Press Release
May 30, 2012
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Russ Oates
roates@pewresearch.org
202-419-4375
A Conversation About Identity
The Pew Hispanic Center recently published "When Labels Don't Fit: Hispanics and their Views of Identity." The report was based on a nationwide survey that found most Hispanics don't embrace the term "Hispanic." And even fewer prefer the term "Latino."
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.
It is a fascinating topic, and we would 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 on the Pew Hispanic Center website. Today, we begin with Esther Cepeda's "I'm a Minority Within a Minority." She is a member of the Washington Post Writers Group.
We also invite you to join the discussion. Share your thoughts, views and personal stories about your identity on our new Pew Hispanic Center Facebook page.
A new interactive graphic highlighting key findings from the report is also available.
The Pew Hispanic Center, a project of the Pew Research Center, is a nonpartisan, non-advocacy research organization based in Washington, D.C. and is funded by The Pew Charitable Trusts.
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