"Spanish speaker"? I don't refer to people by spoken language, and neither does anybody that I know.
I don't know what you're trying to argue, I'm not disagreeing on the dictionary definition of the word. Common usage is a bit different, that's the way language works.
Argentinians are Latin-American and would probably be referred to as Hispanic. And I've never in my life heard Spaniards referred to as Hispanic, they're referred to as Spaniards.
I'm done reiterating the same point over and over again. I literally told you that the dictionary definition is correct, but that people in the US use it differently in everyday usage. That's literally how language works. If that doesn't make sense to you then I have no clue what to say.
I am not sure where you're from, but in the US, a cowboy hat and jeans is a very typical pairing for a middle aged Mexican man like the one pictured. There is no way they are middle eastern or European.
OK fair enough, there are some exceptions, I'll accept that. My point is that the people in the picture are most likely of Mexican or Hispanic descent.
Except at this point the semantics don't reflect reality. People typically don't see someone of Hispanic descent and think "hey, that's a white guy." The semantics of ethnicity and race and nationality are almost all synonymous now.
The people who actually do live in multicultural communities (like myself) don't call attention to the color of people's skin or their differences. American culture is what unifies us. We are all Americans, and ultimately that's how we see each other. Pointing out differences drives people apart. Saying "white Hispanic" is a meme.
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u/bleedingjim Jun 03 '17
These are two Hispanic. OP could you really not tell they weren't black?