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[quote=Anonymous]People in my area say Mexican (which is more often than not accurate; I don't live in DC) or Latino/a. I don't hear Hispanic much anymore, other than on government surveys. I'm white and generally just try to use whatever term the group/person I'm talking about uses. Like "the Mexican American population in <this neighborhood>" or whatever. Or 'supermercado" instead of "Hispanic grocery store." Grew up in a region with a huge native population. They called themselves natives, or... more commonly (gasp) the actual name of their group (Yupik, etc). It's not rocket science and it seems to be mostly white people who freak out about this. Call people what they want to be called and if in doubt, ask. [/quote]
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