In the words of Abraham Quintanilla, "Being Mexican American is tough. Anglos jump all over you if you don’t speak English perfectly, and Mexicans jump all over you if you don’t speak Spanish perfectly. We got to be twice as perfect as anybody else. We got to prove to the Mexicans how Mexican we are and we have to prove to the Americans how American we are. We got to be more Mexican than the Mexicans and more American than the Americans, both at the same time. It’s exhausting! Man, Nobody knows how tough it is to be Mexican American.” (This applies to everyone, not just of Mexican heritage, that try to represent all aspects of their cultures)
bellamar20 Now imagine if your mixed..... 2 of my kids are Borimex and 2 are Boritruchos..... they’re not wanted here because they get crap from Whites and other Hispanics, my Puertorricans will accept them because they are “refined” enough thanks to me (and I say this because my half bro is also Borimex and he looks full Mexican....my mother lost in that DNA battle, and they treated him like crap in PR because his facial structure was obviously not Puertorrican), and in Mexico all their cousins want to beat them up like all the other times they go because they’re not Mexican enough and they’re better looking then the rest. For my Boritruchos it’s not too bad. I guess Salvadoreans are a bit more modern even though I get the worst dumb comments from them.
@@Gitanagurl Oh wow, thats tough for kids to deal with, especially since it's not something they can control you know? I'm mixed as well, half Mexican, half Nicaragüense and yes I feel like I'm always being judged for not being "enough" of either.
Michelle Xilotl you were just a product of white supremacy like a lot of us in the world or, the old adage is the closer you are to white the better off you are 🤦🏽♂️
Michelle Xilotl same. I would even try to stay out of the sun so I wouldn’t get more tan, I’m from Texas so I forced myself to have a Texas accent, and I loved when people told me I was whitewashed. Now I absolutely hate myself for ever thinking that way. I love my culture so much and I get very irritated when people call me things like “coconut” or say “you talk like a white girl” because it took me so long to get out of that unhealthy mentality and embrace being Mexican and saying things like that makes me feel like I’m not enough. It especially hurts when it comes from your own family
Don't be embarrassed just take a moment to understand why you went through that stage and put it behind you. Every non-white child/ adult has gone through this or still dealing with this.
Oh m god saaaame, now that I'm in my mid twenties I'm connecting with and loving my culture more than ever. @Kristina I would also stay out of the sun bc I didn't want to get darker. I still do it today but only bc I'm scared of skin cancer, I get sun spots/moles easily, & my skin developed rosácea. But I'm sure others might still think I'm trying to avoid getting more brown.
I feel this deep down. I'm like, straight up white (blonde hair, blue eyes, prone-to-burning skin) because my dad is of German descent. When I was younger I just wanted to "be like the other kids" and didn't want anyone to know that I was half Colombian (my mother is obviously the Latina in the family). I hate it now that I spent my formative years with that mentality of hiding part of who I am, but luckily I'm 19 and still have a chance to research my culture and do my best to represent it now.
i'm vietnamese-american, and i never feel "vietnamese" enough or "american" enough. there's this weird "in-between", "i don't really fit in anywhere and no one really accepts me" vibe, especially being the child of immigrants in a country where you aren't the dominant group. i am learning to love myself and everything that i am (both vietnamese and american, even if people think i am only one or the other). thank you for this video; it's really uplifting and the message is awesome!
I'm Ugandan British, I'm supposed to be patriotic to the UK(that colonised Uganda) but I've lived there all my life and I know nothing about Ugandan history /politicians /language and would get attacked if I walked through the streets by myself 😌😬😩😭😅😬 where is home? Who am I loyal to? Am I supposed to hate the UK since they are the colonisers? Uganda is still a very sexiest anti women /over religious country? Is it bad if I like and don't like them both? Aaaaaaaah 😳😳😳
I’ve always felt that I wasn’t Latina enough from never learning Spanish and being second generation in the US. I’ve been constantly called gringa and “too white” that people wouldn’t believe me when I say I’m Colombian and Honduran. However, I’ve learned that I grew up to the same customs as many of my Latin friends. Ok thank you for coming to my TED talk.
We’re not talking about genetics though, we’re talking about culture. How can you say you’re Latino if you don’t even try to learn the culture/language well? You don’t get to use the Latino card
MeeeeeEEEEEEEE!!!!! Just because I can’t speak Spanish very well doesn’t mean I’m not proud of my culture and I can’t embrace it. I LOVE being Mexican and no one can take that away from me.
Natalie M si no hablas español es porque eres estadounidense, no? Si es así, esa es tu cultura a fin de cuentas, el lugar donde creciste que tiene bastantes privilegios. Si tus padres son mexicanos, esa es SU cultura, es distinto nacer, criarse y crecer en un lugar diferente.
@@apizzatopping dont worry girl you are just fine. the problem with people who are latinx and doesnt know portuguese or Spanish , is that they make feel other latinx people they dont love or like their culture enough to learn something as important as their language. After all no one wants to see their traditions and customs being lost. Saludos desde Venezuela.
@Yáhuar Huácac I specifically said I can't speak it well, I didn't say I can't speak at all. And where in the hell did you get that I don't know anything about it? Apparently you missed the point both here and in the video.
@@senorasenoritanium4977 Es cierto. La gente que nacieron y criaron en Los Estados Unidos son americanos, pero no es malo. Sin embarque, los padres puedan exponerles la cultura hispana. Entonces los ninos puedan tomar las aspectas de la cultura que disfrutan, para hacer una identidad unica. Lo siento por mi espanol. No soy Hispana.
Ser latino es mucho más que comer plátano, bailar salsa o hablar español. Ser latino es tener una historia compartida, principios que nos unen y la experiencia de lo que es finalmente vivir y crecer en esta región. Aquí solo caricaturizan lo que es ser latino.
Muy de acuerdo, aunque lo del idioma sí es muy importante por la neurolinguística. Yo también siento que caricaturizan a los latinos; es como que se sienten estadounidenses, y que hablando/actuando estereotipos asimilaran la cultura latina.
Let's start with the real problem here: the latino stereotype. We're not all the same, not every country is the same to each other, but they build the whole latin spectrum. Take Chile and Cuba for example. One is an island where most "latino" stereotypes could be condensed (playa, brisa y mar) and the other is a country with huge industrialized cities, mountains, snow, deserts, you name it. The problem. Is reducing our "latinidad" with the island stereotype, which is the one that is super inforced in this channel. So in a way, trying to recover your "latinidad" by only exploring this aspect of latin america is the same kind of attack you feel when ignorant people tell you you're not Latino enough. By that logic, things like rock en Español aren't latino, and it's one huge thing that identifies generation x and even millennial latinos. Imagine a world without Caifanes, Soda Stereo, Aterciopelados, Duncan Dhu, Enanitos Verdes. They are super fucking latino, but have they ever been mentioned in this channel? No, let's talk about Vicente Fernandez. Your vision of latino is as skewed as the people who criticize you. Expand the meaning and let those people know that not being tanned or liking salsa doesn't make you any less latino. Please let's get over the latinl stereotype.
Actually even though there's Dominicans there's also lots of Mexican stereotype. They are from the US, their idea of Latino is really Chicano. Basically it's their own stereotypes as diaspora. That's also why they can worry about not being Latino enough, different from somebody who just is and has no insecurity about their identity because it's obvious.
Don't forget that Hispanics and Latinos are equated a lot of the time, forgetting this huge country with a culture and language that's completely different from the rest of Latin America...
i no longer care about others opinions about me. To white people I will never American, and to Mexican people i'm just a pocha. I am who I am. I'm proud of my genetics, how i look, and where I come from. I dont speak spanish and i dont give a damn. When i learn its because i feel it with all my heart to learn. I love mexican food, i love the music, and my boyfriend is even a mexican citizen now since he applied for it a few weeks ago. I know im not a real mexican but my blood and lineage says otherwise. My grandparents were born in Mexico and im so proud of them for making a living and building a life in a different country.
Wow thanks for this. I'm Domican born in the US, my mother is dark skin and my father was light skinned, I get questioned as to what I am ALL the time. It's gotten to the point where one time in high school I was asked if I was from England. 🤔 The one thing I love and have fun with is when I'm speaking English some assume than I'm African-American and when I start to speak Spanish the look on their faces is awesome!! 😂😂 The sad ☹ thing about that is that I get the looks of you're not supposed to be able to speak English and/or Spanish so well. Then come the questions what are you, where are you from? My response is always I'm Dominican. 🇩🇴❤
The non-acceptance from our own latin people hurts the Most!!! When a Dominican tells me i’m not Dominican enough porque this, this and that...Ouch! It is a sharp injury to the self-ego. That’s when strong family & friends come in, to help strengthen the foundation of who you are, was, and always will be! Yo ❤️🇩🇴
Omg! YAAAASSSS 👏👏👏👏 Latinos come in all colors shapes backgrounds and that's what makes us so freaking awesome! Support each other be there for each other and teach in a loving way to each other. I'm Latino and white and I own and am damn proud of being a Latino. That's something NO ONE can take away from me. We are a strong and loving culture and I LOOOOVE my Latinoness! Even if I dont hablo espanol very well. Lol
@@gregmarquez8720 let me ask you this. what did you have to do to achieve your "latino"-ness? nothing. you were just born as a latina. it took you zero effort. im Pakistani. there's nothing to be proud about me being Pakistani. it didn't take me any effort to become Pakistani.
