Also offensive: pointing out that English speakers do not use the word “American” to refer to people from Latin America. The term in our language is universally used to refer to people from the country America.

  • Seems to me you’re the one policing others’ language, ultimately suggesting Latin Americans aren’t Americans.

    For “Americans” to refer to only “US Americans” (and make sense), the term necessarily must exclude Latin Americans

    Note: Another user pointed out, I should’ve said ethnocentric rather than racist

    • @[email protected]
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      79 hours ago

      How on Earth do you think this suggests that?

      The term excludes anyone not from the country of America. The term for people from the continent is either North American or South American.

    • ZagorathOP
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      39 hours ago

      If they want to use it, I’m not going to correct them. If they try to “correct” me for using my language in its most widely accepted manner, that’s when I start getting mad. The only one policing others’ language arethose insisting you cannot call Americans Americans.