A Conversation With Latinos on Race | Op-Docs

In this short documentary, Latinos grapple with defining their ethnic and racial identities.
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While talking with Latino people we find out the understanding of their personal identity as well as what they deal with in their every day lives.
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[@PacificCircle1]

Latino is a big tent. Latino includes people from all races, many cultures, and many histories.

[@verfed]

Latino is mostly meaningless as it includes Spaniards, Romanians & Italians - the actual original Latins.

[@PacificCircle1]

verfed I did not invent the use of the term. American culture uses the term as it will. We all have an approximate understanding of what 'Latino' means.

[@goodaimshield1115]

It is meaningless, really, as it real meaning has been completely lost, and the actual and original people who are "Latinos" are denied to call themselves that, or they have to share the term with people they have close to nothing in common, other than they are all humans. Latino is as broad as to say "someone who speaks a Germanic based language". What do they have in common? Not even the language. Imagine if Americans, Indigenous Australians, Nigerians, English and Dutch people were all grouped in one same group and they were told they have similar cultures and that they come from the same ethnicity. Dutch would even be told that they don't really belong to the group of the Germanic speakers because they don't really speak English lol, and English would sometimes be denied to be part of that group as well, because as, like happened with Latino, the original people sho spoke those language are not allowed any more in that group. God, if that ever happened, there would be so many people complaining out there, however, it seems to be accepted to do this with people who speak a Latin based Language.

[@PacificCircle1]

goodaim shield We have to language police; who is to make the change? Language has no gate keepers. I use the term, inaccurate though it is.

[@goodaimshield1115]

PacificCircle1 Good for you, and I'll use it the way I always do. What is not acceptable, is that some people pretend to put their inaccurate used of the language over the accurate used of it, even when there are millions of people outside the USA where the language is still used correctly. The problem here is that the inaccuracy used of the language is telling the accurate use of it that it is wrong. So when I use the term Latino to describe myself, because where I live everyone considers themselves as such, I am told I am wrong, when actually, I am the one who is right. Just great. I don't have a problem if you kick the language, but when people tell me I am wrong while using my language, I just can't stand it, and this is a so American thing to do, as bad as this may sound, and Latino is a Spanish word.

[@DavidNunezPNW]

Too white for our brown friends, but to brown for our white friends. Story of our lives.

[@leonxl]

David Nunez this!

[@jorgepadua9124]

David Nunez What? I've never had an issue making friends due to my ethnicity. If you're having trouble making friends, it's not your skin color.

[@nariko47]

Jorge Padua That's not what he meant. Basically, we're neither here nor there... because for the full blooded native, we're not native enough, and for the European, we're not white enough.

[@Mr33500]

You're white. Hispanics are people or a country with a connection to Spain, and Spaniards are white.

[@jorgepadua9124]

Azuleé Iñaki okay, so what? That's something no one cares about. I've never been discriminated against for not being black or white enough.

[@anacoutinho9642]

Why are they referring to Latino as a race? It's not a race it's a cultural therm. If you were born in Latin America you could be anything: white, black, Asian, native, mixed race amd etc

[@shutit4024]

Ana Coutinho nobody cares

[@Purepecha]

Ana Coutinho exactly, i don’t get these other people saying other wise

[@ratonL]

Lance Kidd Except the New York Yimes, apparently.

[@jamessoares129]

Technically you're right, but RACISM towards latinos is real. So in some context Latino can be used as a race.

[@reinaguzman9030]

Kai Josey I’m Latina did the DNA test! I’m 36% Native, 26% White, 22% West African and 16% Middle East. 44% of Latinos are mixed race!

[@ryanmazdaLAX]

As a European it's strange to see Spanish names being thought of as non white, while spain is a white country in Europe.

[@janikb3538]

ryanmazdaLAX only because spaniards in the US are rare to find

[@MartaGarcia-qy7yc]

In fact, recently I discovered there is some kind of issue with Spaniards and how to "catalogue" them in USA because we are classified as Hispanic or Latino. Then they add the category Spanish origin or sth like that. We are separate for the rest of europeans lol. And I feel the bonds with South America are extremely profound and important, and not only because of colonialism or because they were "la otra España". They received a lot of inmigrants from Spain, both war refugees or economic inmigrants. So they are like brothers and sisters. But well, it is weird to think about if I am white or not XD and to think that USA is "classifying" us, Spaniards. How do you dare, ask first XD

[@JennyRzezniczak]

@@MartaGarcia-qy7yc Hispanic means anyone from a Spanish speaking country, so if you are from Spain you are Hispanic. Latino/a refers to anyone from Latin America whose countries range from North to South America. Neither Hispanic nor Latino/a refer to race.

[@MartaGarcia-qy7yc]

@@JennyRzezniczak so what is the sense of dividing due to the language if it is done only with one language? Why they do not use anglosaxon or francophone too?

[@JennyRzezniczak]

@@MartaGarcia-qy7yc That's a great question! But you should ask that question to the United States government since they are the ones that created all of these ethnonyms .

[@deadsoon]

Thankfully I grew up in Venezuela where 49% of the population is mestizo. I never felt out of place because many kids my age were also mixed, or darker, or lighter. I never really payed attention to it. The whole race culture of the US is unnerving. You can't fit so many people on a same box after centuries of historical mixing, it doesn't work like that.

[@bonsummers2657]

It's the media which are the main race-baiters which cause the blow up over race,… and the victim-mind-set population eat it up and act out.