@Mishter KHALID put your crack pipe down. Seriously? It's my ethnic background I'm damn proud of it. If you don't have appreciation for your background and appreciate the sacrifice family made to be where you are now you're a sad piece of shit.
Me too, I was always ashamed when I'd have to constantly explain to my latinex friends that I dont understand anything they say to me unless its in English,
I feel this struggle so much. When speaking with others, it's often easier to just identify myself as African-American; but in reality, I also have indigenous roots native to South America (Venezuela and Guyana); so, I'm like really confused about this and whether or not I would consider myself Afro-Latina. I deep down feel as if I should claim my that part of my heritage, but I don't want to seem like I'm appropriating culture, even though I really want to explore and get to know that part of my heritage.
i relate to this so much. Being mexican and even growing up in a mexican community in America i was always either too mexican for some people while too white for others. like isn't that what being multicultural is? shouldn't t it be praised not criticized? having knowledge of two languages and cultures
Natural_Chey sorry to be a smart mouth but... to be considered Mexican you have to be born there if we’re getting technical here. I am from Mexican roots too but I can’t call myself Mexican cause I wasn’t born there. I’m just Hispanic but I know what you mean.
Yes, that’s your personal preference and I respect that. I choose to identify as that as well (Mexican) so that part of me is not lost (to others). Or else they identify me as JUST black. Im proud of both sides of my family. So yes Im proud to identify as Mexican, even though Im not directly born there. It’s in my blood.
Okay so this hits hella close to home. My mom and grandparents immigrated here from Mexico when my mom was a kid and I’m the first generation born in the U.S. But here’s the catch, my mom married a Spaniard/Irish man. I look just like my dad (blonde hair, Emerald eyes y todo) but I have my own primos and tias always telling me I’m not their real family. And I have my white family treating my mom, sisters and I like we’re trash. Idk man this video just hit close to home because as a biracial I get from both sides that I don’t belong in either group.
I can certainly relate to what he said beginning at @ 2:34. I've gone through that all my life. It's sickening! I am what I am- a New York born Puerto Rican, aka- a Newyorican, and I'm proud of that. I grew up with both cultures and I feel that I am all the more enriched by it. . . And YES- I happen to enjoy plantains (and many Puerto Rican dishes), but even if I didn't- I'm still Puerto Rican. Thanks for calling attention to this issue.
It only makes sense that someone would be "so American" or considered "whitewashed" if they grew up in the U.S. where the mainstream culture is based on White/Anglo-Saxon traditions, speaking English, etc. AND THAT'S OKAY! I don't agree with people who think that being "so white" or "so American" is a bad thing or somehow makes them a "sell out". I would say yes, if you don't do a lot of the things that are representative of Latin American culture (speaking Spanish, family-oriented culture, food, way of thinking, etc.) then yes, culturally you are not as Latino as somebody who does all those things. And there is absolutely nothing wrong with that. You can be as white or Latino or a mix as you want and it's all good! Having Latino ancestry and practicing the culture are two different things that aren't always done together. I can't refute someone's Latino ancestry, but the way they act culturally can definitely be non-Latino, and there is absolutely nothing wrong with that. The society you grow up in has a very large influence in who you become, and it's okay if that society is different from the one where your parents or ancestors grew up in. There's absolutely nothing wrong with being or not being Latino enough
I'm happy you put this out there. I feel it. I'm Honduran but born in Cleveland and don't speak Spanish. It's been tough especially because I'm "not Latino enough" because I don't speak Spanish but had to fight a lot because I was also out as gay really young so they made me feel like I wasn't part of that community for two reasons
As a European, I do not understand that American mentality that push people to identificate with your parents’s country of origin rather than your actual nation where you are born, have the nationality, speak the language and vote for’.. from my non-USA point of view, none of yourselves are really latin-American (sorry if it bother you, that is not the intention). Your are typical Americans to me, who just happen to have ancestors from various latin American countries, like others have ancestors from Ireland, Germany or China... you are all Americans. The weird thing is that when we see people claiming all time long how much « latino » they are on internet and various medias, it is usually people from the USA (a non-latin country). People who are really from actual latin countries, whatver in Europe or in the Americas, usually do not spend their time to claim a « latin identity ». For them, latinity is a linguistic-cultural question (romance languages and cultures) that has nothing to do with either a unique culture, a specific geographical location or even less a « racial » identity...
In my opinion as a latina or someone from South America, they’re not Latinos, their parents or grandparents are but they are truly not, they are just doing what they do, just take whatever they want and say it’s theirs
As a US Latina, something we inherently understand is that only white Americans get the privilege of being “just American”, in my experience even Europeans don’t see us that way and want to know where we’re “really from”. We aren’t exempt from all the racism and xenophobia that gets directed towards Latin Americans even if we have US citizenship.
@@valeretamal18and yet if you came to the US and you saw someone with a stereotypical Latino look and found out they didn’t speak Spanish, you’d be mad. Ask me how I know!
Even for us bro, hella weird, but I heard that Mexican-Americans had their own communities and stuff, like, they feel rejected by other Mexicans even though they all end up in the same spaces so I dunno how that works
Growing up in West Texas around all of my Tios and Tias who spoke Spanish all day everyday, you would think that I would pick up the language.. but when I was young, my abuelos would encourage me only to speak English because they didn’t want me to be discriminated against the way they were when they were younger. So I never learned, then I went to college at the University of Texas at El Paso where other students (who would cross everyday or just spoke Spanish on a daily) would give me a hard time for not speaking Spanish.. I get that feeling of not being one or the other, and I hope I can be like you all and own who I am.
This hit home. I'm half Mexican and half White. I don't really speak Spanish and I've been told sooo many times that I'm not really Mexican because I don't know Spanish. I embrace both sides and it doesn't bother me as much now that I'm older but it was horrible when I was in school.
My Mom’s from República Dominicana my biological father is from Puerto Rico. I was born and raised in Washington D.C. I’m also the first one of all my cousins to be born in America. Needless to say I was always the gringo in the family.
I love how y'all do vids like this and Curly is always at the ending, saying something (I assume???) to be cute. ♥️ I'm Filipino, but I appreciate Latin culture so much, because it hits a little closer to what I grew up with, and this representation in media is SO 👏 FLIPPIN' 👏 IMPORTANT!!! Ok thaz it bye spread luv ✨
When I worked for sephora, someone said our team wasn't diverse enough because I'm only half mexican so I "dont count". A girl I know who is full blooded mexican, always makes sure to tell everyone who's talking to me "shes HALF mexican". I'm very fair as well with light brown hair so every since I was 12 I'd dye my hair black to look more like my mother so people would BELIEVE me. This is so freaking real. BESITOS A PERO LIKE❤❤❤❤
I feel you!! I’m half Venezuelan and I am very fair as well with brown hair and I don’t really look like my mom at all😅 But I’m really sorry you had to experience this…
I was adopted at 2 by a family who knows zero Spanish and a kid at school told me I'm a bad Latina because I don't know Spanish. Look, it's hard to remember a language you could barely speak at 2 and then being taught a language you would mostly use in your country. America has Spanish speakers too, but English is what I was taught to use all the time. I'm learning it, I'm going to minor in it, and I plan on sticking with it for as long as I live
I understand except I wasn't adopted and grew around some Spanish influences until 11 but I still don't speak spanish fluently I only know some but now that I'm older I decided to actually learn spanish and speak it more!
I totally get that. I grew up with my dad and mom (technically my step-mom but she raised me, she's more of a mother and my birth mother ever was when I was a kid), and thus after the age of 6 I wasn't around any Spanish anymore. It kills me, because I just get so frustrated with myself as I'm learning Spanish because I'm like, I should know this already, why don't I know this... But make sure you're learning Spanish for you, not to prove your worth or whatnot. People have no right to judge you for something like that.
Just because your parents are Latino, and you were born in a certain place, does not mean you're a "textbook"Latino culture-wise. So I can understand where others can say you're "whitewashed", because, no matter what you say, if you didn't actually experience and live through the culture, there will be things you won't do or that you won't understand, that may be huge culturally. That said, you ARE STILL Latinos, and you are allowed to have your own experience outside of the community you were born into. What's up with shaming others? WE ARE ALL LATINOS, let's love and support each other
Shaming because you are not "x" enough is ridiculous. If you are brought up in the States, you will have that "Americanism" in you naturally (hence there are differences between Hispanics and Hispanic - AMERICANS). The differences are always there and you can't expect every Hispanic every aspect of the culture and vice versa. Live and let live.
The point is everyone has a different story. I wasn't born in mexico but I was an anchor baby so most of my family still lives there. I spent every summer/christmas in mexico growing up, first language was spanish, and I went to elementary school in Mexico for 3rd/4th grade. The point is its not so cut and dry as to say they don't know the culture. People's lives and experiences are diverse.
