cultural identity
Latino Cultural Identity by: Daniel Greene
Every decade, the Census Bureau spends billions of dollars and deploys hundreds of thousands of workers to get an accurate portrait of the American population. Among the questions on the census form is one about race, with 15 choices, including some other race. More than 18 million Latinos checked this other box in the 2010 census, up from 14.9 million in 2000. It was an indicator of the sharp disconnect between how Latinos view themselves and how the government wants to count them. Many Latinos argue that the country’s race categories indeed, the government’s very conception of identity do not fit them.
Latinos do not see their selves a simply a race, their see their selves as an ethnicity which means a sharing of languages or customs. Latinos define their selves by their traditions, customs, language, food, religion, work ethic, and mindset. Many Latinos are deeply troubled with the question of what race they are because they don’t think the government understands who they are. Being Latino is not simply about race, Latino people believe that being Latino is about ethnicity and how you live your day to day life.
Here is the definition of cultural identity, “Cultural identity is the identity of a group or culture, or of an individual as far as one is influenced by one's belonging to a group or culture.” In this it says nothing about people; people should not be defined by their race they are defined by their customs and traditions not by the color of their skin.
Every decade, the Census Bureau spends billions of dollars and deploys hundreds of thousands of workers to get an accurate portrait of the American population. Among the questions on the census form is one about race, with 15 choices, including some other race. More than 18 million Latinos checked this other box in the 2010 census, up from 14.9 million in 2000. It was an indicator of the sharp disconnect between how Latinos view themselves and how the government wants to count them. Many Latinos argue that the country’s race categories indeed, the government’s very conception of identity do not fit them.
Latinos do not see their selves a simply a race, their see their selves as an ethnicity which means a sharing of languages or customs. Latinos define their selves by their traditions, customs, language, food, religion, work ethic, and mindset. Many Latinos are deeply troubled with the question of what race they are because they don’t think the government understands who they are. Being Latino is not simply about race, Latino people believe that being Latino is about ethnicity and how you live your day to day life.
Here is the definition of cultural identity, “Cultural identity is the identity of a group or culture, or of an individual as far as one is influenced by one's belonging to a group or culture.” In this it says nothing about people; people should not be defined by their race they are defined by their customs and traditions not by the color of their skin.