Latino" come from the word Latin, it does not necessarily follow that this word refers to all persons who speak a Latin-based language. "Latino" derives from the Spanish and Portuguese words "latinoamericano" and refers to persons from the Spanish and Portuguese countries of Central and South America and the Caribbean. The meaning of the English-language word "Latino" is not commonly understood by the to include French speakers and it is not commonly understood by the lay population to include Haitians, and most sources that define the word define it to include only Spanish and Portuguese speakers from the Americas. Please read this Wikipedia article for further sources and information: Hispanic and Latino Americans.Goodsdrew (talk) 14:51, 6 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Latino = Latin American!!! It's just a shorter term and quicker to say in speaking. Latino and Latin AMerican both hearken back to Latin. The Latins were a people (White people incidentally) that spoke the Latin language. Today's Latino (Latin American) probably has only a smidgin of Latin blood in his veins. However, the language is more precise. Latinos (Latin Americans) speak not only Spanish, but also French and Portuguese! YES! FRENCH AND PORTUGUESE!!! Today's Latino (Latin American) to employ the term at it's loesest meaning, is not exclusive to Whites from Latin America, but also Blacks, and Mulattos (i.e. Browns)- basically anybody that speaks a Latin-based language! Hispanic refers to only Spanish-speaking Latinos. Why they have their own special category is way beyond me. Kind of haughty and high minded I think!

--CoCoLumps (Love yourself) 03:10, 09 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Like I said before, just because the phrase has the word "Latin" in it does not mean that it HAS to include all latin-derived languages. Meanings of words change in different contexts. You have provided no source to justify your reasoning. Please read what I wrote above and then read Hispanic and Latino Americans and read the cited sources, then we can talk. The vast majority of sources and dictionaries define Latin American in terms of the Spanish and Portuguese-speaking countries of the Americas.Goodsdrew (talk) 22:06, 9 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Haiti was the First country in Latin America- but yet you say they aren't Latin? If you're Haitian you're either Afro-Latin/Mixed Latin/etc. People dont understand what Latin is!!! Latinos are people that are of Latin American culture, born in a Latin-American country, and speak a latin- based Language like French,Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, etc . Haiti was the very first in Latin- America, which is the reason why Haitians are proud to be Haitian ! I dont think you know anything about the history of Haiti- which is probably why you dont want to EXCEPT the Facts !!!!!!!!!! Look at Brazil, do they speak Spanish? NO!!!!!!!!!! However they are Latin just like Haitians are!!!!!! Even the Haitian ""GOVERNMENT" " decided to allow Haiti to be apart of the Latin-American society- because it was the First Latin- country!!!!! But I can see I might not get any where with you because you are in "" DENIAL "" OF TRUE HAITIAN HISTORY !!!!!!!!!! --CoCoLumps (Love yourself) 09:04, 09 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Citation? I've given you places to look that clearly explain what the English language term "Latin America" means. It doesn't include Haiti. The vast majority of academic sources don't include Haiti. U.S. Government definitions do not include Haiti. Until you can point to something that indicate the majority of sources agree with your position, every source in this discussion that has been cited (such as the sources at Hispanic and Latino Americans) contradicts your argument. Your argument carries no weight without citation to authority that shows your view is the majority view. Here are a few sources:
 * "Latin America". The New Oxford Dictionary of English. Pearsall, J., ed. 2001. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press; p. 1040: "The parts of the American continent where Spanish or Portuguese is the main national language (i.e. Mexico and, in effect, the whole of Central and South America including many of the Caribbean islands)."
 * : "Haiti is an anomalous country. Geographically, it is in the Caribbean, and by extension, the Western Hemisphere. But it is not part of Latin America, much less Anglo-Saxon America."
 * "Haitians, who are identified as black Caribbean immigrants and not Latinos . . ."Goodsdrew (talk) 15:54, 10 May 2013 (UTC)
 * "Latino: People with roots in the Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking Americas. This broader term, mostly used in the United States, is sometimes used as a replacement for Hispanic. http://csuchico-dspace.calstate.edu/handle/10211.4/222
 * http://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/mexicanamerica/glossary.html (Defining "Hispanic" as meaning those with Spanish-speaking roots in the Americas and "Latino" as meaning those with both Spanish- and Portuguese-speaking roots in Latin America.)Goodsdrew (talk) 15:54, 10 May 2013 (UTC)
 * CoCoLumps, Wikipedia articles are based on what reliable sources say, not on the opinions of contributors. Goodsdrew has provided several sources which indicate that Haitian's are not normally considered Latino. If you wish the template to state that they are, you need to provide sources that actually state this. And I suggest that both of you stop edit warring before you are blocked. Being 'right' isn't an exemption to WP:3RR. AndyTheGrump (talk) 17:01, 10 May 2013 (UTC)
 * What some you don't understand is the difference between Latino and Hispanic. Hispanic refers to people who have roots from Spain, while Latino is just people from or having roots in Latin America. For example: Puerto Ricans are both Latino and Hispanic, but Brazilians are Latino and not Hispanic because they come from the Portuguese. Haitians are technically Latino because they are apart of Latin America. Their language comes from the French, is French not a language with Latin roots? Haiti is listed in these pages: Latin Americans, Afro-Latin American, White Latin Americans, Latin American. Websites: Introduction to Latin America: Twenty-First Century Challenges Hugo Chavez' legacy in Haiti and Latin America --CoCoLumps (Love yourself) 01:21, 10 May 2013 (UTC)
 * As our article Latin America makes clear, there are differing opinions and definitions involved here. There may well be no single 'right answer'. I suggest you both start by seeing if you can find sources which indicate whether Haitian's consider themselves Latino. As for the Latin roots of French, that is beside the point - we go by contemporary usage, rather than etymology. AndyTheGrump (talk) 17:30, 10 May 2013 (UTC)
 * What some you don't understand is the difference between Latino and Hispanic. Hispanic refers to people who have roots from Spain, while Latino is just people from or having roots in Latin America. For example: Puerto Ricans are both Latino and Hispanic, but Brazilians are Latino and not Hispanic because they come from the Portuguese. Haitians are technically Latino because they are apart of Latin America. Their language comes from the French, is French not a language with Latin roots? Haiti is listed in these pages: Latin Americans, Afro-Latin American, White Latin Americans, Latin American. Websites: Introduction to Latin America: Twenty-First Century Challenges Hugo Chavez' legacy in Haiti and Latin America --CoCoLumps (Love yourself) 01:21, 10 May 2013 (UTC)
 * As our article Latin America makes clear, there are differing opinions and definitions involved here. There may well be no single 'right answer'. I suggest you both start by seeing if you can find sources which indicate whether Haitian's consider themselves Latino. As for the Latin roots of French, that is beside the point - we go by contemporary usage, rather than etymology. AndyTheGrump (talk) 17:30, 10 May 2013 (UTC)

