The complicated measure of being Hispanic in America

In the United States, the largest minority group are the Hispanics. The terms used to described people of Latin origin such as Hispanic American, or Lationos, misrepresent the 44 million people to whom it is refered to. It Many Dominicans,for emaple, want to be identified as “ Dominian- American”. They feel as though they are packeage into a certain label, making it harder for people to notice them as individuals. Manuel Baez , 49, owns an insurance agency in Tampa, Florida and claims to never using the term Hispanic to identify himself. "Hispanic doesn't go with me because I don't believe that Spain was the best thing for Latin America."
In the 1970s, U.S. government created the term "Hispanic" to refer to people who could trace their origin to Spanish-speaking countries. The ethnic title Hispanic was the result of efforts by a New Mexican U.S. Senator, Joseph Montoya, who strove for a label that could be used to identify the Spanish-speaking population for the US Census. The Hispanic population consists of the people of Spain and anyone with origins in any of the Spanish-speaking nations. Today, this term is known as misleading since in fact many spanish speaking people are not of Spanish descent (Trace back to Spain) and there are many of those who are mix raced.