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Re:Here’s why other countries beat the U.S. in reading and math by pflats on Wednesday December 12, 2012 @03:05PM (#4912138)
Yes, and nfg and I are trying to point out the downsides of using the term "Hispanic" when you mean "Latin American". The terms aren't interchangeable, even though people might try to treat them as such.

It might be an academic distinction to you, but it isn't to everybody. On the flip side of your example, while teaching in an inner city, I broke up a fight that started because a kid called a Haitian "African American".

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Re:Here’s why other countries beat the U.S. in reading and math by raleec on Wednesday December 12, 2012 @05:22PM (#4912790)
You and I are agreeing while we explain this state of affairs to nfg, which is why I've been upvoting you.

It's far from an academic distinction to me, and that fight could have just as easily occurred if an African American had been called a Haitian, or any number of similar errors...

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