Lmao love how they show Marc Anthony in place of the Puerto Rican flag 😂 The great thing about that is that Marc Anthony is one of the most well-known faces of Puerto Rico, even though he was born and raised in New York (like me!) I definitely struggle with not feeling Puerto Rican enough because I wasn’t born on the island. My parents were born in the states and spent a large part of their childhood in PR because their parents (my grandparents) left PR in search of new opportunities in the states and then found themselves wanting to go back at some point. I feel like I always have to justify my Puerto Rican-ness by saying that I spent many of my summers and holidays as a child in Puerto Rico, that I was raised on arroz con habichuelas, and I learned English and Spanish simultaneously. No one knows just how PROUD I am of my roots, how much I try to learn more about my culture all the time, how I actually learned salsa to get closer to my roots... But it will never be enough for some of my people. I’m tired of trying to prove myself. I don’t care what anyone thinks, I am 100% Puerto Rican. “No nací en Puerto Rico; Puerto Rico nació en mi” 🇵🇷🇵🇷🇵🇷🇵🇷 🇵🇷
I’m half spanish half Mexican and I was born in Spain and I’ve lived here all my life. Obviously Spanish is my first language so I was lucky in that sense but I’ve never felt Mexican enough. It’s hard to embrace your own culture when everyone tells you “you don’t look Mexican” or “well but you were born here so...” pues perdona que no lleve un sombrero y un poncho, pendejo 😓 don’t ever let anyone decide if your culture belongs to you or if it doesn’t, it is yours!! Thank you for this positive message 💖
Isabel jajajjaja i was like have Spanish half Mexican what the heck is that and then I kept reading that you’re from actual Spain lmfbo that tripped me up.
How can you not look Mexican being *part Spanish*. All Mexicans are part Spanish, hell, most of northern and western mexico have more Spanish heritage than the rest of Mexico, two of my grandparents were pasty white blue eyed Mexicans with Spanish surnames. I'm constantly labeled as Spanish by foreigners but I'm clearly Mexican to other Mexicans, I have a thicker accent than my peers actually (most of them want to speak "properly", I say fuck it, Imma speak full blown Nayarita pa'que se les hinche los pinchis huevos to' feos pa'la chinga'a)
Lol...I know this feeling exactly...I've been living in Mexico for 12 years and I still don't feel latino/Mexican enough. It's gotten better since I learned more Spanish, but people still know I wasn't born nor raised here.
i relate too much to this. i grew up in a city primarily close to east la. im a first generation salvadoran american from both my parents side, but my neighborhood was primarily mexican. i would get so much shit from people for being salvadoran and how i would speak spanish and would constantly tell me i didn't know how to speak spanish. i think a lot of people fail to realize that spanish around latin america is spoken differently in some cultures or pronunciation is also different with accents and whatnot. luckily, i never let it get to me bc salvadoran culture is so lovely and my mom makes the best pupusas ever so it's their loss lmao.
As someone who has struggled with this for a very long time having a video with other people sharing a similar feeling of not feeling Latino enough is really helpful. I literally had people think I was lying for attention. "But you're so white" "but you don't speak Spanish" "but you don't like *random stereotype*" I'm finally at a point in who I am as a person that I am learning more and embracing my culture more because I want to and because I love this part of who I am and not to try and fit into some ridiculous stereotype that is expected of me.
Everyone just finds a way to be superior to others. If youre family is latino and you grew up in America you grow up in both worlds. So you are not from here or there making you an easy target for the insecurities of others. Its whatevers at the end of the day. You are your own person.
The worst part was that it wasn't Americans that said I wasn't "Brazilian enough", but many Latino americanos that were born and raised in the USA, that told me, born and raised in Brazil, that I wasn't Latino enough. Bruh
The struggle of being someone of Latin descent when all the immigrant Cuban/Panamanians in my family died before I was born and therefore never got to introduce me to the culture and language is so real. It's crazy to have to learn an entire language and ethnic background with very few people to help. Which is why I love Pero Like, for putting aspects of that cult out where we can see them!
Omg I have a friend that grew up in the US but she is Mexican and when she was 13 she moved back to Mexico and she was sooo ashamed of being Mexican... I hope she is not ashamed any more
This is so true! I’m half Mexican and half American. I love my culture and I’m learning Spanish. I know Mexicans that don’t even speak Spanish! But I’m not Mexican enough. 🙄🙄🙄
I'm half domincan, half Cuban. I can totally can relate to this vid. In high school I got a lot of crap from the Dominican girls at my school who always criticized me, my Spanish didn't sound like theirs or I didn't speak enough Spanish at all and so on. I've had many more experiences like that since then but the one that hurt the most happened recently, when i went to Cuba for the first time with my Dad. It was a lifelong dream to visit Cuba with my father who hadnt been back in 55 years. I felt such a connection to the people and the island. But one day, while we were walking around browsing in a market place, a market place peddler asked me what country I was from. When I told him the United States, he asked if I was Puerto Rican. I answered no, I'm Cuban and Dominican American. He said no, you're born to Cuban and Dominican parents but you are not Cuban and Dominican. I will admit hearing those words made my blood start to simmer a bit. But taking a breath, and trying to find the right words to help him understand what we American born Cubans and Dominicans feel, I responded with this, "Una palma plantada en diferentes tierra sigue siendo una Palma? "Claro," He answered. "Entonces un Cubano plantado en otro país sigue siendo un Cubano. La tierra en la que estamos plantados no determina quiénes somos, son nuestras raíces las que lo hacen." He stood silent, but I could see he understood. This palm tree is proud and grateful to have been planted in American soil, but my roots are what make me who I am. Cubana y Dominicana hasta la muerte! 🇨🇺🇩🇴❤️
Definitely can relate. I’m from South Florida where I grew up with a lot of different Latin Cultures and the majority of my Spanish came from watching Novelas (Which were mostly Mexican, Venezuelan and Colombian). Moving to Puerto Rico when I was 16 was tough, not speaking with the same accent as everyone else. I was the “Gringa” or “Mia Colucci wannabe”. (I later learned what Rebelde was and who she was).
I really appreciate this video! I'm African American, and at the time I was dating a Venezuelan man. I remember when we were setting up an appointment with a Chevy dealer who was Mexican from Texas. He didn't speak Spanish and my boyfriend made such as big deal! "How are you Mexican and you don't speak Spainish?! How?! Like pipe down. I really had to explain to him how everyone has their own stories to why the didn't or did learn Spanish and if they don't it doesn't make them any less Latino. And of course he had to end the conversation with "Bueno mis hijos sabran espanol." Instead of just saying sorry to the poor guy!
I'm gonna have to disagree with your ex why didn't he speak english to him if he was here in the USA??? I'd would've of snap and said to Him SPEAK ENGLISH YOU'RE IN AMERICA !"
*Thank you. Love being apart of LITERALLY the most diverse ethnic group on the planet. We have the power to literally end racism. We Latinos range from Afro-Latinos, to Asian Latinos and to blonde hair and blue eyed. I love it. 💕* People from Portugal speak... Portuguese ... doesn’t make them less Latino 😂 cmon ppl
Ha Curly thank you for saying “pata chuca” what a Salvi thing to say! I told my son that just one time and he thought it was the most hilarious thing ever! He repeats it so much, that he wanted a “pata chuca” birthday party so we threw him one! With lil cupcakes that had lil footprint cookies, had the kids trace their footprint on a poster, and we played the game “don’t step in it.” He’s Salvadoran from me and white (Italian/German) from my husband and he will forever have the memory that his 4th bday party theme was pata chuca! Let’s embrace our Latin experience, love it!
As a Japanese-Puerto Rican American who speaks Spanglish, let me tell you that I felt THIS!! I always grew up never feeling enough for the Asians, for the Latinxs, for the Americans and it always felt like I needed to prove myself to everyone. Thank god im more confident and comfortable in all my cultures and am learning how to educate others that every Latinx has a different Latinx experience. 😤
"Not black enough to hang out with the black kids, not white enough to hang out with the white kids. Not latino enough to hang out with the latinos" Felt that
Soy cubana y vivo en Alemania. Siempre cuando me voy pa Cuba a ver mi familia, los vecinos me llaman rusa y se ríen de mí cuando hago algo típico alemán, como quitarme los zapatos cuando entro a una casa. Ellos no piensan que soy una cubana o latina de verdad pero a mí no me importa ni pinga. I do not feel like I have to proof my "Latinaness" to anyone. Be proud of who you are and do not let your family put you under pressure. Latinos sometimes can be offending but that is not because they are rude, but because Latin humour is not the same as "Western" humour lol
This is crazy relatable. I moved here when i was 3 so i picked up English reeaaalllyyy quick and bc of school, talking English become easier than talking Spanish. Also i don't tend to lean towards some traditional Latin foods so everybody is always soooo surprised when i answer in English or when i say I've never had mofongo. Like just bc my Spanish is a little broken and I'd rather eat a burger over most plantain dishes doesn't mean I'm a gringa or too American. At least it shouldn't
Yes!!! Im always assumed to middle eastern and then when people found out I’m Hispanic they immediately jump into full conversations in Spanish and I’m just 🤷🏽♀️ serious shade
Being in high school and being half Hispanic is extremely hard. My school is mostly white, and they all think I am too, simply because I don't speak Spanish fluently and I have very pale skin. Nobody believes me when I say my dad is Hispanic and born in Mexico... I just hope that people can see that everyone looks different and that not all people of Hispanic heritage need to speak perfect Spanish or have tan skin...because everyone is BEAUTIFUL 💕💕
I’m so glad I’m not alone in feeing this. It makes me so angry when people say things like this. I am half Mexican half Caucasian. And like for some reason we always half to be more on or the other, like why can’t I be both. I know the history so well and I love it and celebrate both side but for some reason when I say I’m half Mexican or Latin they’re like no you’re not you’re white and that’s it but goodness. Idk sorry small rant.
