The terms "Hispanic" and "latino/a" are based on the words "Spain" and "Latin."
Latin as in the language of European Caucasians. Spain, as in the Caucasian European country.
In reality, "Hispanic" and "latino/a" refer to dark-skinned indigenous natives of nations in the Western hemisphere colonized hundreds of years ago by Spanish-speaking conquerors.
It is a term used to determine a race based on a linguistic foundation, as if language determined race.
It's actually a pretty interesting evolution of language being an impediment to communication, as Hobbes might remark to Calvin (Calvin & Hobbes)!
Don't you think that said language is being used as a tool to conflate language and race - and make race a bigger issue?