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Entry: Two New Myth-Busting Books Link: http://www.takimag.com/site/article/two_new_myth_busting_books#5123 Post contents: Race and Ethnicity: Back in the late 1970s I worked with a number of Blacks and Latinos. Among the Latinos was a black Puerto Rican. But for his name and his accent he could pass for an African American, but culturally he identified and was identified as Latino. Only those who would judge solely on the basis of appearance would classify him as 'African-American'. Yes, as a Puerto Rican, he is an American citizen. Also, quite obviously he had African ancestry. However his behaviors and expectations were formed in a Latino culture, and not an 'Afro-American' culture. 'Latino' refers to ethnicity, and not race. Latinos can be of purely African ancestry, purely Amer-Indian ancestry, or purely European ancestry, some mix of the preceding, or Asian, Middle Eastern... What makes the term 'Latino' relevant is cultural behaviors and expectations. In a 'racially motivated' confusion about a decade or so ago, my blond haired blue eyed little brother was called 'Nazi' by some passing Armenians while he was walking in Glendale, California, which has a fairly large Armenian population. All they knew about him was his hair and eye color, and from this they made the same sort of mistaken assumptions which confronted CR. Be Well, Bob Griffin Sent at: 2008 05 16