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What defines Latino identity in the United States?

This question of identity is a really complex and juicy subject of discussion.

Growing up I was told I wasn't brown enough to be indigenous and that using

Hispanics sounded more prestigious. Well this is on- listener, Carla Marquez in Portland, Oregon.

I was told that using Mexican was a way of demonstrating my pride,

but then it was also used to tell me I didn't belong in this country. My high school counselor told me to use Mexican-American because I grew up in the United States, but my history teacher told me that the American part is the only part that mattered. I tried using Chikana because I was politically active, but then I was told that Latina was more acceptable.

When I started using Latin X as a form of rebellion against gender norms. I was told that the X was a form of linguistic

imperialism. Now when I meet people that ask me how I identify, I just explain that I'm all of the

above.

So it's complicated and understandably so.

There are 64 million Latino Americans in the United States

and together they form a population larger than any Spanish-speaking country in the world

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