McKaylee Miller me too! my mom and grandparents immigrated from mexico and my mom married a caucasian guy and no one ever believes me when i say that im mexican because i dont speak spanish & im white passing :/
You can be Mexican and Caucasian 😂, Mexican isn't a race, it's a nationality. You're not "half" Mexican and half Caucasian, if anything you could be mestizo, pardo, caucasian, etc.
Hey Colocho (Curly) !!!! You are the Best man your abuelita Is awesome. Where is your Grammy from? El Salvador is amazing If ya come done here let me know.
bro i’m puerto rican and ecuadorian and ppl in my school think i’m white and it makes me feel so disconnected from where i’m from . and i can’t even defend myself bc my parents never rly taught me spanish or how to dance and never feel fully latino and it’s so heart breaking to me bc i want to be proud of who i am
I think it’s all about where you grow up too. I was born in Inwood but moved to Norwood in the BX. Then when I was 3 my family moved to Harlem. My Dominican accent is there but not really but when you go to Washington Heights, those kids sound like they grew up in the DR. I wanna have the accent so bad! I love it!
I get the same thing being african and living in america. I'm black enough cause of the way I grew up and I'm not african enough because I can't speak perfect French.
@@SONGbyrdRYzing French is the unofficial language of the DRC. My family's first language is French but it's my 2nd language cause I grew up in America and learned it through my parents.
My mom is American and my dad is Mexican, and I feel like I look American. I do have an olive skin tone, but I wish I was more tan. I also don't speak Spanish and I wish I had an accent and knew Spanish. This video made me realize that I wished all of that because I'm proud to be Latina, and if I'm proud that I am Latina, then I should be myself and be proud of who I am. Thank you Pero Like!!
The whole fact that I can't speak Spanish tortures me and I'm learning Spanish in Spanish 2 honors in school LIKE LISTEN IM TRYING OK I AM REAL BORICUA IM 100% oKAy?!
This is an awesome video, I get told all the time that I’m not Mexican or Native American enough..it sucks. But it’s nice to know I’m not alone. Thank you peeps!
Relate so hard. Growing up I didn’t think I was Mexican enough not knowing Spanish or cared about soccer 😝 not till I got older did I realize how much Mexican culture had influenced me despite what other people way Mexicans ‘should be’. But honestly it was my peers that made it the most difficult. Kinda like Kirby when he talked about giving back the ‘Latino card’ 🙄 thanks for the support fam
I'm mixed African and Dominican and I've never been told by Latinos that I'm not Latino enough but I've had plenty of people tell me I'm not black just because I look more latina.
white in America doesn't mean just being light skinned but being of European decent and having stereotypically European features. that's what most Latinos mean when they say gringo. but "white" to Latinos just means light skinned
Los latinos en EEUU son estadounidenses y tienen herencia latina ,pero eso no significa que sean latinoamericanos o sepan lo que es nacer y vivir en Latinoamérica.
Ser latino no es sólo salsa, tacos y mar (cuando gran parte de los latinos nacidos y criados en Latinoamérica no entran en ese estereotipo) ser latino es también nuestra historia, contexto político, economía, diferencias y similitudes. Entiendo que muchos de ellos en USA mantienen sus tradiciones, la lengua y tienen comunidades donde se rodean de latinos pero al final las experiencias y el contexto de ser un latino en LATAM y un latino en USA son muy diferentes. La mayoría de los latinos de allá tienen más cosas en común con una persona "blanca" de estados unidos, que con la gente de su país de ascendencia.
Really? I beg to differ. A huge chunk of the US was part of Mexico for quite a long time. There are latino families who’ve lived in the exact same spot since the 1600’s, while the border moved back and forth. I don’t think they’re less latino than others simply because they stayed put while borders changed. How bizarre.
If you are from USA you are North American. You are not latín, you don’t speak our language, and even if you speak it you are not from Latin America or any other country in Europe that speaks a Latin language. That’s the reality.
In the words of Abraham Quintanilla, "Being Mexican American is tough. Anglos jump all over you if you don’t speak English perfectly, and Mexicans jump all over you if you don’t speak Spanish perfectly. We got to be twice as perfect as anybody else. We got to prove to the Mexicans how Mexican we are and we have to prove to the Americans how American we are. We got to be more Mexican than the Mexicans and more American than the Americans, both at the same time. It’s exhausting! Man, Nobody knows how tough it is to be Mexican American.” (This applies to everyone, not just of Mexican heritage, that try to represent all aspects of their cultures)
Say it louder for the people in the back! Nobody knows how hard it is being multicultural or multiracial.
Yes!👏🏾
bellamar20 Now imagine if your mixed..... 2 of my kids are Borimex and 2 are Boritruchos..... they’re not wanted here because they get crap from Whites and other Hispanics, my Puertorricans will accept them because they are “refined” enough thanks to me (and I say this because my half bro is also Borimex and he looks full Mexican....my mother lost in that DNA battle, and they treated him like crap in PR because his facial structure was obviously not Puertorrican), and in Mexico all their cousins want to beat them up like all the other times they go because they’re not Mexican enough and they’re better looking then the rest. For my Boritruchos it’s not too bad. I guess Salvadoreans are a bit more modern even though I get the worst dumb comments from them.
YAAAASSSSSS
@@Gitanagurl Oh wow, thats tough for kids to deal with, especially since it's not something they can control you know? I'm mixed as well, half Mexican, half Nicaragüense and yes I feel like I'm always being judged for not being "enough" of either.
In my childhood, I rejected my culture and wanted to be white. Now I’m embarrassed about that stage and I embrace all of it.
Michelle Xilotl you were just a product of white supremacy like a lot of us in the world or, the old adage is the closer you are to white the better off you are 🤦🏽♂️
Michelle Xilotl same. I would even try to stay out of the sun so I wouldn’t get more tan, I’m from Texas so I forced myself to have a Texas accent, and I loved when people told me I was whitewashed. Now I absolutely hate myself for ever thinking that way. I love my culture so much and I get very irritated when people call me things like “coconut” or say “you talk like a white girl” because it took me so long to get out of that unhealthy mentality and embrace being Mexican and saying things like that makes me feel like I’m not enough. It especially hurts when it comes from your own family
Don't be embarrassed just take a moment to understand why you went through that stage and put it behind you. Every non-white child/ adult has gone through this or still dealing with this.
Oh m god saaaame, now that I'm in my mid twenties I'm connecting with and loving my culture more than ever. @Kristina I would also stay out of the sun bc I didn't want to get darker. I still do it today but only bc I'm scared of skin cancer, I get sun spots/moles easily, & my skin developed rosácea. But I'm sure others might still think I'm trying to avoid getting more brown.
I feel this deep down. I'm like, straight up white (blonde hair, blue eyes, prone-to-burning skin) because my dad is of German descent. When I was younger I just wanted to "be like the other kids" and didn't want anyone to know that I was half Colombian (my mother is obviously the Latina in the family). I hate it now that I spent my formative years with that mentality of hiding part of who I am, but luckily I'm 19 and still have a chance to research my culture and do my best to represent it now.
I can't tell y'all how much I relate
Malena Portillo same with me
Malena Portillo sameee
Same~
Same girly
Same
I love for Eli that instead of putting a Puerto Rican flag they just put a picture of Marc Anthony 😂😂😂
Funny cause Marc Anthony was born in NY not Puerto Rico.
Jeanette Woods yeah seriously 😂😂
we add in little inside jokes sometimes---last episode for Brooklyn we just put a photo of Lil Kim :D
Ya!
@@jeanettewoods6175 - So, that means he isn't Puerto Rican? That's the same attitude we're talking about. He's Puerto Rican!
eating a concha and drinking a cafe while watching this :)
Same
Hmmm, about to go eat a locrio de jamoneta and ensalada con maduros...right after watching this,mmm...😋😋😋
Oh, btw, conchas are yummy...😋😋😋
Being Argentinian that means something completely different
I like eating pussy and drinking café too :)
i'm vietnamese-american, and i never feel "vietnamese" enough or "american" enough. there's this weird "in-between", "i don't really fit in anywhere and no one really accepts me" vibe, especially being the child of immigrants in a country where you aren't the dominant group. i am learning to love myself and everything that i am (both vietnamese and american, even if people think i am only one or the other). thank you for this video; it's really uplifting and the message is awesome!
