Overview
The Pew Hispanic Center recently published “When Labels Don’t Fit: Hispanics and Their Views of Identity.” The report was based on a new nationwide survey that found most Hispanics don’t embrace the term “Hispanic.” And even fewer prefer the term “Latino.”
In the days following the release, hundreds of people offered their observations on social media, and scores of newspapers and websites published articles, commentaries and editorials. Some of our readers emailed us with their own opinions and stories.
It’s a fascinating topic, and we’d like to continue the conversation. So we invited journalists, scholars and civic leaders to share their views. Each day for the next two weeks, we will publish one of these commentaries here. <!– We also invite you to join the discussion. Share your thoughts, views and personal stories about your own identity on our Pew Hispanic Center Facebook page. –>
(Click on the photos below to read the commentaries.)
Esther Cepeda 05.30.12 I’m a Minority Within a Minority
Janet Murguía 05.31.12 Diverse Identities but Much Common Ground
Alicia Menendez 06.01.12 My Gringa Mother
Arturo Vargas 06.04.12 Labels Aside, Latinos Share Common Values
Gabriel Escobar 06.05.12 “Where are You From?”
Sandra Lilley 06.06.12 Wonderfully American
Juan Carlos Lopez 06.07.12 Looking Beyond the Debate on Immigration
Jody Vallejo 06.08.12 Latino Ethnicity and America’s Future
Views in this conversation series are those of each author alone, and not the views of the Pew Hispanic Center, which is nonpartisan and non-advocacy.
