I am not Hispanic or Latino!  Why is it that, in this country, I have to be part of that category.  I have a specific country with it’s own culture and it’s own history and we have our own heroes.  I hate it here, sometimes.  Although I don’t remember what it was like when we left and came here,  I do know that I was just Hernando there.   Here, it’s like, I’m Latino to the university and employers.  I have light skin compared to what people usually think of as Latino or Hispanic.  I guess if I have to choose one of those terms, it would be Hispanic because my family is from Spain originally.  In my country, we’re  more European.  Here they call it “White” so I guess that’s what I am.  But I’m more than just Hispanic.  I am from my parent’s country and I am of this country, too.  

Proceed With Other Ideas of What It Means to Be Latino or Hispanic