I'm Ugandan British, I'm supposed to be patriotic to the UK(that colonised Uganda) but I've lived there all my life and I know nothing about Ugandan history /politicians /language and would get attacked if I walked through the streets by myself 😌😬😩😭😅😬 where is home? Who am I loyal to? Am I supposed to hate the UK since they are the colonisers? Uganda is still a very sexiest anti women /over religious country? Is it bad if I like and don't like them both? Aaaaaaaah 😳😳😳
Australian-born Filipino here! 🙋🏽♀️ And I TOTALLY and WHOLEHEARTEDLY agree with what you had to say. 🙌🏾👏🏾✨
You are a third culture person.
Nah. Not no one. Not “no one.” /
I’ve always felt that I wasn’t Latina enough from never learning Spanish and being second generation in the US. I’ve been constantly called gringa and “too white” that people wouldn’t believe me when I say I’m Colombian and Honduran. However, I’ve learned that I grew up to the same customs as many of my Latin friends. Ok thank you for coming to my TED talk.
“Do I roll my R’s more? Do I walk around my 23andMe score?” 😂
We’re not talking about genetics though, we’re talking about culture.
How can you say you’re Latino if you don’t even try to learn the culture/language well? You don’t get to use the Latino card
@@lucasm4299 the language isn't the only thing but yeah
Relatable, however, more importantly, where'd Norberto get that charmander shirt.
Maybe Tee turtle?
Definitely from teeturtle.com but they no longer sell pokemon licensed stuff unfortunately. www.teeturtle.com
Yo same
Y el Norberto con el nopal en la frente. Que güero ni gorro.
MeeeeeEEEEEEEE!!!!! Just because I can’t speak Spanish very well doesn’t mean I’m not proud of my culture and I can’t embrace it. I LOVE being Mexican and no one can take that away from me.
Natalie M si no hablas español es porque eres estadounidense, no? Si es así, esa es tu cultura a fin de cuentas, el lugar donde creciste que tiene bastantes privilegios. Si tus padres son mexicanos, esa es SU cultura, es distinto nacer, criarse y crecer en un lugar diferente.
Señora señorita Ñium I can read and understand Spanish better than I can speak it. I’m still learning like Maya.
@@apizzatopping dont worry girl you are just fine. the problem with people who are latinx and doesnt know portuguese or Spanish , is that they make feel other latinx people they dont love or like their culture enough to learn something as important as their language. After all no one wants to see their traditions and customs being lost. Saludos desde Venezuela.
@Yáhuar Huácac I specifically said I can't speak it well, I didn't say I can't speak at all. And where in the hell did you get that I don't know anything about it? Apparently you missed the point both here and in the video.
@@senorasenoritanium4977 Es cierto. La gente que nacieron y criaron en Los Estados Unidos son americanos, pero no es malo. Sin embarque, los padres puedan exponerles la cultura hispana. Entonces los ninos puedan tomar las aspectas de la cultura que disfrutan, para hacer una identidad unica.
Lo siento por mi espanol. No soy Hispana.
Ser latino es mucho más que comer plátano, bailar salsa o hablar español. Ser latino es tener una historia compartida, principios que nos unen y la experiencia de lo que es finalmente vivir y crecer en esta región. Aquí solo caricaturizan lo que es ser latino.
Comer plátano? Que pedo
Im so proud of myself i understood the first few sentences 😊.
Muy de acuerdo, aunque lo del idioma sí es muy importante por la neurolinguística.
Yo también siento que caricaturizan a los latinos; es como que se sienten estadounidenses, y que hablando/actuando estereotipos asimilaran la cultura latina.
Además que si naciste en Estados Unidos no eres latino
Ser latino es vivir en latinoamérica punto
I want papitas fritas now 🍟.
Ahi frijoles en la casa.
Louisort lmao. Good one! That would be my mom’s exact response when I was a kid.
Yummy!!!
Let's start with the real problem here: the latino stereotype. We're not all the same, not every country is the same to each other, but they build the whole latin spectrum. Take Chile and Cuba for example. One is an island where most "latino" stereotypes could be condensed (playa, brisa y mar) and the other is a country with huge industrialized cities, mountains, snow, deserts, you name it. The problem. Is reducing our "latinidad" with the island stereotype, which is the one that is super inforced in this channel. So in a way, trying to recover your "latinidad" by only exploring this aspect of latin america is the same kind of attack you feel when ignorant people tell you you're not Latino enough. By that logic, things like rock en Español aren't latino, and it's one huge thing that identifies generation x and even millennial latinos. Imagine a world without Caifanes, Soda Stereo, Aterciopelados, Duncan Dhu, Enanitos Verdes. They are super fucking latino, but have they ever been mentioned in this channel? No, let's talk about Vicente Fernandez. Your vision of latino is as skewed as the people who criticize you. Expand the meaning and let those people know that not being tanned or liking salsa doesn't make you any less latino. Please let's get over the latinl stereotype.
Actually even though there's Dominicans there's also lots of Mexican stereotype. They are from the US, their idea of Latino is really Chicano. Basically it's their own stereotypes as diaspora. That's also why they can worry about not being Latino enough, different from somebody who just is and has no insecurity about their identity because it's obvious.
Exactly. I don't care about being identified as Latino, because I don't agree with the stereotypes of what a Latin American person should be.
Don't forget that Hispanics and Latinos are equated a lot of the time, forgetting this huge country with a culture and language that's completely different from the rest of Latin America...
👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 Louder pa los resentidos in the back!
At last someone who understand. *Thank you*
i no longer care about others opinions about me. To white people I will never American, and to Mexican people i'm just a pocha. I am who I am. I'm proud of my genetics, how i look, and where I come from. I dont speak spanish and i dont give a damn. When i learn its because i feel it with all my heart to learn. I love mexican food, i love the music, and my boyfriend is even a mexican citizen now since he applied for it a few weeks ago. I know im not a real mexican but my blood and lineage says otherwise. My grandparents were born in Mexico and im so proud of them for making a living and building a life in a different country.
Wow thanks for this. I'm Domican born in the US, my mother is dark skin and my father was light skinned, I get questioned as to what I am ALL the time.
It's gotten to the point where one time in high school I was asked if I was from England. 🤔
The one thing I love and have fun with is when I'm speaking English some assume than I'm African-American and when I start to speak Spanish the look on their faces is awesome!! 😂😂
The sad ☹ thing about that is that I get the looks of you're not supposed to be able to speak English and/or Spanish so well. Then come the questions what are you, where are you from?
My response is always I'm Dominican. 🇩🇴❤
LET 👏🏾THEM 👏🏾KNOW!! Being first generation Honduran this is the story of my life 🙄 “ So... both of your parents are black?!” “You don’t LOOK Latina” 😑
Sophia Wishes because you are not a mestizo
I’m so sorry people are ignorant
::: sees a fellow (I presume) Garifuna and IMMEDIATELY SUBSCRIBES to their channel!!! 👍🏾 :::
👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Sophia Wishes
As a fellow Honduran afro Hondurans have contributed a lot to our culture like the dance punta
I feel the sameeeeee.... pero ke la gente se vaya a la chingada 💁🏻♂️
Im so sorry to do this but.. *Que
Dont @ me
Peace n love, Naaaaa a la sh!t,
@@bubulynna9927 me too it bothers me when people be like "k"
Learn how to spell basic spanish before you cuss.
@@epdlc2889 it's just abreviation
The non-acceptance from our own latin people hurts the Most!!! When a Dominican tells me i’m not Dominican enough porque this, this and that...Ouch! It is a sharp injury to the self-ego. That’s when strong family & friends come in, to help strengthen the foundation of who you are, was, and always will be! Yo ❤️🇩🇴
❤️LOVE❤️ 👏🏾 THIS 👏🏾 VIDEO!!!
WE 👏🏾 ARE 👏🏾 ENOUGH!!!❤️❤️❤️
Omg! YAAAASSSS 👏👏👏👏 Latinos come in all colors shapes backgrounds and that's what makes us so freaking awesome! Support each other be there for each other and teach in a loving way to each other. I'm Latino and white and I own and am damn proud of being a Latino. That's something NO ONE can take away from me. We are a strong and loving culture and I LOOOOVE my Latinoness! Even if I dont hablo espanol very well. Lol
Not speaking Spanish should not hinder that. Be proud of who you are.
so you are proud of something for which you had to do absolutely nothing to achieve? sounds like typical latino
@@mishterkhalid3117 put down the crack pipe
@@gregmarquez8720 let me ask you this. what did you have to do to achieve your "latino"-ness? nothing. you were just born as a latina. it took you zero effort. im Pakistani. there's nothing to be proud about me being Pakistani. it didn't take me any effort to become Pakistani.
@Mishter KHALID put your crack pipe down. Seriously? It's my ethnic background I'm damn proud of it. If you don't have appreciation for your background and appreciate the sacrifice family made to be where you are now you're a sad piece of shit.
A struggle of not feeling Latino enough? Not understanding to the Turbo Tax ad before this video cause I don’t know Spanish.
mE
“YOU DONT KNOW SPANISH??!!!” Was literally my life growing up.
Same and it still happens to me 😐
Me too, I was always ashamed when I'd have to constantly explain to my latinex friends that I dont understand anything they say to me unless its in English,
Same. Isn’t it awful that Mexicans discriminate against their own kind?
