Lenora Billings-Harris, CSP

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How To Refer To Ethnicity In A Sensitive Way

Obviously the best thing to do is to refer to the person by name, however that is not always possible or practical. Most people want to be referred to by terms they have chosen, not labels selected by others outside their group. Perhaps it would be easier to increase sensitivity if more people understood the implications of some words. Many people with Latino heritage, for example, do not like the term Hispanic, because it was a term formulated by the United States Census Bur

March 1, 2008