Latinamerican joining Fraternities

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Originally Posted by LatinaAlumna

Where I am from (and in many other parts of the country), people who choose to identify as "Hispanic" are generally those who want to distance themselves as much as possible from their roots, choose not to educate themselves about their origins or become educated about issues that impact the community, etc. (basically, sell-outs).

Then we clearly are from different countries.

Originally Posted by Little Dragon

Not disagreeing with what has been said, I would add that the connotation of each word varies from region to region. In some parts, latino is derogatory and people prefer to be called Hispanics, while in others, the contrary is the rule. The emotions behind each word would depend on the personal experiences of each person.

This.