Hispanic or Latino? I feel American

Hector Vargas,
Grand Rapids, MI.

I grew up on the east coast. The high school I attended was primarily populated by minorities. My mother is Mexican and my biological father is Brazilian. My mother remarried and i was raised with Mexican customs. On the East cost I was considered Latino, in the mid west I am considered Hispanic however, after joining the Marine Corps and serving for over ten years, I see myself as an American. Who I am?


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