>my pops is puerto rican/spanish/Dominican/latino >

I see your point. However, I think that it's only when the person would say that his father is spanish or latino that it would be wrond since being latino is not an ethnicity but a culture. So often,people of African descent from Latin America are denied a voice and their extremely important contribution to latin culture is hidden. Most of what we think as latino culture comes from AfroLatinos like salsa,merengue. The white populations were too busy aping Spaniards to create a culture of their own. Some Afrolatinos are unfortunately confused and would deny vehemently that they are not black,etc... Well, the concept of race is not one that has dissapeared in Latin America, only in the minds of some wishful thinkers.