With their swarthy good looks and smoldering eyes, these "Latin lovers" have caused female moviegoers to swoon for decades
That diaspora is the result of a bygone age of conquest, which disturbs many of the people who prefer "Latino. I think it's untrue to say that 'Hispanic' reflects imperialism. Our history is a part of human history. Empires come and go. Kaiser Family Foundation last year found that a majority of Hispanics and Latinos — 53 percent — have no preference for either term. An overwhelming majority prefer to identify themselves by national origin.
But among those who listed a preference, "Hispanic" was widely favored. Activists, however, assert that "Latino" is fast becoming the favored term, as students, intellectuals and scholars refer to it almost exclusively in their works. Flores-Hughes said those activists wrongly insist that "Hispanic" was thrust on them by white bureaucrats who knew very little about their culture. המשך…
