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Hispanics  

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  • Latina/o Americans constitute the fastest-growing pan-ethnic population group in the United States. These self-identified or otherwise identified Latina/o Americans have originated from, or are descendants from, a Spanish-speaking country and share, in some way, a colonial experience from Spain. [Source: Encyclopedia of Race and Crime; Latina/o/s]

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  • Latina/o/s

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