Latino USA a Cartoon History

This cartoon history is a fun reading; the majority of it is filled with pictures and specific characters. However, if you stop for a moment to look beyond the fun pictures, you realize the hidden messages within the text that are ironically in plain sight. I would like to focus on one particular part of this cartoon, on page 7. The characters speak about who they are depending on where they're from. In general, your background and home country have a lot to do with who you yourself are. Thus, the characters tell the readers how they are Cuban and Poblano. They aren't just "Mexican" or "Latino" they have a specific name to then depending on what region, city, and/or country they were born and raised in. America disregards this and in a sense takes away a chunk of their identity by categorizing everyone from south of the border as Latinoamericano. Yet if these people were to move into the United States, they'd be stripped of their identity further by being categorized as just Latino. It's unfair to the people because they all come from different areas and each have a uniqueness to their individuality based on where they're from, and America is just saying that they don't care about your background, this is what you are now. Furthermore, this can hinder future generations because they'd be growing up thinking their just Latino and then to find out that they're so much more than just that, that there's so much background to who they really are.