re: #610 Sharmuta

Since she’s Puerto Rican, she’s technically hispanic, not latino. At least that’s my understanding from a Puerto Rican friend of mine.

Some polling data on that here:

‘HISPANIC’ VS ‘LATINO’

A new poll finds that the term ‘Hispanic’ is preferred
By Christine Granados

Are you a Hispanic or a Latino? We have been asking ourselves this question since the seventies when the government adopted the term “Hispanic” to keep population statistics and monitor compliance to Affirmative Action laws. And the answer isn’t as clear-cut as one might expect. Choosing one term over the other means taking a political, social, and even a generational stand.
Stereotypically, those who call themselves Hispanic are more assimilated, conservative, and young, while those who choose the term Latino tend to be liberal, older, and sometimes radical.http://coloquio.com/coloquioonline/hispanolatino.htm