"People think I'm latina all the time."<P<BTW, if you are Italian then you ARE Latin. Mexicans are Hispanic. And thanks for acknowledging my right which is given by God not man and does not exist in many of these Hispanic countries.
Latin yes, but nothing I can do about misuse of the term. I suppose people can call themselves whatever they want. Nothing wrong with being just 'American' either. Should be done more often I think. You're right that expressing one's opinion isn't necessarily endorsed in many latin american countries.