[@shanhyuga6607]

gracias!!! esta gente no entiende!

[@Darltk]

I totally agree bu it is the way it is in the US. Race is used as a standard. It is questionable if that ever will change.

[@Azraeluchiha999]

Mestizos means half breed or crossbreed. That type of thinking is why we have racial prejudice and racism. We are all of one blood, we're the human race. We're not animals so there are no breeds for humans.

[@evac1996]

I grow up in Colombia but I move at age 12

[@cristianm1591]

latino es un concepto cultural, no una categoría racial.

[@aveuch]

Explain that to white people.

[@mynormorales6653]

Not even white people.. is the Left

[@DavidRamirez-ue8gv]

Ni siquiera cultural...los mexicanos tienen su propia cultura, los colombianos y los dominicanos su propia cultura...es más un concepto étnico que nada.

[@tonirk5122]

Para las autoridades USA sí es una raza.

[@mynormorales6653]

@@tonirk5122 no lo es, pero si es un identificador. si te identifican como latino, ya no importa sieres de piel blanca o morena... eres latino y punto.

[@joselynjavier125]

“To me being Latino is phenomenal” preach sis 🇧🇷🇲🇽 🙏🏽💪🏽

[@renatomacchi2195]

You are all using the term Latino/Latin without knowing its meaning. Ignorant all of you. Latino/Latin is the linguistic and cultural heritage of the Italians and of the European Latins. You come from "Latin America" then you are "Latin Americans". Big difference. latino-news.press mexica-movement.org

[@renatomacchi2195]

@@ts8404 The Latin European colonizers, French, Portuguese and Spaniards. never used the term "Latino". They only called that area of the Americas "Latin America" because their languages derive from the Latin language. It was an "Hispanic" man who chose the term "Latino" instead of Latin American to identify the Spanish-speaking people of the Americas. It's wrong because Latin American is not the same as "Latino/a". First of mall it's incorrect to say "Latino/a" when speaking of wring in English .. In English is "Latin" and Latinb or Latino mis not a race, not an ethnicity, not a Skin Color, not a Blood, not a DNA.. Latin/Latino is only about language and culture and they both come from Italy. www.mexica-movement.org

[@renatomacchi2195]

But you're not a Latino because you don't know what Latino means. First of all in English is Latin and not Latino. Secondly you will have to be European to be a Latin: Italian , French, Romanian, Portuguese and Spaniard. latino-news.press

[@andreluiz3536]

Renato V. Macchi Sr. That is when you failed. In Brazil literally every single person have in your blood European blood.

[@bubbathenaslover]

@@renatomacchi2195 Youre wrong dude, please educate yourself and research before writing incorrect comments.

[@vendrick4571]

(Mexican isn't a race)

[@bigxchubstv6056]

Vendrick why do u say mexican?they aren't the only hispanics

[@jammi1214]

BiGxChuBs Tv People usually only just identify all Hispanics as Mexican

[@bigxchubstv6056]

Just another Bts trash those are just the white people as much as i like them they are the only people who stereotype us like that

[@leahbg2818]

Yes it is oml

[@FrankieAldaba]

Leah Gomez no it’s not Mexican is a nationality like being american , mexicanas are either white , Native American or black or mixed ( mestizo , some Spanish and native )

[@autumnvivienne121]

I feel the Latinos who feel that way are mostly the ones living in USA, cause tbh with you I'm Latina, and I've never taken race serious, neither the people I know, us Latinos are so mixed, our history tells us that, the majority of us are most likely not coming from one specific race, wether we look light or dark, I feel for us is more about the culture and ethnicity, I think that's why when you ask a lot of Latinos what's their race they'll tell you "I'm Latino/Hispanic" despite those not being races, that's how we identify ourselves.

[@ibnfu]

I agree. when I lived in Mexico, I didn't even think about all of this and in the US, I hear stuff about race all the time. I'm just Mexican and that's that.

[@leonxl]

Autumn Vivienne yeah it's really only like this in the US..the country is so obsessed with race

[@anacoutinho9642]

I'm Latina and when people ask what is my race I tell them I'm white(because I am) and they ask my ethnicity I say I'm Italian, Portuguese, Spanish and polish. Latino/Hispanic is not a race!!!

[@natalilandia]

You are so right

[@travoltafrancis7304]

I went to America once and meet some Cuban's and they were very racist towards my son they did not realizes I was watching their hateful ways.

[@clydedisney6569]

So sad that so many Americans have identity issues. The question 'who am I' I college I met a girl who was dating a Native American guy. She completely did a deep dive into his culture. Adopting native dress, learning the laguage, changing her name, even dying her hair. When she found somethig to darken her skin, her boyfriend broke up with her. She was absolutely devastated. She had basically given up her culture, and then her link to another culture was severed. She spiraled into a deep depression. I spoke to her boyfriend. He was sad about her depression, but said he just couldn't deal with her obsession. He told me that she had started accusing him of being a sell out, of not being Native enough. He joked that if he wanted to date a girl from his tribe he would have. This lack of self identity is no laughing matter though.

[@valkeakirahvi]

Huh, that sounds like a nasty case of fetishisation of the native culture. But hope she found other friends among the people and ended up doing something productive with the interest...

[@RyderOwens0963]

wtf is wrong with her, there’s a big difference with appreciation of others culture and trying to change your whole race because of a weird racial fetish.

[@pedrob3953]

The consequence of lack of real community, too much individualism. People want to feel that they belong to something, it's human nature.

