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Latinx

  • Catholics attend a binational mass in memory of migrants who died during their journey to the U.S. at the banks of the Rio Bravo border between Mexico and the United States, in Ciudad Juarez
    Community
    Latinx, Hispanic, Chicano/a: How And Why Do People Self-Identify?
    Kathleen Creedon
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    Nearly two-thirds of San Antonio's population is Hispanic, indigenous or of Mexican descent. But there are 2.3 million people living in the Alamo City, and not all Latino and Hispanic populations use the same identifying terms. How do pan-ethnic labels reflect evolving cultural norms? What are the potential implications of the differences in how populations self-identify?