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	Since the adoption of the term '''[[Latino]]''' by the [[US Census Bureau]] in [[2000]]<ref>Fisher, Celia B. and Lerner, Richard M. ''Encyclopedia of Applied Developmental Science''		Since the adoption of the term '''[[Latino]]''' by the [[US Census Bureau]] in [[2000]]<ref>Fisher, Celia B. and Lerner, Richard M. ''Encyclopedia of Applied Developmental Science''
	SAGE, 2004, ISBN 0761928200 Page 634		SAGE, 2004, ISBN 0761928200 Page 634

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	"The [[Pew Hispanic Center]] and the Henry J. Kaiser Family foundation found in a 2002 study that 53 percent of "Hispanics" or "Latinos" do not use either term and call themselves Mexicans, Mexican Americans, Mexicanos, [[Dominicans]], [[Dominican Americans]], or some other nationality or ethnic group. Those making a choice of the two terms had a slight preference for "Hispanic" over "Latino"."<ref>Reimers, David M., ''Other immigrants: the global origins of the American people'', [[NYU Press]], 2005		"The [[Pew Hispanic Center]] and the Henry J. Kaiser Family foundation found in a 2002 study that 53 percent of "Hispanics" or "Latinos" do not use either term and call themselves Mexicans, Mexican Americans, Mexicanos, [[Dominicans]], [[Dominican Americans]], or some other nationality or ethnic group. Those making a choice of the two terms had a slight preference for "Hispanic" over "Latino"."<ref>Reimers, David M., ''Other immigrants: the global origins of the American people'', [[NYU Press]], 2005
	ISBN 0814775357 Page 8</ref>		ISBN 0814775357 Page 8</ref><ref>Usability for Latinos: We asked participants to specify their identities in the form of an open-ended question. Participants were free to write responses in Spanish or English. Of the participants, 50% called themselves “Mexican,” 36% called themselves “Mexican-American,” and the remaining identified themselves as “Latino/a.” While nobody objected to the term “Latino” as a description of ethnicity, and all participants felt it was an appropriate description, the majority of participants associated themselves with Mexico rather than the term of Latino.[http://www.filippsapienza.com/latinohofstede-eng.html]</ref>
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	== Latino, Hispanic or national identity ==		== Latino, Hispanic or national identity ==

	The Latino/Hispanic naming controversy is a phenomenon that has its roots mainly in California and other neighbouring states.<ref>Ibid.</ref> Before the adoption of the ethnonym "[[Hispanic and Latino Americans\|Hispanic or Latino]]" by the [[United States ~~Goverment~~]] the term Hispanic was commonly used for ~~satatistics~~ ends. However, many people didn't feel satisfied with the term and started [[civil society campaign\|campaigns]] promoting the use of Latino as a new ethnonym. The [[Office of Management and Budget]] has stated that the new term should be, indeed, "Hispanic or Latino" because the usage of the terms differs - "Hispanics is commonly used in the eastern portion of the United States, whereas Latino is commonly used in the western portion".<ref name = "omb97">{{cite web		The Latino/Hispanic naming controversy is a phenomenon that has its roots mainly in California and other neighbouring states.<ref>Ibid.</ref> Before the adoption of the ethnonym "[[Hispanic and Latino Americans\|Hispanic or Latino]]" by the [[United States Government]] the term Hispanic was commonly used for statistics ends. However, many people didn't feel satisfied with the term and started [[civil society campaign\|campaigns]] promoting the use of Latino as a new ethnonym. The [[Office of Management and Budget]] has stated that the new term should be, indeed, "Hispanic or Latino" because the usage of the terms differs - "Hispanics is commonly used in the eastern portion of the United States, whereas Latino is commonly used in the western portion".<ref name = "omb97">{{cite web
	\| url = http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/fedreg/1997standards.html		\| url = http://www.whitehouse.gov/omb/fedreg/1997standards.html
	\| title = Revisions to the Standards for the Classification of Federal Data on Race and Ethnicity. Federal Register Notice October 30, 1997		\| title = Revisions to the Standards for the Classification of Federal Data on Race and Ethnicity. Federal Register Notice October 30, 1997

