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In my mind, I feel that being identified as Hispanic, either on your own account or by others, shows ignorance or lack of awareness. If a non-Latino refers to myself or someone else as Hispanic I just give them the benefit of the doubt that they are most likely not aware. However, if someone who is Latino/Non-Spaniard (not from Spain) uses 'Hispanic' they come across as culturally uneducated and that is not very respectable.
As far as labeling and stigmatizing, this is going to happen in all societies. We, as human beings, are going to receive and give labels to one another because that is our judgmental nature, sadly. In my opinion, I would rather label myself and identify myself, in an informed manner of course, before I allow the labels others give to me to stick. We cannot pretend that we do not make judgments about others, at least in our own minds.
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