Latino

We recently had to read the comic Latino USA: A Cartoon History by Ilan Stavans. Ilan Stavans tries to make teach the readers a lesson in this comic. In America many Americans generalize and call all spanish spacing people Latinos. When in fact many of them are not Latinos. On page 7 the author gives an example of a man who says he was born in Mexico but, in America he will be considered a Latino Americano. On page 7 it also says you can be Mexican, Cuban, and Latin American but when you come to America you are all Latino Americanos. The author is trying to teach us Americans that we generalize and call people and categorize people into subgroups that they do not belong to and it is not right. After reading the comic I realized that I too generalize and will try and stop to do so because it can be hurtful and offensive to others.