The Point of Latino Ownership

Can someone decide to become Latino? Many different cultures have merged with the Latin American region, are they truly considered Latino? The indigenous people have existed in the region for millennia, are they considered Latino? I will clear up any misnomer of who one truly is. No matter what region of the world someone comes from.
Who is worthy to become a representative of the nation one claims as his or her own? Or more importantly is why does someone claim a nation as their own? Simply put it is what you make it. A Nation is a construct of its people. People dwell and toil in the grounds that they make their own. The birth of a community is the result of their sustaining efforts. Together as a community as the people of that region have shared the burdens and the triumphs of years of a self-sustaining cohesion.
Therefore your sense of nationalism is a construct of the individual’s own passion toward community. Thus if you were to relocate your community you would still be a product of that community with all its cultural practices and sense of belonging.
The geographical fixation would be of minor importance. You are the cultural ownership of the region you hold dear to your heart due to the efforts put in by your historical lineage. What you bring and take from that community becomes that product of that community. A geographical land mass is only soil. The human element is what gives it identity. Historically a multitude of cultures have passed through a geographical fixation. The History of that culture is who you are. That is why it is said ‘To know who you are you must understand your history’. An issue with this concept is often people don’t go back far enough.
The concept of Universal Humanity is paramount. This segregational construct of mankind throughout the millennia has resulted in the illusion of incompatibility. Scientifically there is no sub classification of genetic differential of any racial note. We are entirely one species of no genetic deferential. We have divided our selves through our own historical experiences. The concept of a national or global melting pot is innately a correct one. The ownership of a cultural identity is relative to the sincerity of the orators’ historical linage. If you proclaim to be Latino and have historical lineage you are a Latino, regardless of your physical appearance. If you divorce yourself from all ancestral and historical practice of Latino identity, you are no longer a Latino.
You are in charge of your own destiny; you are what you make it.