[@animefanatic33]

Oh wow this took a turn I wasn’t expecting

[@rachelmora6227]

The boyfriend was right! It was HER issue. Sad!

[@ninetoyoskull]

I'm Mexican and I love all my Hispanic and Latino brothers and sisters we're all beautiful people ❤️

[@joaodasilva8008]

Latino are the italians and latin is a language not a race

[@pinheadlarry4538]

Joao Da Silva Latino is a demonym for Latin American

[@SalviLok213]

@@joaodasilva8008 Latinos a reference to those from latin America

[@shutit4024]

Joao Da Silva stfu

[@celtlordcologne110]

@@shutit4024 hurt ya? Lol

[@AyeeeItsCam]

He said "people think I'm black".....no we don't think fam, you ARE.

[@leahbg2818]

He is hispanic

[@factsfeiten2977]

Fr

[@AAP-ml2fy]

JujiSongz Danze lol 😂 Hispanic is not a RACEEEEE 🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄🙄

[@davell1078]

@@leahbg2818 of course he's hispanic, and also black. That makes him different from the 'african americans' but he belongs to the same race.

[@junevictor8721]

Leah Gomez Hispanic isn’t a race sweety but yes he is Hispanic

[@ILLini61607]

This is sad... people actually think they are not white or not black just because they speak Spanish...

[@ohk8345]

+Brandon Ritter dominicans have white, black and native in them... well some do others are just straight up african

[@enmanuel961]

+oh k 72% of the Dominican population is Mixed, 16% is White, 11% is Black and 1% is Asian. DR is a very mixed country in which you can find people of many colors and many features, yet we are catalogued as straight up Black people living in mud huts with no education whatsoever,by the United States.We are called racist and xenophobic because of our differences in racial aspects that they refuse to acknowledge but that they have some part to be blamed too.

[@ohk8345]

Enmanuel Esteban oh shut up you rat you are black you are not latino

[@TheHeartRobb]

+Brandon Ritter I find it sad too. In this video you have the one guy with the "deep voice" saying I'm not white or black, I'm Latino. And in the next clip there's a lady with lighter skin saying she's black. I just find it sad that white supremacy is such a thing that people run from blackness. Race is based off the color of your skin and that guy was definitely black.

[@enmanuel961]

***** Actually race is based on your ancestry, not the color of your skin because that would be your phenotype, not your race.

[@TONYASIASMOM]

The last speaker hit the nail on the head, she really summed it up & the guy w/the green eyes also has great points!

[@mialovely7864]

5:16-5:48 This is so important to me. I am a white latina. My father is a "white" latino man, and I came out looking more like him. But I also have an afro-latina mother and I remember when I was little people coming up to us when we were in the park asking my mom if she was my nanny. I'll NEVER forget the look on my mother's face. She was so taken aback and so hurt. I was really young at the time. But that was the first time I realized that even though to me, me and my mom are the same. To some out there in the world, that was not the case.

[@lobopoderososdl3076]

There is no such as Afro-latino.

[@RyderOwens0963]

@@lobopoderososdl3076 she’s Latino who is of African descent. It’s not a hard concept to understand

[@bayamonrican]

I love how that was ended... "for me, being Latino is being phenomenal." Yaaasss hoonaay!!

[@renatomacchi2195]

You are "Latin American".

[@renatomacchi2195]

being Latino means being Italian, French, Romanian, Portuguese and Spaniard. You are "Latin American" not Latin (Latino is incorrect in English) and must use your Race to identify yourself and not a made up term invented by Mestizo Frank del Olmo. These are the Races: White, Black, Asian and Red-Skin Indian. No Latin, No Latino, no Latina , no Latinx, no Hispanic for you. latino-news.press

[@axxlsgallery9136]

@@renatomacchi2195 ;-;

[@EvaAnika]

You love being colonized by Spain? Why?

[@bayamonrican]

@@EvaAnika welp, I can't control what happened in the past and I'm not gonna claim to be oppressed. All I can do is embrace all of each part of my ancestry. Are you dealing with an identity crisis?

[@emjohnson7332]

"A lot of us want to be white." .... NOT ME ✌🏾

[@F4BI4N]

Em Johnson u have to look at the systems Spain left and made white people have more rights and wealth. I'd bet if ur family had a lot of white features during the time Spain was in charge ur family would try to push ur whiteness

[@anacoutinho9642]

Latino isn't a race!! So if you are Latino and have European ancestry you ARE white, unless you're mixed

[@jaywalker3144]

Alexa Winzenried Latinos are partially white, not mostly or fully white so therefore they are race if you think about. They are mixed with the 3 common races, European (White), African (Black), and Asian (Native American)

[@davidn11]

he probably meant have equal superior privalage as the rest of the whites

[@anacoutinho9642]

davidn11 What do you mean? I didn't understand your comment

[@LuisVivar]

The U.S is messed up. Edit: Only to clarify after having read most of the comments. I do think the US is a wonderful country full of wonderful people. Do I think it's messed up? Only when the topics of racism and mass shootings come up. But, hey, nobody is perfect; and the same concept applies for countries. Have a great life!

[@RoseEyed]

Lol Other countries have these same problems. We're just more vocal about it so it makes it more obvious here based on our history...

