Latinx Identity

Social group with a common cultural tradition - who share a language, religion, and traditions.

• Race

• Ethnicity

• Nationality

• Gender

Belonging to a particular country, usually by having citizenship there.

• Ethnicity

• Race

• Religion

• Nationality

Classifying people based on their distinct physical characteristics.

• Race

• Ethnicity

• Nationality

• Culture

A term that refers to language - being from a Spanish speaking country like El Salvador, Colombia or Spain.

• Hispanic

• Latino

• Latinx

• Panethnic

A term referring to geography - being from (or having a connection to) a country in Latin America like Argentina, Brazil, or Panama.

• Hispanic

• Latino

Combining all ethnic groups into one category. Terms like Hispanic and Latino do this, because they combine groups like Mexicans, Cubans, and Puerto Ricans into one category.

• Multiethnic

• Ethno-nationalism

• Pan-ethnic

• Pan-national

Discriminating against people in the same ethnic or racial group who have darker skin.

• Racism

• Colorism

• Ethnocentrism

• Nationalism

Discriminating against someone who is a different race with the belief that they are inferior to one's own race.

• Nationalism

• Ethnocentrism

• Colorism

• Racism

A panethnic term that appeared on the Census for the first time in 1980.

• Hispanic

• Latino

• Latinx

• Spanish

A panethnic term that appeared on the Census for the first time in 2000.

• Hispanic

• Latino

• Latinx

• Brown