So far, the vast weight of sources that have been cited in this discussion say that Haitians are not Latino / Latin American. CoCoLumps is the only person in this thread arguing that Haitians should be identified as being Latino / Latin American. Let's try to reach consensus here. CoCoLumps--do you have any sources that support your views? Otherwise, the vast weight of the evidence points to reverting back to list Haitians as not being Latin American. If no sources are forthcoming, and if no one else chimes in to support the idea that Haitians are Latino, then I think we need to follow the sources and remove the references to Latino / Latin America. Let's give it 5-7 days and see where things stand. Anyone opposed?Goodsdrew (talk) 14:25, 17 May 2013 (UTC)
 * The sources that you have cited in this discussion are U.S. base and their definitions about Latin America are a bit incorrect. I'm fully aware the term Latin America does not always include Haiti however that doesn't mean their not part of Latin America. I already cited more than one source that indicates Haitians are infact Latino and Latin American, I don't mind providing more source.
 * "Hispanic: anyone from a country that speaks Spanish. (DOES not include Brazil) Hispanic: is NOT a racial category but denotes ETHNIC heritage. Hispanic is the term used by the US government.
 * Latino: Anyone from a country in South America and Mexico whose language is a romance language. It includes Haitians, Brazilians, etc. Latino is used for more informal communication. Latino is more a term adopted by the Latin population itself.
 * However, most Latino people prefer to be called by their country of origin and nothing else: Cuban, Ecuadorian, Colombian, Puerto Rican, etc.
 * Latino is preferred because:
 * - It relates directly to the experience of Latin-American people living in the USA. Therefore it defines a process of hybridization, combination and selection of cultural values. A transcultural term. It is not Latin-American nor American, it is both and a new thing at the same time. Therefore, it expresses paradox, complexity and defiance.
 * - It denotes people who are the product of Latin-Indian and/or Latin-Black mestizaje and it is generally used by working class people. It affirms the cultures and people dominated by Mediterranean civilization in its career throughout the New World.
 * - It suggests ethnic pride and cultural affirmation and solidarity among all Latino people fighting against racism, sexism and classism."
 * http://www.uhu.es/antonia.dominguez/latin/introduction.htm
 * Latin America, noun, the part of the American continents south of the United States in which Spanish, Portuguese, or French is officially spoken.
 * http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/Latin+America
 * "Haiti was the first independent nation of Latin America and the Caribbean, the black-led republic in the world, and the second republic in the Americas when it gained independence in 1804; as part of a successful slave revolution lasting nearly a decade (1791-1804)."
 * History and Culture of Haiti --CoCoLumps (Love yourself) 09:18, 19 May 2013 (UTC)
 * Your first source is just someone's personal website and is not a reliable source under Wikipedia guidelines. Your other two sources are contradicted by the seven sources I've provided. With the weight of sources in this discussion indicating that Haitians do not qualify and without anyone else objecting to removing references to Haiti, it is clear that Haitians should not be listed in this article and I am removing the reference.Goodsdrew (talk) 21:04, 11 June 2013 (UTC) Us Haitians don't want to qualify. We don't want to be latin that was the point of the war BETWEEN Haiti and Dominican republic. We didn't want to be whitewashed from our African culture. That's why we made our LANGUAGE and didn't want to speak Spanish. We identify as Black West Indian or Afro Caribbean. We are not Latin.