[@LuisVivar]

Looks like you've never lived outside the US

[@loveit6670]

+Luis Vivar looks like you don't want to admit racism exists everywhere

[@LuisVivar]

Never said it doesn't. It'd be foolish to say that. The problem here is how often it occurs and the percentage of adepts it has per region, and furthermore IF there is or not an active and strong group that supports the idea of racism in that region... KKK is one example Presidential candidates speaking out loud against people from another country and getting supporters for doing that? That's another plus. Sure there's been many, but we all know how it all ends.

[@Adrianband]

Not in Canada, it is considered a public disease

[@juicyfruit133]

I don’t agree with the guy in the blue shirt’ “ a lot of us want to be white” nobody that I know that’s Hispanic wants to be white. We are proud of where we are from and our culture

[@vikingrollo3]

juicyfruit133 good point but some of us are white, others black, mix or even Asian. That’s ok..

[@ertfgghhhh]

I think many want to be white and wont admit it. Thats wny colorism exists

[@MsZephyra]

@Average Joe78 your username is ironically fitting.

[@Mr._Moderate]

@juicyfruit133 - they're LatinX to you're face but white when they fill out paperwork. I've seen it from "black" Puerto Ricans

[@ertfgghhhh]

@Average Joe78 if u are american and not ados or native, i guess u are talking to urself

[@randyrosales3496]

A lot of Latinos can racist towards each other because of they’re skin color man. For some reason they think white is better. I’m talking through experience in my own family

[@ShidaiTaino]

Randy Rosales it’s called the sistema casta

[@DDiaz-xi4sl]

It’s sad how Latinos want to “purify their race” by dating/marrying light/white, when it’s your beautiful blend of races that makes you unique. To have beautiful hair with a little color, y’all are the symbol of beauty. In my opinion

[@jackystar5099]

That's not racist it's colorism

[@L.M788]

I feel it to man. My grandma (technically my step grandma) has never said it TO ME DIRECTLY but she'll say it about my aunt's husband and my dad (we are indigenous looking) that "he's so ugly", " He's to dark", "he's basically black", just blah blah blah in FRONT of me and I get so hurt and it's just so unfortunate that people treat us that way. Colorism is such a big issue and no one talks about it when it comes to the Hispanic and Latino communities. Even my own mom has said " I'm sorry baby, blame your skin on your dad's family ". *eye roll*

[@dumbb6178]

Ikr, my skin is sort of yellow/light brown naturally. And I felt ashamed about my darker skin.

[@michellea5415]

You guys are all Latinos and all are beautiful. We are the only group in the world ppl where we are mixed. Embrace your ancestry and let's all stand together as Latinos united as one.

[@jjjjj11278]

Our history isn’t the best...

[@pedrotherabbit2222]

Jonny Jaimes Our future depends on us, on our will.

[@tobias7346]

Tobias +Marge Arriola That’s anti-scientific considering “Latinos” can be of ANY origin (“Latino” and “Hispanic” are terms related to languages).

[@nicholemaccalley9462]

Marge Arriola I agree that y’all are beautiful, but y’all def are not the only mixed group in the world! :-) Google it. People are constantly moving around and intermarrying. I’m a white US citizen, which means I’m a European mutt with a little Native American thrown in. (My great-great grandpa was Cherokee, so I’m at least 1/16th native.)

[@tobias7346]

Meanwhile, this article claims there’s no such thing as “race”: www.theguardian.com/news/2018/mar/02/the-unwelcome-revival-of-race-science

[@nicolebrown5987]

The girl in the gray cardigan, made me somewhat emotional. It was very sad. Sad that all people of color groups are discriminated against, and then we discriminate each other. sad....

[@thehunt098]

I don't think it's discrimination but this need for us in the US to play identity politics trying to put humans into silos. Then further saying, you have to stay in them. Racially mixed people really display the psychological toil this has on our society.

[@Bumbumbr-zu5gc]

I’m also Afro Latino, my mom is from Brazil which has the biggest African and Asian population than any other country. When I see application or anything like it and it tells me to identify my race, idk to put Latino or African American, it actually sucks lol

[@TheBlueBeatle3]

The girl at 2:57? Yes, her experience hit me in the heart. I could hear the pain in her voice.

[@TheBlueBeatle3]

@@thehunt098 Colorism is very predominant in Latino community. So it is discrimination.

[@Darltk]

Yes. Very sad.

[@TheBlueBeatle3]

The girl at 2:56 hit me hard. I could clearly hear the pain in her voice. As an "Indian" & "Asian/Filipina" looking Latina, I completely understand her. I have been shamed & all my merits are labeled as being "Whitewashed." It truly hurts because they don't see us, as people... They don't see me.. It really does hurt, a lot.

[@iantafraidofnoghost1792]

Could you do a video with Mayans, Aztecs, indigenous people of Central America? I think that would be a very interesting group of people to talk about race and identity. Being Mayan myself, it would be very interesting to see how others identify.

[@rog809]

Mayan , aztecs and incas are Pure Americans

[@cuscotransport6013]

@@rog809 They do not exist anymore.

[@L.M788]

@@cuscotransport6013 that's not true in the slightest. There are still many people who practice the culture, speak a blended language, and who's DNA tests will show up like 90% indigenous.

[@jacobortegatv1598]

@@cuscotransport6013 no mms

[@gibbgabba91]

@@cuscotransport6013 they do exist tf you mean

[@victorh06]

i dont want to be white I'm brown and proud, I'm brown and I'm the same as anyone else

[@CandieP]

Parker D'Alemberte you seem like you suffer from self hatred. Just because the original poster is proud of his/her colored skin and you are not doesn’t mean the poster should think negative like you. Be proud of who you are be it white, Black or brown, but if you’re not proud, you should never question someone on why they should be proud of who they are. That’s what’s wrong with this world.

