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'''Hispanic''' is an [[ethnic group]]. It refers to the Roman people of the Iberian peninsula (today [[Spain]]), but the term can refer to the Spanish speaking populations of the Americas and Europe. The term Hispanic has also come to refer to the descendants of both [[Native American]] and [[European]] ancestry. Ethnicity transcends nationality. Portuguese speaking people of the Iberian peninsula and the Americas are Lusitan. Lusitania, or today Portugal, was conquered by the Roman Empire. Similar names are applied to the people of France, the Gauls, Switzerland, the Elvetii, Britain, the Bretons, Germany and Austria, the Germanics.
 
'''Hispanic''' is an [[ethnic group]]. It refers to the Roman people of the Iberian peninsula (today [[Spain]]), but the term can refer to the Spanish speaking populations of the Americas and Europe. The term Hispanic has also come to refer to the descendants of both [[Native American]] and [[European]] ancestry. Ethnicity transcends nationality. Portuguese speaking people of the Iberian peninsula and the Americas are Lusitan. Lusitania, or today Portugal, was conquered by the Roman Empire. Similar names are applied to the people of France, the Gauls, Switzerland, the Elvetii, Britain, the Bretons, Germany and Austria, the Germanics.
 
[[File:Hispanic people all ages.jpg|300px|center]]
 
[[File:Hispanic people all ages.jpg|300px|center]]
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'''Hispanic''', in classification by the [[United States]], is any person who describes themself as of Spanish or mixed Spanish and Native American, Chicano, Mexican, Mexicano, Puerto Rican, Cuban, Central American, South American, or from some other Spanish culture or origin, regardless of race. About 45% of American Hispanics are [[White Hispanic|of European descent]], 42% are [[Mestizo]] or mixed race with Native American, 10% are [[African American]]s and 3% [[Asian]]s.  
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'''Hispanic''', in classification by the [[United States]], is any person who describes themself as of Spanish or mixed Spanish and Native American, Chicano, Mexican, Mexicano, Puerto Rican, Cuban, Central American, South American, or from some other Spanish culture or origin, regardless of race. About 45% of American Hispanics are [[White Hispanic|of European descent]], 42% are [[Mestizo]] or mixed race with Native American, 10% are [[African American]]s and 3% [[Asian]]s.  Most African American Hispanics are from the Caribbean, with Cuba being the largest population.
    
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