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sir_reginald@lemmy.world 6 months ago
As a Mexican, you are. And there’s nothing wrong with that. It’s not a racist term. It’s just like calling someone from France an European. Or someone from South Korea an asian.
The French guy will probably have nothing in common with a swedish, yet they happen to be both European, just like a Japanese will have a totally different culture than a Mongol, yet they are asians.
You can of course tell people to stop calling you a latino if you want to. However society automatically puts tags on people and they will call you whatever they want. If I were you, I’d just stop giving it any importance.
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RightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Being American is kinda meaningless. America is a country made up of so many varying cultures, and part of American identity is also being a different culture.
So while yes, you are American, you are also Latino. From a technical perspective, the large majority of Mexicans are the result of Spanish colonization of Central America, so they could also say they are Spaniard. As could you. But you are still American, and you are still Latino.