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"  I always had trouble filling out those surveys that asked my ethnicity. As a part Brazilian part Arab America-born girl living with a Puerto Rican stepdad nearly all my life, I was always confused. My Brazilian mom would always say, you&amp;#039;re Latina. But the truth is, I struggle with whether or not I liked to be called Latina (especially because Brazilians don&amp;#039;t speak Spanish), and apparently I&amp;#039;m not alone in this. A study by the Pew Research shows that most of us living in the US with Latin roots don&amp;#039;t like to be referred to as Hispanic or Latino. Only 24 percent of people surveyed are OK with this, while 51 percent preferred to be called by their country of origin or parents&amp;#039; country of origin (i.e., Mexican, Puerto Rican, Cuban, etc.). Surprisingly, another 21 percent just wanna be called plain old American. And for those who were fine with being called Hispanic vs. Latino, 33 percent said they preferred Hispanic while only 14 percent prefer Latino.  Which do you prefer? Take our survey, and/or comment below.    poll by twiigs.com   Want more from Ariel? Follow her on Twitter. "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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