I am Puerto Rican and that makes me an American. Just like a Texan is a Texan and an American. We all hate the “Latino” label. It bears repeating:
“Some folks lumped under the “Hispanic” heading believe in those things. Some don’t. Shockingly, to the Beltway experts on all things Latin, these people are not all the same. And their heritage is varied as well. Those hailing from Spain are different from those coming from Mexico or Argentina or Honduras – each nation has different histories, cultures, political traditions. So stop with the condescending stereotypes and start looking at these people as individuals instead of census categories”.
“We all hate the “Latino” label.”
I absolutely DETEST “latino”. You used to hear “Chicano” a lot, which is even worse - almost a fighting word. When people say “Latin”, I sometimes ask, “Oh, you mean French and Italians?”