I feel this struggle so much. When speaking with others, it's often easier to just identify myself as African-American; but in reality, I also have indigenous roots native to South America (Venezuela and Guyana); so, I'm like really confused about this and whether or not I would consider myself Afro-Latina. I deep down feel as if I should claim my that part of my heritage, but I don't want to seem like I'm appropriating culture, even though I really want to explore and get to know that part of my heritage.
i relate to this so much. Being mexican and even growing up in a mexican community in America i was always either too mexican for some people while too white for others. like isn't that what being multicultural is? shouldn't t it be praised not criticized? having knowledge of two languages and cultures
If you’re bilingual, you can’t relate to this at all. You’re dumb.
This 🙌🏾 I am too DARK to be Mexican. I don’t drink cafecito y mi español no es perfecto pero, like, I’m happy to be Mexican. MUY orgullosa ❤️❤️❤️
Were you born outside of Mexico?
Yes
Natural_Chey sorry to be a smart mouth but... to be considered Mexican you have to be born there if we’re getting technical here. I am from Mexican roots too but I can’t call myself Mexican cause I wasn’t born there. I’m just Hispanic but I know what you mean.
Yes, that’s your personal preference and I respect that. I choose to identify as that as well (Mexican) so that part of me is not lost (to others). Or else they identify me as JUST black. Im proud of both sides of my family. So yes Im proud to identify as Mexican, even though Im not directly born there. It’s in my blood.
Natural_Chey no I’m being technical here. I still call myself Mexican even though I wasn’t born there.
Okay so this hits hella close to home. My mom and grandparents immigrated here from Mexico when my mom was a kid and I’m the first generation born in the U.S. But here’s the catch, my mom married a Spaniard/Irish man. I look just like my dad (blonde hair, Emerald eyes y todo) but I have my own primos and tias always telling me I’m not their real family. And I have my white family treating my mom, sisters and I like we’re trash. Idk man this video just hit close to home because as a biracial I get from both sides that I don’t belong in either group.
I can certainly relate to what he said beginning at @ 2:34. I've gone through that all my life. It's sickening! I am what I am- a New York born Puerto Rican, aka- a Newyorican, and I'm proud of that. I grew up with both cultures and I feel that I am all the more enriched by it. . . And YES- I happen to enjoy plantains (and many Puerto Rican dishes), but even if I didn't- I'm still Puerto Rican.
Thanks for calling attention to this issue.
It only makes sense that someone would be "so American" or considered "whitewashed" if they grew up in the U.S. where the mainstream culture is based on White/Anglo-Saxon traditions, speaking English, etc. AND THAT'S OKAY!
I don't agree with people who think that being "so white" or "so American" is a bad thing or somehow makes them a "sell out". I would say yes, if you don't do a lot of the things that are representative of Latin American culture (speaking Spanish, family-oriented culture, food, way of thinking, etc.) then yes, culturally you are not as Latino as somebody who does all those things. And there is absolutely nothing wrong with that. You can be as white or Latino or a mix as you want and it's all good!
Having Latino ancestry and practicing the culture are two different things that aren't always done together. I can't refute someone's Latino ancestry, but the way they act culturally can definitely be non-Latino, and there is absolutely nothing wrong with that. The society you grow up in has a very large influence in who you become, and it's okay if that society is different from the one where your parents or ancestors grew up in. There's absolutely nothing wrong with being or not being Latino enough
This is perfect answer that many people need to read into. Perhaps it'll get rid of the insecurities.
That’s a good answer. It has nuance and it’s to the point. Latino ancestry and Latin culture and two different things.
The struggle is real. Still have a long way to go in just loving and accepting myself for who I am. This video means a lot. Thank you❤️
As someone born and raise in the Dominican Republic, I can tell you all are 100% latinos no matter what. ♥
I'm happy you put this out there. I feel it. I'm Honduran but born in Cleveland and don't speak Spanish. It's been tough especially because I'm "not Latino enough" because I don't speak Spanish but had to fight a lot because I was also out as gay really young so they made me feel like I wasn't part of that community for two reasons
i could not relate so fast😂😊
Oh wow! He was raised in Northwest Indiana?! So was I! In Gary, IN to be exact! How cool is that?!
As a European, I do not understand that American mentality that push people to identificate with your parents’s country of origin rather than your actual nation where you are born, have the nationality, speak the language and vote for’.. from my non-USA point of view, none of yourselves are really latin-American (sorry if it bother you, that is not the intention). Your are typical Americans to me, who just happen to have ancestors from various latin American countries, like others have ancestors from Ireland, Germany or China... you are all Americans. The weird thing is that when we see people claiming all time long how much « latino » they are on internet and various medias, it is usually people from the USA (a non-latin country). People who are really from actual latin countries, whatver in Europe or in the Americas, usually do not spend their time to claim a « latin identity ». For them, latinity is a linguistic-cultural question (romance languages and cultures) that has nothing to do with either a unique culture, a specific geographical location or even less a « racial » identity...
In my opinion as a latina or someone from South America, they’re not Latinos, their parents or grandparents are but they are truly not, they are just doing what they do, just take whatever they want and say it’s theirs
As a US Latina, something we inherently understand is that only white Americans get the privilege of being “just American”, in my experience even Europeans don’t see us that way and want to know where we’re “really from”. We aren’t exempt from all the racism and xenophobia that gets directed towards Latin Americans even if we have US citizenship.
@@valeretamal18and yet if you came to the US and you saw someone with a stereotypical Latino look and found out they didn’t speak Spanish, you’d be mad. Ask me how I know!
Even for us bro, hella weird, but I heard that Mexican-Americans had their own communities and stuff, like, they feel rejected by other Mexicans even though they all end up in the same spaces so I dunno how that works
Growing up in West Texas around all of my Tios and Tias who spoke Spanish all day everyday, you would think that I would pick up the language.. but when I was young, my abuelos would encourage me only to speak English because they didn’t want me to be discriminated against the way they were when they were younger. So I never learned, then I went to college at the University of Texas at El Paso where other students (who would cross everyday or just spoke Spanish on a daily) would give me a hard time for not speaking Spanish.. I get that feeling of not being one or the other, and I hope I can be like you all and own who I am.
i feel the most alive when Curly calls us his papitas fritas
love you
This hit home. I'm half Mexican and half White. I don't really speak Spanish and I've been told sooo many times that I'm not really Mexican because I don't know Spanish. I embrace both sides and it doesn't bother me as much now that I'm older but it was horrible when I was in school.
My Mom’s from República Dominicana my biological father is from Puerto Rico. I was born and raised in Washington D.C. I’m also the first one of all my cousins to be born in America. Needless to say I was always the gringo in the family.
I love how y'all do vids like this and Curly is always at the ending, saying something (I assume???) to be cute. ♥️
I'm Filipino, but I appreciate Latin culture so much, because it hits a little closer to what I grew up with, and this representation in media is SO 👏 FLIPPIN' 👏 IMPORTANT!!!
Ok thaz it bye spread luv ✨
When I worked for sephora, someone said our team wasn't diverse enough because I'm only half mexican so I "dont count". A girl I know who is full blooded mexican, always makes sure to tell everyone who's talking to me "shes HALF mexican". I'm very fair as well with light brown hair so every since I was 12 I'd dye my hair black to look more like my mother so people would BELIEVE me. This is so freaking real. BESITOS A PERO LIKE❤❤❤❤
I feel you!! I’m half Venezuelan and I am very fair as well with brown hair and I don’t really look like my mom at all😅 But I’m really sorry you had to experience this…
You guys should totally do latino diys....like inspired decor....the latino aesthetic decor
I was adopted at 2 by a family who knows zero Spanish and a kid at school told me I'm a bad Latina because I don't know Spanish. Look, it's hard to remember a language you could barely speak at 2 and then being taught a language you would mostly use in your country. America has Spanish speakers too, but English is what I was taught to use all the time. I'm learning it, I'm going to minor in it, and I plan on sticking with it for as long as I live
kpopruined mylifeu what you’re doing is enough, don’t let anyone tell you otherwise.
I understand except I wasn't adopted and grew around some Spanish influences until 11 but I still don't speak spanish fluently I only know some but now that I'm older I decided to actually learn spanish and speak it more!
I totally get that. I grew up with my dad and mom (technically my step-mom but she raised me, she's more of a mother and my birth mother ever was when I was a kid), and thus after the age of 6 I wasn't around any Spanish anymore. It kills me, because I just get so frustrated with myself as I'm learning Spanish because I'm like, I should know this already, why don't I know this...
But make sure you're learning Spanish for you, not to prove your worth or whatnot. People have no right to judge you for something like that.
kpopruined mylifeu don't you learn Spanish in school?
Javi Ruiz Yeah, that's what I meant by I'm learning it. I've been learning since elementary and only got to the serious stuff last year
Just because your parents are Latino, and you were born in a certain place, does not mean you're a "textbook"Latino culture-wise. So I can understand where others can say you're "whitewashed", because, no matter what you say, if you didn't actually experience and live through the culture, there will be things you won't do or that you won't understand, that may be huge culturally. That said, you ARE STILL Latinos, and you are allowed to have your own experience outside of the community you were born into. What's up with shaming others? WE ARE ALL LATINOS, let's love and support each other
clovebooksdiva it’s call lazy parents
Learning new stuff isnt white washing, latinos need to stop caring so much about race.
