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It’s absolutely hillarious to listen to some political idealogue say the word “latinos” in heavily accented Spanish, while speaking English, then reverting back to English in an instant. It’s done with a certain pretentious flair that connotes brilliance as if one is above the surrounding society.

It’s like listening to someone describe his American citizenship in hyphenated form, or someone else describing another’s citizenship in that way.

It all has a tinge of obnoxious political elitism.

The question is, if you’re hyphenated, why don’t you go back to your hyphen?

Just asking.

IMHO

Not sure what the practical view is when parsing out that some political ideologue phonetically pronounces the word “latinos” (while in the context of speaking in English)----anymore than I'd be concerned that an American food critic chooses to read out a menu item as or-‘dərv (hors d'oeuvre), while conversing in English. But, more to your last comment, “…if you’re hyphenated, why don’t you go back to your hyphen” At first blush, the question is rhetorical, particularly when talking about Americans of Mexican descent---those born here---and commonly referred to as Mexican-Americans. All or part of present day states of California, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico, Wyoming, and Texas were MEXICO, until the Mexican-American War of 1848, when huge numbers of Mexicans crossed battle lines to fight on the side of the U.S. The result is that Mexico lost over 67% of its national territory (when you include Texas). The idea of complete assimilation taking place would’ve had to have been a "reverse type" of such, in that there exist deeply rooted Mexican traditions, customs, & values already firmly in place (largely in the mentioned states). Hence, the heavy concentration of Mexican-Americans along our southwestern states. The United States is a beautiful blend of diversity, which directly includes the Mexican culture. So, when an American barks to another American (of Mexican descent), "Go back to your country!" One has to simply laugh, because the angered individual has only managed to reveal a fair amount of lack in knowledge---about the bona fide rich history of their own country, the United States. BTW, all my hispanic friends & colleagues prefer being called what they are: AMERICAN.