More Than a Monolith: The Advancement of Hispanic and Latino/a Talent - Glossary of Terms

HL Glossary More Than a Monolith: The Advancement of Hispanic and Latino/a Talent Glossary of Terms For instance, a 2019 survey found that 76% of H/L participants had not even heard of the term “Latinx.”9 While some participants embrace the term Hispanic vs. [...] While “Latinx” might not be the US-based terms, with “Hispanic” generally referring best path forward into a more inclusive future, these to those of Spanish-speaking ancestry, and terms are a testament to the fluidity of language, “Latino/a” referring to anyone with roots in the 2 with new terms constantly emerging, receding, and geographic region of Latin America. [...] Some people “Hispanic” refers to people with roots in one of the of Mexican descent primarily living in the southwest more than twenty countries and territories impacted US identify as “Chicano/a,” a still contested term with by Spanish colonization and where Spanish remains a common language.3 origins in California and New Mexico during the civil The US government first used rights movement of th. [...] For this study, we define and the feminine form “Latina,” found popularity in these terms as the following: the 1990s amidst a political movement to create distance from Spanish colonization.7 Race Race is a social construct by which people are Latinx, Latine, and Latin@ categorized primarily on the basis of their physical “Latinx,” “Latine,” and “Latin@” are gender-neutral features.12 variations. [...] According to the Pew Research Center, systemically oppressed due to their race—continues 12% of the adult H/L population in the US identifies as to influence our lives.13 In Coqual’s research, we Afro-Latino/a when asked directly.16 disaggregate our data along racial categories as a means to help identify how race and racism continue However, the current US census applies a two step to influence p.