Shaming because you are not "x" enough is ridiculous. If you are brought up in the States, you will have that "Americanism" in you naturally (hence there are differences between Hispanics and Hispanic - AMERICANS). The differences are always there and you can't expect every Hispanic every aspect of the culture and vice versa. Live and let live.
@@trisky210
You missed the point. It’s not learning new stuff or learning English that’s the issue, it’s forgetting your roots and Spanish.
The point is everyone has a different story. I wasn't born in mexico but I was an anchor baby so most of my family still lives there. I spent every summer/christmas in mexico growing up, first language was spanish, and I went to elementary school in Mexico for 3rd/4th grade. The point is its not so cut and dry as to say they don't know the culture. People's lives and experiences are diverse.
Lmao love how they show Marc Anthony in place of the Puerto Rican flag 😂 The great thing about that is that Marc Anthony is one of the most well-known faces of Puerto Rico, even though he was born and raised in New York (like me!) I definitely struggle with not feeling Puerto Rican enough because I wasn’t born on the island. My parents were born in the states and spent a large part of their childhood in PR because their parents (my grandparents) left PR in search of new opportunities in the states and then found themselves wanting to go back at some point. I feel like I always have to justify my Puerto Rican-ness by saying that I spent many of my summers and holidays as a child in Puerto Rico, that I was raised on arroz con habichuelas, and I learned English and Spanish simultaneously. No one knows just how PROUD I am of my roots, how much I try to learn more about my culture all the time, how I actually learned salsa to get closer to my roots... But it will never be enough for some of my people. I’m tired of trying to prove myself. I don’t care what anyone thinks, I am 100% Puerto Rican. “No nací en Puerto Rico; Puerto Rico nació en mi” 🇵🇷🇵🇷🇵🇷🇵🇷 🇵🇷
I low key needed this video 😭💙
I’m half spanish half Mexican and I was born in Spain and I’ve lived here all my life. Obviously Spanish is my first language so I was lucky in that sense but I’ve never felt Mexican enough. It’s hard to embrace your own culture when everyone tells you “you don’t look Mexican” or “well but you were born here so...” pues perdona que no lleve un sombrero y un poncho, pendejo 😓 don’t ever let anyone decide if your culture belongs to you or if it doesn’t, it is yours!! Thank you for this positive message 💖
Isabel jajajjaja i was like have Spanish half Mexican what the heck is that and then I kept reading that you’re from actual Spain lmfbo that tripped me up.
A lot Mexicans are part spanish already so its obvious you would look more spanish
I agree with you! People always say you don't look Mexican enough and why I speak Spanish perfectly! I'm like I learned Spanish!
I also get it I have a similar situation
How can you not look Mexican being *part Spanish*. All Mexicans are part Spanish, hell, most of northern and western mexico have more Spanish heritage than the rest of Mexico, two of my grandparents were pasty white blue eyed Mexicans with Spanish surnames. I'm constantly labeled as Spanish by foreigners but I'm clearly Mexican to other Mexicans, I have a thicker accent than my peers actually (most of them want to speak "properly", I say fuck it, Imma speak full blown Nayarita pa'que se les hinche los pinchis huevos to' feos pa'la chinga'a)
That video was so soft and sweet and it's amazing all this good energy they give out
Lol...I know this feeling exactly...I've been living in Mexico for 12 years and I still don't feel latino/Mexican enough. It's gotten better since I learned more Spanish, but people still know I wasn't born nor raised here.
i relate too much to this. i grew up in a city primarily close to east la. im a first generation salvadoran american from both my parents side, but my neighborhood was primarily mexican. i would get so much shit from people for being salvadoran and how i would speak spanish and would constantly tell me i didn't know how to speak spanish. i think a lot of people fail to realize that spanish around latin america is spoken differently in some cultures or pronunciation is also different with accents and whatnot. luckily, i never let it get to me bc salvadoran culture is so lovely and my mom makes the best pupusas ever so it's their loss lmao.
I love pero like
As someone who has struggled with this for a very long time having a video with other people sharing a similar feeling of not feeling Latino enough is really helpful. I literally had people think I was lying for attention. "But you're so white" "but you don't speak Spanish" "but you don't like *random stereotype*" I'm finally at a point in who I am as a person that I am learning more and embracing my culture more because I want to and because I love this part of who I am and not to try and fit into some ridiculous stereotype that is expected of me.
I am half-Bolivian half-Jewish American. I am always seen as non-latina even though I'm completely fluent in Spanish.
Everyone just finds a way to be superior to others. If youre family is latino and you grew up in America you grow up in both worlds. So you are not from here or there making you an easy target for the insecurities of others. Its whatevers at the end of the day. You are your own person.
Wow I can personal relate to what they said. Love you guys💕
The worst part was that it wasn't Americans that said I wasn't "Brazilian enough", but many Latino americanos that were born and raised in the USA, that told me, born and raised in Brazil, that I wasn't Latino enough. Bruh
The struggle of being someone of Latin descent when all the immigrant Cuban/Panamanians in my family died before I was born and therefore never got to introduce me to the culture and language is so real. It's crazy to have to learn an entire language and ethnic background with very few people to help. Which is why I love Pero Like, for putting aspects of that cult out where we can see them!
Omg I have a friend that grew up in the US but she is Mexican and when she was 13 she moved back to Mexico and she was sooo ashamed of being Mexican... I hope she is not ashamed any more
This is so true! I’m half Mexican and half American. I love my culture and I’m learning Spanish. I know Mexicans that don’t even speak Spanish! But I’m not Mexican enough. 🙄🙄🙄
Bella Mays It’s ok my cousin don’t know Spanish either
Black or white American? You can be American and not white also.
Same I’m half Honduran half Canadain
I'm half domincan, half Cuban. I can totally can relate to this vid. In high school I got a lot of crap from the Dominican girls at my school who always criticized me, my Spanish didn't sound like theirs or I didn't speak enough Spanish at all and so on. I've had many more experiences like that since then but the one that hurt the most happened recently, when i went to Cuba for the first time with my Dad. It was a lifelong dream to visit Cuba with my father who hadnt been back in 55 years. I felt such a connection to the people and the island. But one day, while we were walking around browsing in a market place, a market place peddler asked me what country I was from. When I told him the United States, he asked if I was Puerto Rican. I answered no, I'm Cuban and Dominican American. He said no, you're born to Cuban and Dominican parents but you are not Cuban and Dominican. I will admit hearing those words made my blood start to simmer a bit. But taking a breath, and trying to find the right words to help him understand what we American born Cubans and Dominicans feel, I responded with this,
"Una palma plantada en diferentes tierra sigue siendo una Palma?
"Claro," He answered.
"Entonces un Cubano plantado en otro país sigue siendo un Cubano. La tierra en la que estamos plantados no determina quiénes somos, son nuestras raíces las que lo hacen." He stood silent, but I could see he understood.
This palm tree is proud and grateful to have been planted in American soil, but my roots are what make me who I am. Cubana y Dominicana hasta la muerte! 🇨🇺🇩🇴❤️
This is the funniest thing on RUclips and greetings from Mexico 🇲🇽💯
Manuel Balderas viva la raza 🇲🇽
Ken93 ce se viva la raza ✊🏾🇲🇽🇲🇽
Definitely can relate. I’m from South Florida where I grew up with a lot of different Latin Cultures and the majority of my Spanish came from watching Novelas (Which were mostly Mexican, Venezuelan and Colombian). Moving to Puerto Rico when I was 16 was tough, not speaking with the same accent as everyone else. I was the “Gringa” or “Mia Colucci wannabe”. (I later learned what Rebelde was and who she was).
I really appreciate this video! I'm African American, and at the time I was dating a Venezuelan man. I remember when we were setting up an appointment with a Chevy dealer who was Mexican from Texas. He didn't speak Spanish and my boyfriend made such as big deal! "How are you Mexican and you don't speak Spainish?! How?! Like pipe down. I really had to explain to him how everyone has their own stories to why the didn't or did learn Spanish and if they don't it doesn't make them any less Latino. And of course he had to end the conversation with "Bueno mis hijos sabran espanol." Instead of just saying sorry to the poor guy!
Oya Osun he’s so mean for that 😭
They’re just A shame
I'm gonna have to disagree with your ex why didn't he speak english to him if he was here in the USA??? I'd would've of snap and said to Him SPEAK ENGLISH YOU'RE IN AMERICA !"
I can relate so much!! I love perolike for bringing this to light 💡
*Thank you. Love being apart of LITERALLY the most diverse ethnic group on the planet. We have the power to literally end racism. We Latinos range from Afro-Latinos, to Asian Latinos and to blonde hair and blue eyed. I love it. 💕*
People from Portugal speak... Portuguese ... doesn’t make them less Latino 😂 cmon ppl
Portuguese people aren't Latino, Brazilians are but not Portuguese people or Spaniards
@@sabrit0n35 EXACTLY!
