.ABC News correspondent Stephanie Ramos shares the origin of Hispanic Heritage Month and how Latinos celebrate it.
"These are just facts of life and facts of the United States, and we are a really important part of what it means to be American," Cadava said.
"This label, 'Hispanic,' it's complicated," said Pitti."It's one that offers sometimes to bring people together. But we would make a major mistake if we don't think hard together about the ways in which this category also can lead to the profound, very damaging exclusions, which don't recognize the complexities of our communities, and the real different needs and demands of different sorts of people in our communities in the 21st century.
Pitti said that even the name of the month itself, Hispanic Heritage Month, is something that can be worked on, since it doesn't seem to fully represent all groups of Latinos."People have long said that the very name, Hispanic Heritage Month, both eliminates the complexity of these communities and also downplays the political thinking and the kind of cultural priorities of people in these communities," Pitti said.