[@kvngjohn4701]

Candie P that is the smartest thing I have ever heard from someone and you are right you should be proud of your race no matter if you white, black, Asian, or native

[@shinobicl]

If you are the same, then what are you proud of?

[@spencerallen2645]

Victor Holguin you're cringy and a liar.

[@angelasantiago7426]

willie vargas no we're not we're multiracial I'm Puerto Rican African Taino and Spanish how tf is that white when there's a mixture foh

[@biancakathryn7988]

I'm late with watching this but this was an amazing Doc, thank you NYT for allowing us to share our stories and to express the many emotions that coincide with being Latino in the US. so good!

[@wweewey]

I’m so fricking confused I just want to know what tf I am 😣

[@nate-ox5lw]

Same

[@danielcamachofrancabandier8392]

Human.

[@thepizzaelf]

If you are what they call “Latino” then your actual race is probably half white and half Native American

[@lobopoderososdl3076]

@@thepizzaelf Finally someone with brains. People in this comment section thinks every single race can be Latino. Genetically Latinos are Mestizo.

[@yome7580]

@@alex-fc6vb youre probably a mestizo...inca or aztec mix with spanish european

[@carlospalacios3188]

It starts at home. I was born in El Salvador but came to the states when I was 3 I am now 43. I had a great opportunity to live in El Salvador for 10 years before coming back to the states. I learned so much about my identity. My people. Our language and culture. But also I taught myself to learn about Latin America and our culture

[@Sigurjon543]

As a Dominican American man, the Dominican woman's perspective really gutted me. It's all so true.

[@JE-im4im]

she's just crazy

[@reaux3921]

@@JE-im4im always writing women off as “crazy”

[@carlosbardales4179]

I am a Latino with a very pronounced white European background as far a racial make up goes. However while I lived in Latin America I never felt that race was much of a thing as it is here in the U.S. I was aware that there were people of black, indigenous, white, middle eastern and far eastern racial backgrounds... I also understood that there was constant mixing of those groups and different faces and colors where coming out of that mix. Never was that much of an issue ... again in my personal experience. When we come to the States and we start hearing all this issue about race is somewhat of a shock to you. Mostly because it appears it is an under current that affects how people treat each other. I also believe that there is much more of an effort from these various racial communities to keep themselves separated. You always hear that America is a melting pot.. but is it really? Are people of different backgrounds really mixing as much as people say they are?? I do not believe it. I think the U.S. is more like a crock pot.... you put different ingredients in and you heat it up enough to cook but nothing really melts... everything kind of keeps its shape and flavor after you get thru the thin veneer. Latin America... now that is a freaking melting pot where eventually everyone will be of mixed race. Neither one is wrong or better... just different. This is why many of these Latinos here in the States are confused and feel out of place... they are seeing their race and culture thru a very American way... a black vs white prism.

[@tonysam2093]

How many races are there???

[@TheYoungKilljoy]

@@tonysam2093 All of them.

[@jorgeortiz5357]

@@tonysam2093 Literally all of them but principally European, Indigenous American and Sub-Saharan African, along with bits of West Asian and East Asian DNA.

[@acidgoon]

​@@jorgeortiz5357indigenous americnas come from mongolia and most of modern day east asia

[@Leviathan1216]

The girl who was getting emotional about feeling like she lost part of her culture really hit me. I’m half Colombian, and I can remember being a little girl and not wanting to learn Spanish from my mother anymore because it felt strange and out of place in my majority white school/town. I grew up trying to balance my mom’s culture and my dad’s culture, and in the end I don’t feel particularly at home in either.

[@vanaetorrealba8665]

I cried watching this video, thank you so much for posting this, really.

[@VoiceOfReason579]

I feel like this was a therapy session ...for them

[@Insert639]

It was for me too, until I read a comment from a hispanic brother or sister who said black people are classless creatures. At that point, the therapy session was interrupted by mental warfare. 😂😂 But I persist nonetheless. Pessimistic, but perseverant. Always on the lookout for the good people in the face of all the ugly. sigh

[@reymundoarmendariz4277]

Im Chicano, an Indigenous Mexican.

[@leeleecruz5699]

I love with the woman at the end said and I agree with her 100% And The Situation the one woman mentioned about the two daughters in my situation was actually reverse whereas I was made fun of because I was not dark enough to be considered Latino to some people or Puerto Rican and that hurt me growing up but I got over it and I just mention to a lot of other Hispanics or excuse me Latinos about not doing that because it divides us and we're not supposed to be doing that because we are in between and we have a lot of detail in our DNA that makes us super colorful and awesome I think.

[@harolddunn2863]

Thank you for the video. This explains how I have always felt.

[@AuraRodriguezGomez]

what the lady said at the end was beautiful

[@edgarmhtablet]

Race is a social construct. Both sides need to stop thinking about the color of their skin to justify the way they feel about other people. Lets focus on fixing inequality based on the concept of inequality rather than race. Race is in the minds of those who care about the way other people look.

[@calebsmith1560]

. Jews in America are considered white by blacks. Y'all should go to Israel and tell them how privileged they are. That should work out great

[@ryansamuels8894]

@@calebsmith1560 You are confused.... They are not 'considered' European.... They are mostly European ergo 'white' unless they are Ethopian Jews.... And Israel is a product of European privileged..... People in Palestine were displaced to make room for Europeans....

