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Overview<\/h2>\n\n

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Key Findings from the Identity Report<\/a><\/p><\/div>\n\n

The Pew Hispanic Center recently published \u201cWhen Labels Don\u2019t Fit: Hispanics and Their Views of Identity<\/a>.\u201d The report was based on a new nationwide survey that found most Hispanics don\u2019t embrace the term \u201cHispanic.\u201d And even fewer prefer the term \u201cLatino.\u201d<\/p>\n\n

In the days following the release, hundreds of people offered their observations on social media, and scores of newspapers and websites published articles, commentaries and editorials. Some of our readers emailed us with their own opinions and stories.<\/p>\n\n

It\u2019s a fascinating topic, and we\u2019d like to continue the conversation. So we invited journalists, scholars and civic leaders to share their views. Each day for the next two weeks, we will publish one of these commentaries here<\/a>. <!– We also invite you to join the discussion. Share your thoughts, views and personal stories about your own identity on our Pew Hispanic Center Facebook page<\/a>. –><\/p>\n\n

(Click on the photos below to read the commentaries.)<\/span><\/p>\n\n

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Esther Cepeda<\/strong>\n05.30.12<\/span>\nI’m a Minority Within a Minority<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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Janet Murgu\u00eda<\/strong>\n05.31.12<\/span>\nDiverse Identities but Much Common Ground<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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Alicia Menendez<\/strong>\n06.01.12<\/span>\nMy Gringa Mother<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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Arturo Vargas<\/strong>\n06.04.12<\/span>\nLabels Aside, Latinos Share Common Values\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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Gabriel Escobar<\/strong>\n06.05.12<\/span>\n\u201cWhere are You From<\/em>?\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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Sandra Lilley<\/strong>\n06.06.12<\/span>\nWonderfully American<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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Juan Carlos Lopez<\/strong><\/span>\n06.07.12<\/span>\nLooking Beyond the Debate on Immigration<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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Jody Vallejo<\/strong>\n06.08.12<\/span>\nLatino Ethnicity and America\u2019s Future<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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Views in this conversation series are those of each author alone, and not the views of the Pew Hispanic Center, which is nonpartisan and non-advocacy.<\/p><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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