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Changes over time and is a social construction. Latino/a/inx (latino): masculine (latina): feminine (latinx): gender inclusive. People in latin american do not call themselves latino. Canadian) phenomenon and term of categorization with racial conflicts. Spain defines this categorization but because spain is in. Europe, those from latin america are shut out . Generation of individuals prior to the civil rights movement in 1960s-1970s. Many tries to prove whiteness and assimilate as a political strategy. During 1960s-1970s some mexican american"s became chicano"s, embracing brown- ess and racialization. Belief that americans were destined to claim and from shore to shore, saw it as an expansion of democracy and not imperialism. If you cultivate the land you own it. Legal issues surrounding claiming of land, as only white people were allowed to claim land as well. Latino"s made up largest ethnic group in the us, with roughly 60% being mexican-