'One of the things is assuming everybody is Mexican, that everybody who has a Spanish-sounding last name is of Mexican heritage. And that has its problems,' Dr. Sisk said.
The thing is, although the umbrella terms are used interchangeably by some, Latino and Hispanic don't actually mean the same thing.Hispanic, however, refers to people who speak Spanish as their first language or are descended from Spain. For example, Brazilians are Latinos but not Hispanic.
"One of the arguments against Latinx is that it doesn't sound like Spanish at all. You can't say Latin... X... You know?" Dr. Sisk said.
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