Hispanic: the more widely used term From drop-down menus on job applications to check boxes on medical forms, we often see Hispanic and Latino/a/x placed side by side, seemingly interchangeable terms that are supposed to define the race and heritage of a people that make up 18.5% of the total U.S. population. Before the 1970’s, the U.S. Census Bureau classified Cubans, Mexicans, Puerto Ricans and other communities from Central & South America as ‘white’. Several activist groups, such as UnidosUS (formerly known as National Council of La Raza), campaigned for a separate category to replace this commonly used ‘white’ classification….