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Ask a Mexican: When Is It Proper to Call a Mexican ‘Latino’ or ‘Hispanic’?

Dear Mexican: Recently at the local Northgate market, I saw a man wearing a T-shirt that said “MEXICAN” followed by a clarification: “NOT Latino: Latinos are Anglo Europeans from Italy. NOT Hispanic: Hispanics are Anglo Europeans from Spain.” I may be crazy, I’m pretty sure the words for those two descriptions are “Italian” and “Spanish.” […]

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