Growing up as a fair-skinned, hazel-eyed, freckled girl with ethnic hair, people around me struggled with identifying my race, nationality, and ethnicity. Too many times, I have found myself correcting my peers, colleagues and friends on who or “what” they think I am. Time and time again, I’ve had to explain that being Latino is more of a cultural identification than just merely a racial marker. We identify ourselves based on countries of origin throughout Latin America. READ MORE
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