The meanings of Hispanic and Latino

[Wilmer Christopher Rivera]

What does it mean to be Hispanic or Latino?

[James Nored]

Wilmer, I would like to know the answer to this question! The following is an excerpt from an article by Chuck Monan, who is the preaching minister at the Pleasant Valley Church of Christ in Little Rock, Arkansas.

"Gustavo Arellano. Born in Anaheim, California to a tomato canner and an illegal immigrant, he is a staff writer for the OC Weekly. When his editor encouraged him to write a column as a one-time joke called '¡Ask a Mexican!' he couldn’t have imagined the interest it would generate. The massive response led to the column being a staple in the Weekly. Today it is carried by more than twenty papers, and has a weekly circulation of more than one million.
The questions Arellano fields are pretty wide-ranging, such as:

Why do Mexicans have sixteen names?

Why do Mexicans play soccer and not a real sport like football?

Why are so many Mexicans Catholic?

Why do so many Mexicans display the Virgin of Guadalupe everywhere?

Why do Mexicans like Morrissey so much?

What is the song La Bamba about?"

Arellano is joking on much of this, but some of these are real questions. Maybe this group can tell me the answers!