Latinos own and disown ‘Hispanic’ in nuanced journey to harness their identity

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As Hispanic Heritage Month gets underway, a debate re-emerges: Is 'Hispanic' the right term?

Corona, 26, said he does “not really like to use terms like Hispanic and Latino too much,” which implicitly anchor the ethnic identity to Latin America's colonial period when mixing occurred among Indigenous people, white Europeans, Black slaves from Africa, and Asians. Instead, he prefers to identify as Chicano, a term popularized by people of Mexican descent born in the U.S. during the 1960s, since it adds value to his indigenous roots while also acknowledging his American upbringing.

“We really would call ourselves Mexicas," Corona, who lives in the Atlanta metropolitan area, said about coming up with his rapper name before learning that Aztec was the term European colonizers used to describe Mexica tribes. “But I guess it's too late now to change it." Fatima Garza also identifies as Chicana. But as a Mexican American who lives in south Texas, the 21-year-old identifies as a"fronteriza," or borderlander. It is specifically someone who lives in the U.S.-Mexico border area and navigates both languages and cultures.

"We didn't cross the border, the border crossed us. So, there's this very unique experience," Garza said."My family has experienced this state of not being from Mexico, but not being from the United States. That's why I find it so important to call myself a fronteriza."Piera Moore for NBC News While Hispanic is an ethnicity, not a race, Latinos are still subjected to racialization. Latinos of every color

 

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You Anglos forced the term because you can't bother to learn the differences....

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