As the curtain falls on Hispanic Heritage Month, America’s most underappreciated minority is still trying to make sense of two different realities. In a Dickensian twist, the nation’s 54 million Hispanics are living through the best of times and the worst of times. On the one hand, Hispanics are told we shape popular culture, will decide the presidential election and deserve to be courted by major corporations who want a taste of our $1.5 trillion in annual spending.