[@hernanibarsmombelli3924]

No is not.

[@jamessandoval5843]

Yes! Finally a video that captures exactly what I’ve been growing through. Growing up I never identified as white because I grew up Chicano though my mom is as white as can be. It’s been complicated.

[@rissagarrett2840]

It has been and sometimes still is really hard for me to feel connected to my culture. My mom's Mexican, my dad is non-specific white. I grew up very involved with my mom's side of the family, barely know my dad's side. But my grandparents, wanting a better life for their kids via assimilation, didn't teach them Spanish. So I don't speak it. My mom rarely acknowledges her roots, she definitely likes passing as white. My dad calls my brothers and me white. But that doesn't feel right. I don't want to be white washed, I don't want to ignore my history. I am proud to be Mexican American. I just wish my parents didn't feel like me being white and perceived as white, is a good thing. And marrying a white man and having children, my daughter is blond hair blue eyes, the baby I'm about to have is probably going to be the same... It hurts when strangers ask if they're adopted or assume I'm the babysitter. I just can't get over that. I wish people understood.

[@yome7580]

Theres lots of white mexicans. White is not an ethnicity or identity.

[@kikiriki8742]

Why would strangers ask if you're the babysitter if you look and pass for white?

[@fernandad1086]

...You know there are white mexicans right?

[@DonHostiarra]

@@fernandad1086 Less than 10%

[@LeaneseNicole]

Being Latino is being phenomenal

[@marshallblackstone2685]

alot of latinos deny their whiteness

[@calebsmith1560]

@@helloman1051 if that were true, why are American whites grouped in with British white people

[@rafaelmorenov6838]

you shoul look in internet morenazi

[@kimaya.3563]

You mean deny their blackness

[@michelegmiller8500]

ppl being honest...much appreciated!

[@andrearepetto217]

It just feels amazing to see other people who are Latinx and look like me, talking about the issues that made me feel so lonely. Thank you for this.

[@celtlordcologne110]

Cringe

[@peggystreetinfluencer]

As far as I am concerned, whoever I meet is privileged to be in my presence because I allow them to be in my circle. I don't allow the word 'minority' to identify me, nor do I allow anyone to identify me as such. I am Jersey-Rican and proud of it! Born of proud Puerto-Rican parents who worked hard and gave each one of their children a good education, raised in New Jersey, with the Big Apple right across the river! I cannot think of a better upbringing than that! Class is not money, class comes from upbringing, looking at yourself in the mirror and saying, "You know, I'm proud of you, who you are, and what you stand for."

[@quentinduhart1791]

Sorry yall r black just different nationality and language. Can't let these stereotypes deflect you from history

[@spicyspecial333]

@ 6:06 "...You are the perfect connector, because in you is everything". Such powerful words and yet, that's true of all of humanity.

[@bluewin13]

This was a very enlightening video

[@nickdavila94]

The last woman got it right! We are all of our roots. We connect them!

[@BravoMx]

This is heartbreaking. It hits way to close to home. :/

[@geometry1250]

Thank you for this 🙏🏽

[@MG-yp3qq]

“Being Latino is the physical embodiment of how America began as we know it” 🤔 very very eloquent point. I’ve always thought/‘felt that way without even knowing it ..

[@savannella2991]

I always simplify myself like this to people whenever people try to figure out what I am. You know that random button when customizing a character in any rpg game? thats what I am.

[@barrettdecutler8979]

Haha!

[@MsJanetWood]

When the Pilgrims arrived on the Mayflower, the Spaniards had been living in the Southwestern United States for centuries!

[@MartaGarcia-qy7yc]

@@thomastank8458 mestizo means a mix of natives and mostly Spaniards, and it is the majority of Southamerican people. Are the majority of citizens of USA a mix of british and natives? Spot the difference. And slavery of native americans was totally prohibited since the very beginning by Queen Isabel la Católica. I am not saying colonialism was marvelous, but remember Spain was populated by celtiberics and other populations and after that it was colonized/occupied by Cartago, Romans, visigothic and other north people, arabs, french, and inmigration from germans (after the end of Al Andalus) , jews, gypsies (remember in Spain "gitano" is totally fine please) and more recently retired brits (lol). We expulse arabs, jews and french, if you are interested. But basically original Spaniards practically disappeared, specially with Roman invasion and I am not blaiming italians xD We hace such a rich culture and History!

[@superb037]

I really needed to hear that last part

[@andytravis4888]

I loved this. Thank you y gracias.

[@angeliquemugabekazi1861]

I am going to try to say this respectfully as a person of color. I don't believe in calling people Hispanic, Latino, Latina or Latinx because I think this is another way people of color have try to elevate themselves to their colonialist and imperialist way from Spain and Portugal. People need to find their own roots not elevating their colonist. This is why there is colorism in these communities and in any other communities of color. WAKE UP people, you have been brainwashed by your colonist. Go and research your history and don't let the colonist defined you. We can do better as people of color to not fall into the trap of being defined by Europeans.

[@ninimainimo2236]

👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@ryansamuels8894]

@@victorn1802 wasn't for you.... and clearly it went over your head.

