LAS 260 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: United States Note

• School: Miami University
• Department: Latin American Studies
• Course: LAS 260
• Professor: Campos

Document Summary

Etc any other spanish speaking countries of caribbean, central or south. Hispanic(single ethnic category): refers to all those in the us whose ancestry is from one or more spanish speaking country. Society has lumped this diverse group of people into a single category with many of those people not identifying as hispanics such as brazilians who have a portuguese heritage and speak portuguese. Neglects the differences between the people in this ethnic category. Make up of the population in the different regions. Strip[s] people of their historical identity and reduces them to imputed common traits. This term has become common among all people in the use: government agencies, scholars, etc .