Nearly four decades after the United States government mandated the use of the terms “Hispanic” or “Latino” to categorize Americans who trace their roots to Spanish-speaking countries, a new nationwide survey of Hispanic adults finds that these terms still haven’t been fully embraced by Hispanics themselves. A majority (51%) say they most often identify themselves by their family’s country of origin; just 24% say they prefer a pan-ethnic label.
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What is a Hispanic? When people ask if I am Hispanic I ask, “What is that all about?” I am not a Hic, certainly not a chick, and I am not related to St. Nick. Where in the world did this term come from and why is it on all the applications. I am born in the USA with a Mexican ancestry. So I tell who ever ask, “I am a Gringo man, with a custom brown top.”