[@elyn3102]

2:56 hit so different for me I'm a 13 year old afro Latina and based on what my skin color is people are so confused about my race

[@WitchVuaBE06]

This needs to be a series

[@kandystorressantiago8865]

I'm Puerto Rican, I wasn't aware of racism not till I got my first long term job at 24. Working the first few years has changed the way I view about race for the worst, and unfortunately it's hard for me to change my perspective because of my past experience of being left out. People are smart, and know they will get into trouble for discriminating because of their race/skin color, so they pick on you and claim that your lazy, or bully you.

[@vivadream2337]

Why is America so worked up about where people come from?

[@dumbb6178]

Political reasons and racism, because it's really black vs white the validity of latinos and their race is being questioned.

[@Quetzalioshun]

Being Latino is being phenomenal. I love that ❤️💛🖤🤍🤎✊🏽✊🏾✊🏿✊🏼✊🏻

[@carmengeorgeweddings3906]

Many some of these stories break my heart.

[@armandovera2304]

Great video on Race within the latino culture. The variations of Latinos within the color spectrum of white, black and indigenous or a mixture of one or more races.

[@leonelpena4240]

Well it’s sad to say but we the Latinos communities are very racism I had never been discriminated by whites folks or blacks but I’m been discriminated by others latinos

[@rickyticky3350]

Thats what im saying

[@cybernasly7164]

This is dilemma for me every time I have to mark a box... my mom's side of the family look white... like red white a lot freckles , some are hazel eyes ... n my brother n i are light skin but not red white or pink lol so according to my mom's family my brother n I are light brown lol but for some people I'm white. Anyway I don't consider myself white. I'm mestizo, indigenous, European n probably black too. N i been telling my mom how we should embrace the fact that we are mix. It's hard for her to get rid of the concept in which she grow up where being white is better. But as times passes by I can see the improvement, she starting to recognize that our ancestors weren't just white n it makes me so happy. We all are equal, we are the human race.

[@ronnasears1608]

I was very touched by the last woman who spoke. She stated I'm not white enough or black enough to fit into mainstream society but that she could be a connector between the two groups, She said that within her, she is everything. I love her positive attitude and how she can be a catalyst for change.

[@Danny-fs1hk]

Cool & interesting segment

[@juanpablorobayo3437]

“I got all these crazy questions” Literally there were these girls in my school that asked me if we lived in trees. It only happened once but that’s because we all realized how stupid they sounded, a teacher gave them a look.

[@shawndalynne6448]

They are very beautiful people to me, I am black American. And to me Hispanic, or Latinos are the best of both worlds, but if we don’t go to the beginning where everyone has African descent in them. We will never grow as a race. Where my god created all of us in his image.

[@alexmarrufo4716]

I can relate to all the comments. Crazy, i always thought i was alone.

[@jonathandjing1065]

I agree with the last person speaking, one of the best things that happened to me being Latino is the fact that i could identify with whites and black around the world when traveling. I am native and European mix with blue eyes and brownskin color (never done a DNA test) The history of Latin America is quite interesting regarding races. My family is very diverse, pure whites and native mixed with a bunch of other races, whites mixed with blacks etc. When traveling around the world, you can get a sense of understanding from people from different races ( if you study ) lol. I always studied the history of blacks, whites, Middle eastern ppl in Latin America.

[@Sebastian-pn8sd]

Soy Mexicano y vivo en España y aquí se le dice “Latinos” a alguien que proviene de Latinoamérica, (desde Mexico hasta Argentina) no es tan difícil. Pero, no todos los latinos no tienen Hispano-descendencia, algunos Latinos son Luso o ítalo-descendientes (como en Argentina, Brasil, Uruguay, Venezuela...etc) ...Porque los EEUU lo hace muy complejo de entender? PD: que chingados es “LatinX”?

[@rainykuin]

AJAJAJ x2

[@victorh06]

brown people is our time feel proud of your roots

[@vishnuvardhan3047]

Whom are you referring to browns? Indians ( of Asia) are extremely proud of themselves. Ego is not good and brings destruction and indians must understand it

[@Rafael-yd4jj]

Ok

[@8475143117]

I am a very PROUD brown Disabled AMERICAN Veteran!!! AMERICAN in caps for emphasis....

[@liriohdelmontechaparro2299]

And this is why we don’t all speak the same language or understand people’s feelings or thoughts and I love it 🥰 our actions will always speaks for ourselves....

[@paolaviolet7]

I'm light and I'm Dominican my son is half white and he's very light , took me a long time to love being Latina Caribbean Dominican

[@edwinholcombe2741]

I'm not Republican nor a fan of Trump but I don't think there's an issue of American citizens or green card holders of Latino or Hispanic decent. The issue is with illegal immigrants of any ancestry (Asian, Europen or whatever) and it just so happens that the majority enter the US over the Mexican border. Every nation has the right to control illegal immigrants. So if you're a citizen, green card holder or have a current visa the issue isn't about you. I, for one, am admire the Latinos in the US and count them as American as the rest of US and welcome more Latino immigrant - but legal immigrants.

[@hansolodolo92]

i wached all the videos on here. asians on race, blacks on race, Latinos on race... and the thing we all have in common is being force to be something we not so one group of people will not attack us and accept us....wtf is wrong with that one group people

[@saintdavila5022]

Kid I know So let's unite

[@hansolodolo92]

i agree, we should

[@saintdavila5022]

Because at the end of the day all Latinos are more similar to each other culturally, ethnically and linguistically than we are to other races

[@hansolodolo92]

Facts, like if defending our selves hurt their feeling or something

[@crstl89]

Loved the ending. We are the embodiment of everything

[@Californiansurfer]

I work in Michagan, Indiana , kentucky and Carlonia and presetly working in Waxahachie texas. I have been working out here three years and broken alot of stereotypes. I am proud of being Mexican american. It's funny when working in the south, they ask if I am from india or asian because I speak perfect english. they don't see Mexican Americans speak good english. I have made so many friends in the south that I can move there if I wanted... We need to go south and realize we are all human. They call me Latino Asian... I love it.... I am from Downey Ca

[@AlaskaPowerBottom]

When filling out forms that included a section for indicating my racial identity, I would always check "other." :S

[@serserser6666]

My race is human. I was born in this planet!!