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	== Academic opinion and the social ciences ==		== Academic opinion and the social ciences ==
			{{further\|[[Ethnonym]]}}
	One of the major arguments for rejecting the term is not only the perceived [[stereotype\|stereotypical]] overtones it carries but the unjust and unfair labelling of people who don't even belong to the practices and idiologies of such identities.<ref>Gary McDonogh, Robert Gregg, Cindy H. Wong, Cindy Wong, Encyclopedia of contemporary American culture, Taylor & Francis, 2001, ISBN 0415161614, Page 416</ref> Journalist Juan Villegas writes:		One of the major arguments for rejecting the term is not only the perceived [[stereotype\|stereotypical]] overtones it carries but the unjust and unfair labelling of people who don't even belong to the practices and idiologies of such identities.<ref>Gary McDonogh, Robert Gregg, Cindy H. Wong, Cindy Wong, Encyclopedia of contemporary American culture, Taylor & Francis, 2001, ISBN 0415161614, Page 416</ref> Journalist Juan Villegas writes:
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	*[[Naming controversy]]		*[[Naming controversy]]
	*[[~~ethnonym~~]]		*[[Ethnonym]]

	== References ==		== References ==

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	*[[Naming controversy]]		*[[Naming controversy]]
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	== References ==		== References ==

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	== See also ==		== See also ==
	*[[Semantic change]]
	*[[Loaded language]]		*[[Loaded language]]
	*[[Propaganda]]
	*[[Political correctness]]		*[[Political correctness]]
	*[[Media bias]]		*[[Media bias]]

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	In spite of this, the debates regarding the proper name of the ~~allegued~~ homogenous population of US citizens with Latin American or [[Spanish people\|Spanish]] background still abound and are even more accute. According to a poll conducted in December [[2000]] by Hispanic Trends, 65 percent of the registered voters preferred the word "Hispanic" while 30 percent chose to identify themselves as "Latino"<ref>Arreola, Daniel David, ''Hispanic spaces, Latino places: community and cultural diversity in contemporary America'', University of Texas Press, 2004		In spite of this, the debates regarding the proper name of the alleged homogenous population of US citizens with Latin American or [[Spanish people\|Spanish]] background still abound and are even more accute. According to a poll conducted in December [[2000]] by Hispanic Trends, 65 percent of the registered voters preferred the word "Hispanic" while 30 percent chose to identify themselves as "Latino"<ref>Arreola, Daniel David, ''Hispanic spaces, Latino places: community and cultural diversity in contemporary America'', University of Texas Press, 2004
	ISBN 029270562X</ref>		ISBN 029270562X</ref>

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	In spite of this, the debates regarding the proper name of the allegued homogenous population of US citizens with Latin American or [[Spanish]] background still abound and are even more accute. According to a poll conducted in December [[2000]] by Hispanic Trends, 65 percent of the registered voters preferred the word "Hispanic" while 30 percent chose to identify themselves as "Latino"<ref>Arreola, Daniel David, ''Hispanic spaces, Latino places: community and cultural diversity in contemporary America'', University of Texas Press, 2004		In spite of this, the debates regarding the proper name of the allegued homogenous population of US citizens with Latin American or [[Spanish people\|Spanish]] background still abound and are even more accute. According to a poll conducted in December [[2000]] by Hispanic Trends, 65 percent of the registered voters preferred the word "Hispanic" while 30 percent chose to identify themselves as "Latino"<ref>Arreola, Daniel David, ''Hispanic spaces, Latino places: community and cultural diversity in contemporary America'', University of Texas Press, 2004
	ISBN 029270562X</ref>		ISBN 029270562X</ref>