Title: Five myths about Hispanics - The Washington Post
Headings: Five myths about Hispanics
Five myths about Hispanics
They’re not a racial group. And they’re not all opposed to Trump.
Hispanics are a racial group.
Spanish is a foreign language in the United States.
Hispanics support liberal immigration policies.
'Hispanic' and 'Latino' are synonyms.
Trump can't win over Hispanic voters.

Content: Oct. 3, 2019 at 8:16 p.m. UTC
Envious of Spain’s conquests in the Americas, British propagandists circulated “ la leyenda negra ,” the black legend, a series of writings that denigrated Spaniards and the Spanish Empire as cruel, haughty and intolerant, starting in the 1500s. Anglophones have propagated myths about Hispanic cultures ever since. Though Hispanics make up 18.3 percent of the U.S. population — the country’s largest minority group — many Americans continue to remix and reuse centuries-old stereotypes about them. Hispanic Heritage Month is a good occasion to shoot down five of the most common mitos. Support our journalism. Subscribe today. arrow-right
Myth No. 1
Hispanics are a racial group. From CNN and Brookings Institution election exit polls to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention public health studies, Hispanics are often listed as a distinct racial group. When a diversity task force recommended the elimination of New York City’s school programs for gifted students, the committee and the news media lumped Hispanics into one racial category, calling the city’s Hispanic-majority schools “segregated” without paying attention to how racial differences among Hispanics affect identities and outcomes.