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Jill1228, are you from the SouthWest?? Just wondering, since you made the reference to Mexicans....I'm in the Northeast and that doesn't happen here, probably b/c we have so many people from so many different countries up here that the Mexicans blend in with the rest of us, most hispanics/latinos are not from Mexico.... =D
Anyway, both "Hispanic" and "Latino/a" are used up here...I've been to discussions on that. Hispanic tends to be an older term, but Latinos tend to cover a larger region, not just the Americas, but Europe also.
Latino is just spanish for Latin and some "Hispanics" feel that also references Italians, Spanish, Portuguese, etc, b/c they are all of "Latin" decent.
This was brought up at a program I went to many years ago at Rutgers where a Young Lord had spoken. It was a very interesting speech about the 60's & 70's and being in NY as a young hispanic at that time. Many people of varous descents chimes in on varying opinions and nothing was ever solidified as the only answer.
There's my $0.88....
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