Seeking better data on Hispanics, Census Bureau may change how it asks about race
Seeking better data on Hispanics, Census Bureau may change how it asks about race
*Why you should read this: Because U.S. Latino identity is a story that never ends. Because the U.S. Census count is too important to get it wrong, again. Because I […]
Latino Today, But What About Tomorrow?
*Interesting. Esther Cepeda takes us on the often trodden journey of Latino/Hispanic identity. But she adds some poll numbers for context, and pulls the conversation forward to future generations, to […]
Jeb Bush identified himself as ‘Hispanic’ in 2009 form
*Wait. What? This opens a crate filled with cans of worms. The Hispanic/ Latino/ Indigenous/ Mestizo/ Chicano/ Mexicano/ Salvadoreño/ Dominicano/ Boricua/ etc… community has been in “dialogue” about the issue […]
The Invention of Hispanics
*There is little that gets Taquistas (and Latinohispanicschicanosmexicanospuertoricanscubanosandonandon ) riled-up like the word “Hispanic” does. There is no consensus on the term, for or against, except for the fact that […]
Latino, Hispanic, and a Yogi Berra Moment
By Victor Landa, NewsTaco I had a classic Yogi Berra moment. NPR published a poll about Latino attitudes yesterday. And as these polls tend to do, it reverberated across the […]
It’s past time to crush racial and ethnic labels
By Esther Cepeda, Dallas Morning News All one has to do to rile a group of Hispanics is mention the names of blond, blue-eyed Cameron Diaz or Canadian-born Ted Cruz […]
Study: Latinos Divided By Nation of Origin
By Josh Dulaney, Hispanic Business An advertising executive says Spanish speakers with Venezuelan accents are best when selling to Latinos in the U.S. because their accents are the most neutral. A […]
Latinos And Their Views Of Identity
(Editor’s note: This is a verbatim, just released, press release by the Pew Hispanic Center. I thought it was pertinent to make it available to the NewsTaco community. I’ll be ruminating on […]
