Respond to the students discussion below. The Replies are due by Sunday, August

Respond to the students discussion below. The Replies are due by Sunday, August 6, 2022 by 11:59 PM.
Make sure to support your opinions with facts and resources. All sources should be cited in proper APA format.
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Offer advice to your classmates
Simply only agree or disagree with your classmates
1) Janez Eberheart
SundayJul 30 at 11:20pm
The power issues and meanings associated with the “name a group” term does not sit well with many. Most terms, the insiders or people of said cultural will group and name themselves. It becomes a problem when strangers or outsiders begin to make up their own generalization that suits their own assumption or comfortability. In the text it states, “What’s the problem with “Hispanic”? Just ask a “Latino”.’1 Self-named ‘Latinos’ have been criticizing the term ‘Hispanic’ for at least 35 years”…. (Alcoff 2006). This statement alone lets us know that society chooses certain names and slangs for groups of people without knowledge, rights, and obviously, permission. From the article, we can conclude that naming ones group has gotten out of hand and went too far. It goes on to say “There is nothing so destabilizing to oneself, as an individual person or as a group, than being treated and regarded as something other than what one thinks of oneself. It implies a splitting of one’s identity, the undermining of one’s credibility, and the destruction of one’s dignity. Names have the power to do this.6”.(Gracia 2006). We have all heard the terms “Latinos” as well as “Hispanics” but are they really the same? Is the language spoken in Cuba, Mexico, or Puerto Rico the same? No, it is not. People of Hispanic origin can be from any race. Also, Hispanic refers to people with ancestry from a country with the primary language is Spanish. However, Latinos refers to a person with origins from anywhere in Latin America. Latin America is classified as Mexico, South America, Central America, and the Caribbean. It is important to do research and find out meanings to groups of names in order not to offend or take the power away from the people of which you are referring to.
References
Linda Martin Alcoff (n.d 2006) “Latino vs Hispanic”
Alcoff, L. M. (2005). Latino vs. Hispanic. Philosophy & Social Criticism, 31(4), 395–407. https://doi.org/10.1177/0191453705052972Links to an external site.
2) Kayla Alquran (She/Her)
MondayJul 31 at 11:54am
Power and authority issues arise for many minority groups when it comes to political, social, and even economic elements with society. This can effect how the minority group is treated in regard to how a given group is referred to as well as what ethnicity and historical background they may come from. As a result, many of minorities lack certain opportunities, in not just society, but as well in any position of power or authority. Linda Martín Alcoff writes in her article, “Latino vs. Hispanics: The Politics of Ethnic Names,” that “there is nothing so destabilizing to one’s self, as an individual person or as a group, than being treated and regarded as something other than what one thinks of oneself. It implies a splitting of one’s identity, the undermining of one’s credibility, and the destruction of one’s dignity” (Martín Alcoff, 2005, p.397). Although we want to respect everyone and their culture, we also shouldn’t discriminate them, because they are a different group.
Reference:
Martín Alcoff, L. (2005). Latinos vs. Hispanics: The politics of ethnic names. Philosophy & Social Criticism, 31(4), pp. 395-407. DOI: 10.1177/0191453705052972