If there are only 3real tribes the blacks, white, and asian. Where the hell do the latinos fit in? I know native americans are basicaly the same as asians. Does that meen people like the mexicans are decent from asians also or are latinos some hybrid of black/asian genes?  Can someone better explain wtf they really are and where they fit in if there not part of the 3groups. Latino is actually a cultural term, a Latino can be of any race. That's just what they call people from Latin America regardless of their race. Some people misuse the term as a racial category.     A 100% White Argentine is considered Latino just the same as a 50/50 indian/Spanish Mexican, or a mulatto from Cuba is considered Latino. It's not a racial category more of a cultural term for all people from Latin America.    Mexican, is not a racial category either. The majority of Mexicans are Mestizos, they are of mixed Amerindian and White European(mostly Spanish) descent, so in other words....they're mutts. But there are also 100% pure White Mexicans and 100% purely Amerindian Mexicans. But when we think of Mexicans we think of Mestizos because they form the vast majority of the Mexican population.    But with other Latin American countries it is different. For instance in Peru, Paraguay or Bolivia most of the people are Amerindians and not Mestizos. In Cuba the majority of the population is Mulatto, Black/White. So Latino is a conufusing term because some people misuse it as a racial category when it is not. For the most part, most Latinos are mutts, of mixed Amerindian/White ancestry(mestizos), Black/White(mulattos), or all of the above. But there are still millions of purely White Latinos, and also purely Amerindian and Black Latinos. Generally speaking, when we Americans think of Latinos we are thinking of bi and tri racial mongrels/mutts.