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A continent's worth of people compressed into two syllables, then asked to fit one box.
means A person of Latin American origin or descent, spanning dozens of nationalities, races, and cultures.
from Shortened from latinoamericano in Spanish, itself rooted in Latin, the language Rome left scattered across an ocean it never crossed.
Not a raceLatinos can be any race, including all of them.
Gender baked inThe o is masculine, sparking latina, latinx, latine debates.
US coinagePopularized as an American census and identity category.
Not hispanicBrazilians are Latino but not Hispanic; Spaniards reversed.