@Seek_Kolinahr I don’t like the term Hispanic to describe Latin Americans. I prefer using Latn American or the country the person is actually from. I think Brazilians technically can be Hispanic, because it is for the people from the Iberian peninsula who came to the Americas. But, as you point out, many people are not from the Iberian peninsula who now live in Latin America. Cuba I think would be considered art of the Americas. Why do you mention Chile?
@CWOTUS When I am asked where I am from I answer the city in the US I am from, if someone presses and asks where my family is from or what I am, then I tell them. The only people who get offended by those questions are people who are afraid the asker is prejudiced, and the majority of the time the person asking is just curious. They might also get offended if they are from a country that considers it offensive to ask such questions, then it is a cultural thing, and seen in bad taste. My BIL hates the question because he is insecure and feels judged, but he lives in NY, no one is judging him for being Mexican. Domincan maybe, but not Mexican. ~
In America we are all from somewhere or native, so it is pretty common to ask or wear our nationality on our sleeve. Although, in parts of the Midwest and the South it is almost never discussed, because the people themselves have no idea where their own families are from. There is an absense of ethnicity in some parts of the US. Where I am from even if we are very Caucasian we ask where people are from or what they are. Irish, Scottish, Jewish, Russian, German, Polish, and on and on. My friends post pictures on facebook of Paczkis for the holidays. My BIL wore his Kilt to a wedding. My Russian girlfriend jokes about being Russian all the time. To leave out our ethnicity would be a shame. Shouldn’t we keep some of the traditions, languages, foods, and even clothing alive? If we are to be offended by the question where is our family from? Then how can we be proud of where they are from?