Adding Filipino to the list?
Do to the Philippine islands being part of the Hispanadad (http://pinas.dlsu.edu.ph/history/history.html, http://philippines-timeline.com/spanish.htm) and Filipinos of Southern California helping in race relations. Last but never the least Filipino Americans are differentiated just as are Latinos Some are Natives others are not.... In pure defense just because they have been classified as only Asians in older American history references, that archaic classification should not give us current historians and Americans the right to discount their Hispanic lineage any longer. That pretense falls under the same attitudes of people discounting the white race of mixed raced people because they are brown of skin tone. Be as it will I changed the box. --Iamiyouareyou (talk) 14:51, 31 December 2013 (UTC)

It never will be fair that Filipino Americans of Hispanic decent receive twice the classification and twice the ethnic community. That is just what it is and it is are duty to stand tall and be unbiased and write the truthful information down.--Iamiyouareyou (talk) 14:57, 31 December 2013 (UTC)

More sources  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hispanic_%28U.S._Census%29, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hispanic, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filipino_people#Colonial_influence, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filipino_people_of_Spanish_ancestry , https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_influence_on_Filipino_culture , http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BdLQ1nXDRSE

--Iamiyouareyou (talk) 13:53, 26 April 2014 (UTC)

Reverted edit 2014
reverted edit that removed Filipinos do to categorization of list being "Hispanic and Latino" And not a list exclusively of Latino groups. Stating once again Filipinos are Hispanic. Iamiyouareyou (talk)

Unreversion
This edit removed this again, saying "reverted unexplained reversion, Filipino Americans are not categorized by the U.S. Census Bureau as being Lationo/Hispanic".

Guys, please don't edit war over this -- especially in a template used by quite a few articles.

I'll comment here that neither Wikipedia not YouTube are reliable sources. I'll also suggest that it might be useful to read the Latin Americans article (a WP article and therefore not in itself a reliable source). Wtmitchell (talk) (earlier Boracay Bill) 23:02, 10 October 2014 (UTC)
 * There are no reliable sources that verify that in the United States that Filipino Americans are classified by the United States Census Bureau, in regards to race and ethnicity, as Hispanic/Latino. The burden of proof is on the adding editor, and the burden has not been met. While some Filipino Americans may be Multiracial Americans and may also be Hispanic/Latino, not all Filipino Americans will be, nor are classified to be. For example see how Filipinos are not included under the "Hispanic or Latino" category in the chart by the Center of Disease Control: --RightCowLeftCoast (talk) 19:21, 21 October 2014 (UTC)
 * Additionally, see this source:
 * Only 11% of "single-heritage Filipino Americans" when asked to categorize themselves choose other than Asian, with Spanish being only one of multiple choices stated, including Pacific Islander.--RightCowLeftCoast (talk) 19:26, 21 October 2014 (UTC)

February 2017
I have reverted the WP:BOLD change by. There is no consensus or reliable sources that verify that Filipino Americans are categorized by the USCB as being Latino/Hispanic. There has been no change to consensus or reliable sources on the subject and I ask to weigh in on the matter as he has been involved with this subject in the past, and as Iamiyouareyou has declared an edit war on my talk page.--RightCowLeftCoast (talk) 00:56, 8 February 2017 (UTC)
 * More or less can we at least put in other as a catagory????? Iamiyouareyou (talk)
 * I don't see the point of this. Navigation templates still have the meet WP:VER as far as I am aware, and the POV that Filipino Americans are Hispanic/Latino Americans is a minority point of view that shouldn't be given weight as it is largely WP:FRINGE. If one wants to add content about this, the best place would be on the Filipino American page. That said it should be neutral and shouldn't mislead readers to think it is a majority point of view.--RightCowLeftCoast (talk) 00:22, 10 February 2017 (UTC)

Do Basque Americans really belong in this template?
The template links to Basque Americans. However, as I understand it, Basque Americans are neither Latino (being from Europe) nor Hispanic (being not of Spanish-speaking origin). Is it misplaced on the template? --Gerrit CUTEDH 14:05, 14 January 2014 (UTC)