Hi @johanibe, thank you so much for the thoughtful and nuanced response (and for noticing that I use lowercases 👋🏻)

A few notes - I can see why and how that sentence can land as judgmental. Even though that's not my intention, I know that "intent" does not equal "impact", so thank you for noting that! - I'll rephrase that sentence to make my intention more transparent.

With that said, YES to everything you just said about "Latin" also being an imported word/meaning/idea.

And while your grandmother and myself might have different life stories, I'm with her! I didn't start referring to myself as "Latina" until I moved to the USA and needed to fill in paperwork, find community, etc - before then, I was just "Argentinean" and even now, when in community with other fellow Latine peeps, I also refer to myself as "Argentinean".

The Latine experience isn't a monolith, and as such, our language, experience, history, and life-stories aren't either.