Portugal isnt in Latin American what
Ha Curly thank you for saying “pata chuca” what a Salvi thing to say! I told my son that just one time and he thought it was the most hilarious thing ever! He repeats it so much, that he wanted a “pata chuca” birthday party so we threw him one! With lil cupcakes that had lil footprint cookies, had the kids trace their footprint on a poster, and we played the game “don’t step in it.” He’s Salvadoran from me and white (Italian/German) from my husband and he will forever have the memory that his 4th bday party theme was pata chuca! Let’s embrace our Latin experience, love it!
As a Japanese-Puerto Rican American who speaks Spanglish, let me tell you that I felt THIS!! I always grew up never feeling enough for the Asians, for the Latinxs, for the Americans and it always felt like I needed to prove myself to everyone. Thank god im more confident and comfortable in all my cultures and am learning how to educate others that every Latinx has a different Latinx experience. 😤
Oh stop it you’re beautiful 😍
"Not black enough to hang out with the black kids, not white enough to hang out with the white kids. Not latino enough to hang out with the latinos"
Felt that
Honestly who is telling Curly he ain’t latino enough? Whoever is needs to check themselves
Soy cubana y vivo en Alemania. Siempre cuando me voy pa Cuba a ver mi familia, los vecinos me llaman rusa y se ríen de mí cuando hago algo típico alemán, como quitarme los zapatos cuando entro a una casa. Ellos no piensan que soy una cubana o latina de verdad pero a mí no me importa ni pinga. I do not feel like I have to proof my "Latinaness" to anyone. Be proud of who you are and do not let your family put you under pressure. Latinos sometimes can be offending but that is not because they are rude, but because Latin humour is not the same as "Western" humour lol
Pueden salir de 🇨🇺 🤔
This is crazy relatable. I moved here when i was 3 so i picked up English reeaaalllyyy quick and bc of school, talking English become easier than talking Spanish. Also i don't tend to lean towards some traditional Latin foods so everybody is always soooo surprised when i answer in English or when i say I've never had mofongo. Like just bc my Spanish is a little broken and I'd rather eat a burger over most plantain dishes doesn't mean I'm a gringa or too American. At least it shouldn't
I can relate
Problemitas de niños del primer mundo...que ternura, debe ser super difícil ser ustedes weón, las cagó.
I’m a 3rd generation black Puerto Rican who grew up around Mexicans and whites. Literally fit in NOWHERE 😂
Yes!!! Im always assumed to middle eastern and then when people found out I’m Hispanic they immediately jump into full conversations in Spanish and I’m just 🤷🏽♀️ serious shade
Can SO relate!! Love this! We should def be validating each other more!!
Being in high school and being half Hispanic is extremely hard. My school is mostly white, and they all think I am too, simply because I don't speak Spanish fluently and I have very pale skin. Nobody believes me when I say my dad is Hispanic and born in Mexico... I just hope that people can see that everyone looks different and that not all people of Hispanic heritage need to speak perfect Spanish or have tan skin...because everyone is BEAUTIFUL 💕💕
many latinos are white and also black or asian. Most Americans are just hella ignorant
Aww, this made me cry, hit home
I’m so glad I’m not alone in feeing this. It makes me so angry when people say things like this. I am half Mexican half Caucasian. And like for some reason we always half to be more on or the other, like why can’t I be both. I know the history so well and I love it and celebrate both side but for some reason when I say I’m half Mexican or Latin they’re like no you’re not you’re white and that’s it but goodness. Idk sorry small rant.
McKaylee Miller me too! my mom and grandparents immigrated from mexico and my mom married a caucasian guy and no one ever believes me when i say that im mexican because i dont speak spanish & im white passing :/
You can be Mexican and Caucasian 😂, Mexican isn't a race, it's a nationality. You're not "half" Mexican and half Caucasian, if anything you could be mestizo, pardo, caucasian, etc.
mexican isnt a race, its a nationality
Hey Colocho (Curly) !!!!
You are the Best man your abuelita Is awesome. Where is your Grammy from? El Salvador is amazing If ya come done here let me know.
Curly that cheese does smell disgusting but it taste sooooooooooooo good
bro i’m puerto rican and ecuadorian and ppl in my school think i’m white and it makes me feel so disconnected from where i’m from . and i can’t even defend myself bc my parents never rly taught me spanish or how to dance and never feel fully latino and it’s so heart breaking to me bc i want to be proud of who i am
Virtually every Hispanic person in the U.S. speaks Spanish. If there is an exception at all, we learn it on social media.
The struggle is real
JstephTheRockThatSugaReincarnatesAs InHisNextLife yeah
same
I think it’s all about where you grow up too. I was born in Inwood but moved to Norwood in the BX. Then when I was 3 my family moved to Harlem. My Dominican accent is there but not really but when you go to Washington Heights, those kids sound like they grew up in the DR. I wanna have the accent so bad! I love it!
That Dominicano is cute af
This is just what I needed, thank you Pero Like love you guys!
I get the same thing being african and living in america. I'm black enough cause of the way I grew up and I'm not african enough because I can't speak perfect French.
Simone Umba you are still African
@@dukekenny9340 tell that to the rest of my community. I'm considered a sellout for growing up in the US
But, unless yr from Ivory Coast, why would it matter considering it's usually a lingua franca throughout the continent?
@@SONGbyrdRYzing French is the unofficial language of the DRC. My family's first language is French but it's my 2nd language cause I grew up in America and learned it through my parents.
Simone Umba All people from Africa don’t speak French though, so therefore speaking French is not a requirement to be African
I like the Charmander shirt!! Its SO cute and would explain why he's so HOT!!
Alexis Garcia cuz it’s a fire Pokémon lol
@@Adriana.RamirezFL LOL!! Thought it was a cute way to "explain" he's a fire pokemon...
My mom is American and my dad is Mexican, and I feel like I look American. I do have an olive skin tone, but I wish I was more tan. I also don't speak Spanish and I wish I had an accent and knew Spanish. This video made me realize that I wished all of that because I'm proud to be Latina, and if I'm proud that I am Latina, then I should be myself and be proud of who I am. Thank you Pero Like!!
The whole fact that I can't speak Spanish tortures me and I'm learning Spanish in Spanish 2 honors in school LIKE LISTEN IM TRYING OK I AM REAL BORICUA IM 100% oKAy?!
Rayne Davila damn.
Tlazocamati for this video!! needed this today
JAJAJAJAJ, I’m pragmatic, Que diga, que?
This is an awesome video, I get told all the time that I’m not Mexican or Native American enough..it sucks. But it’s nice to know I’m not alone. Thank you peeps!
Everyone says “oh you aren’t Latina enough because I can’t dance” that’s literally it, Bc I can’t dance 😭
Relate so hard. Growing up I didn’t think I was Mexican enough not knowing Spanish or cared about soccer 😝 not till I got older did I realize how much Mexican culture had influenced me despite what other people way Mexicans ‘should be’. But honestly it was my peers that made it the most difficult. Kinda like Kirby when he talked about giving back the ‘Latino card’ 🙄 thanks for the support fam
Here before the thousands of views!!
I'm mixed African and Dominican and I've never been told by Latinos that I'm not Latino enough but I've had plenty of people tell me I'm not black just because I look more latina.
From being in Mexico I learned to Mexicans gringo doesn’t mean white it means American 😂😂 I’m cool with that
white in America doesn't mean just being light skinned but being of European decent and having stereotypically European features. that's what most Latinos mean when they say gringo. but "white" to Latinos just means light skinned
Brian Q I’m a brown American they call me gringo in Mexico .
I feel like not enough people know that! But it can actually be for any non latino but mostly Americans.
@Elle D Negro or estadounidense. But I've heard some people call them gringos, that's reaally rare tho
If You are born in USA You are a Gringo
Y’all took the words right out of my mouth
Los latinos en EEUU son estadounidenses y tienen herencia latina ,pero eso no significa que sean latinoamericanos o sepan lo que es nacer y vivir en Latinoamérica.
Exacto, tener un padre latino y que te hayan hablado en español de pequeño no es suficiente para ser latino, son estadounidenses, fin del asunto 🤷🏻♀️
Ser latino no es sólo salsa, tacos y mar (cuando gran parte de los latinos nacidos y criados en Latinoamérica no entran en ese estereotipo) ser latino es también nuestra historia, contexto político, economía, diferencias y similitudes. Entiendo que muchos de ellos en USA mantienen sus tradiciones, la lengua y tienen comunidades donde se rodean de latinos pero al final las experiencias y el contexto de ser un latino en LATAM y un latino en USA son muy diferentes. La mayoría de los latinos de allá tienen más cosas en común con una persona "blanca" de estados unidos, que con la gente de su país de ascendencia.
Really? I beg to differ. A huge chunk of the US was part of Mexico for quite a long time. There are latino families who’ve lived in the exact same spot since the 1600’s, while the border moved back and forth. I don’t think they’re less latino than others simply because they stayed put while borders changed. How bizarre.
@@a.kenneth3521 😒😒😒 ugh they arent latinos omg
so damn relatable! they are always bringing me down for not speaking fluent spanish instead of encouraging me to learn ...
If you are from USA you are North American. You are not latín, you don’t speak our language, and even if you speak it you are not from Latin America or any other country in Europe that speaks a Latin language. That’s the reality.