Archive for January, 2012
What is Latino?
January 31st, 2012
“Race can not be defined by checking a box.” For this
reason, I never check that box. As I watched the news segment it wasn’t really an eye opener but a reminder. I am a product of the Caribbean which is multi racial, multi ethnic, and multi cultural which Latinos also embody. The fact is that Latinos/Hispanics derive from everywhere around the world and being Latino is a feeling. Many people get caught up in stereotypes and believe that all Latinos represent a certain look or have a certain appearance. The reality is that Latinos represent generations of diverse backgrounds and is in itself a ‘melting pot’. Latino is not a race, but an inherent feeling that stems from the language and culture.