CNN US | 5 charts that illustrate why being Hispanic or Latino is more than speaking Spanish

(CNN) – James Bosquez grew up being singled out by his cousins for only speaking English and prompting surprised looks from his peers for not getting good grades in Spanish class.

The 39-year-old standup comedian says those reactions used to bother him as a young boy, but he learned that not speaking the language didn’t make him less Latino.

Bosquez represents the complexity of Latinos, a diverse group whose presence in the United States predates the country’s current borders.

“We’ve been across the Rio Grande since my great grandmother’s migrated (from Reynosa, Mexico) so we go some four of five generations,” said Bosquez, who now lives in Portland.  —read more—