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. Members of the ad hoc committee said it was hastily formed early inafter educators of Puerto Rican, Cuban, Mexican and Native American descent stormed out of a meeting called to discuss a report at the Federal Interagency Committee on Education.
The group never got around to discussing the report, on the education of Chicanos, Puerto Ricans and Indians. They were livid over how it wrongly identified certain groups. As Flores-Hughes put it, “they came ready for bear.
Weinberger, secretary of Health, Education and Welfare at the time, knew he had a problem. He ordered that a committee be convened to solve the identity matter for good. During the year they met, arguments erupted over now-outdated terms such as “colored” and “Oriental.
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I know two people who didn’t speak for up to a year after it was over. Grace Flores-Hughes who went on to earn a bachelor’s degree in psychology from the University of the District of Columbia and a master’s in public administration from Harvard University. Flores-Hughes grew up in Taft, Tex.
Her grandfather regaled her with stories about serving in the army of Pancho Villa. He was originally from Spain, she said, and his family moved to Mexico.
This aura of mystery added a touch of romanticism to the character and became one of the reasons for the birth of the Latin lover image
If I spoke Spanish, they would send me home for three days. That was going through solteros de villa dolores cedulones mind when arguments were solteros de villa dolores cedulones on the committee. And “Spanish surname” would have given protection to people who had never been discriminated against, she said. Besides, she said, not everyone in the Spanish diaspora has a Spanish-sounding name. But I was determined to stick to ‘Hispanic.
We couldn’t get away from it. Since the days solteros de villa dolores cedulones early cinema, Latin men have portrayed some of the most virile, passionate and forbidden characters on the screen.
He played the rogue to the Anglo gentleman. He was, however, suave and more than able to captivate even the strongest screen siren. The “greaser” movies were not embraced by all. They were virulently anti-Mexican. After ignoring a written protest from the Mexican government inHollywood suffered a blow in when films promoting such stereotypes were banned south of the border.
The “greaser” became the citizen of fictitious Latin American countries. The day it arrived by mail at the Statesman Journal, I shared it with a few astonished colleagues, hoping that act would ease my surprise and disappointment. Then I set it aside, expecting to forget about it. Still, it haunts me. It reopened scars, pricked at my conscience and upset my sense of fair play.
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