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I haven't come across a lot of latinos here, so this should be fun to find you waldos.
People from Spain are not considered Latino/Hispanic because they're European. And "Spanish/Spaniard" is reserved only to folks who come from Spain, not Latin Amerca. But our language is called Spanish. Confusing, I know... haha.
1. State your nationality. (Even if you're 50% latino, 25% latino - share from where you're from! Specifics is fine aswell... say your Great Grandfather was from Italy and your Great Grandma was from Honduras.)
2. Do you speak Spanish fluently?
3. Where you born in your Country or somewhere else?
4. If you were born in a different place beside your Country, how & why did your parents move?
5. Do people mistake you for another nationality, if so, what?
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1. I'm 50% Cuban and 50% Salvadorean (El Salvador).
2. My parents speak it fluently, but Spanish is my 2nd language. I learned it from being forced in bilingual class from 3rd up to 7th grade. Meaning, they assumed Spanish was my first language so all my courses like math and social studies were taught in Spanish. Not the best time in my life.
3. I was born in the US.
4. My parents left their country. My father due to the whole Fidel issue and my Mother because they had a civil war going on and her whole family was on the "hit list". Her dad (who was an activist) was killed before he arrived to the US.
5. Because I live in California - they usually asked if I'm mixed or Mexican. I get the dumb responses like, "no - you're just black" or the good guesses would be Puerto Rican (they have a lot of similarities with Cubans) . Surprisingly, some folks from Cali don't know any other Latin American country besides Mexico. Pah.
People from Spain are not considered Latino/Hispanic because they're European. And "Spanish/Spaniard" is reserved only to folks who come from Spain, not Latin Amerca. But our language is called Spanish. Confusing, I know... haha.
1. State your nationality. (Even if you're 50% latino, 25% latino - share from where you're from! Specifics is fine aswell... say your Great Grandfather was from Italy and your Great Grandma was from Honduras.)
2. Do you speak Spanish fluently?
3. Where you born in your Country or somewhere else?
4. If you were born in a different place beside your Country, how & why did your parents move?
5. Do people mistake you for another nationality, if so, what?
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1. I'm 50% Cuban and 50% Salvadorean (El Salvador).
2. My parents speak it fluently, but Spanish is my 2nd language. I learned it from being forced in bilingual class from 3rd up to 7th grade. Meaning, they assumed Spanish was my first language so all my courses like math and social studies were taught in Spanish. Not the best time in my life.
3. I was born in the US.
4. My parents left their country. My father due to the whole Fidel issue and my Mother because they had a civil war going on and her whole family was on the "hit list". Her dad (who was an activist) was killed before he arrived to the US.
5. Because I live in California - they usually asked if I'm mixed or Mexican. I get the dumb responses like, "no - you're just black" or the good guesses would be Puerto Rican (they have a lot of similarities with Cubans) . Surprisingly, some folks from Cali don't know any other Latin American country besides Mexico. Pah.