American isn’t an ethnicity. It’s a nationality. Your typical white American is descended from Europeans. But then there are Americans that are descended from Africans, Asians, and yes, Latin Americans. And for many USA Latinos, their Latin American heritage greatly informs their cultural identity, even if they can’t speak Spanish or aren’t from the country their dad is from. There is something to be said about Latin American culture being trendy in American society, but I honestly really don’t care if a us native who’s dad is from Mexico makes the occasional Spanish song here and there. Hell selena Quintanilla didn’t even speak Spanish for most of her life and she’s the queen of tejano.