Talk:Armando Silvestre

Ethnicity vs Nationality/Citizenship of subject

Hi @Geraldo Perez:, please see the edit history of this article to understand why we put American-Mexican. The information currently available on the subject is somewhat sketchy but from what we've discovered. 1) He was born in the United States BUT raised in Mexico (and holds Mexican citizenship) 2) From recent articles and content on Facebook he now lives in the USA. As such, "Mexican-American" isn't referring to his ethnicity, it's referring to a combined nationality/citizenship based on the information we currently have available. We could change it to say "Mexican and American" if you think that's clearer, but I think it's misleading to label him simply as "American" when a significant share of his life has played out in Mexico and he holds (or held) citizenship there. Please let me know your thoughts. Thanks --Jkaharper (talk) 11:02, 22 January 2024 (UTC)

@Jkaharper: Mexican-American, is an ethnicity descriptor. The intent in the article may be to signify a dual national, but that is not what the term means to most readers, particularly Americans, where the general meaning is of an American with any ancestry link of any sort no matter how removed to Mexico. Not disputing dual national as he had a Mexican parent so that is automatic per Mexican law even if born outside of Mexico. The question for the article is did he have a significant notable career in Mexico as well as in the US. If so, and it appears he did, he would be described as an American and Mexican actor. If all his notable activities were in the US and nothing notable was done in Mexico the description should be American actor. MOS:CONTEXTBIO goes into this in some details, see particularly the examples. Geraldo Perez (talk) 16:34, 22 January 2024 (UTC)