The Use of ‘Puerto Rican’ Falling Out of Favor

March 24, 2004

Local New York colleges and other groups are replacing ‘Puerto Rican’ with ‘Latino’ in the names of departments and institutions, while mindful of the offense some may take to the decisions.

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