[@selvaggiaaguillon925]

Human is a species

[@jamesroman8779]

+Emi Rowen human is a race

[@sapointi]

stfu annoying white boy go away

[@el.alexillo6915]

no its not

[@christopheraparicio4482]

I say that ll the time.

[@madreus]

I'm Latino, I'm brown, came to the us at 18. Never understood seeing your place of origin as a complex for other Latinos. Maybe it's the way I was raised or the environment I grew up in but I never let it stop me. Wish the best to everyone, you're too smart to be your only obstacle.

[@pedroperez236]

Be proud of your culture and yourself I speak and understand 3languages I'm Spanish my family has been here since 16hundreds I'm here to stay

[@valentinar8362]

I, a guatemalteca, apologize for that dude with glasses, whos also guatemalteco, for saying that a lot of us want to be white.

[@137_Diego_]

I think what the blue shirt guy meant by saying that "they want to be white" is not that latinos desire to be caucasion but rather many are brainwashed into wanting to have the "Americanized" or "European" features. Either to fit in or be seen as more desireable/upper class. Like wanting lighter complexions, colored eyes, thinner noses, no accents, etc etc. Or like with the mom's daughters who bicker over who had darker skin and hair. It's the reason many people choose to get the fake hair, buy expensive clothes, get the operations done and pretend to be someone they are not. It's sad that the media, fashion and movies hage chosen to highlight/promote certain aesthetics, causing a deep seeded psychological image conflict among many of our people. Which is why inclusion and fair representation is important. People need to know they are seen as beautiful/desireable too but the higher ups would rather stick to the same cut and paste material. And people also need to stop perpetuating over rated features while simultaneously placing them on a pedestal. It's unhealthy and unfounded. I love love LOVE brown and black skin, curvy figures, black hair and deep brown eyes but until all media catches on, they will just be seen as common. When they are clearly anything but...

[@sabrinnamena9607]

omg, watching this four years later. but 5:33 i resonated with. i have these white friends who one time were comparing how pretty their eyes and hair color looked when the sun it them. when it came to addressing my dark brown eyes and hair in comparison to their blue/green eyes and light brown/blonde hair i felt immediately out of place. and to this day whenever i am with them, as a less white looking person, i feel like they know/assume that my color is less appealing to their standards of beauty.

[@zumbagirly72]

Great video

[@pbuckets9242]

I can totally relate my dad was white European ancestry and my mom was Mexican American almost black in color I grew up around nothing but Latinos and African Americans in south Texas and was treated horrible for my white last name even tho I’ve always known I was Latino I would say 70% of the community accepted me as Latino and 30% ridiculed me. It brought me alot of pain. But I’m proud to be Latino and will always identify as Latino.

[@WingstopGoy]

As somebody who grew up in south Texas too and is considered Hispanic, but in reality am just a Spanish and Irish mix I found most other Spanish people wanted nothing to do with me, and while I was never a "white kid" I was closer than a "Mexican"

[@markgieljoumie]

In Cape Town South Africa we have about exactly the same on going issues. We are what you could call a little bit of just about every race on the planet. It might change in 200 years or maybe it will never. Once upon a time I was not white enough for certain opportunities, now I’m not black enough. The one day your fighting white oppression, the next day it’s black oppression. Having said all that, I think it’s still harder to be black.

[@zan752000]

It's 4 years later, this needs to be updated.

[@asiachavez1789]

I’m a quarter native Mexican (Cora tribe) and when people ask what I am I usually say Mexican, or Mexican and white, or I say “my dads Mexican and my moms white”. Is it wrong/ misleading to say that since my percent is kinda small ? I grew up with a somewhat strong influence of Mexican culture because I was surrounded by my more Mexican family and feel very connected to it. It’s just easier to say Mexican than it is to go into what percent I am of each ethnicity. On my white side I’m like a billion different ethnicities in very very small percents and out of all of my ethnicities I’m mostly Mexican

[@Drehirth]

This feels weird to watch... I got made fun of by other Hispanics because I didn't speak Spanish (parents didn't want me growing up with an accent and made fun of like they were), and said I was too white and can't be one of them.

[@SebastianLake-mu7br]

Those Hispanics aren’t actually Hispanic they are Anglo’s they speaking English as their native language and grew up in an Anglo country called USA, they didn’t grow up in a Hispanic country like Equatorial Guniea the only Spanish speaking country in Africa!

[@Ana-zt4cn]

My whole life and I still don’t know if Spain is considered Hispanic/Latino

[@anaclara-wi4mm]

Ana Spain is just a hispanic country, but not a Latin American country. Thats pretty obvious, dude, Spain is in Europe.

[@renatomacchi2195]

You didn't read my posts this is why you don't know. Spain is Hispanic and Latin. (Latin because when you write or speak in English it's Latin and not Latino). Spain is also Latin because they were colonized by the Romans and they speak Spanish which is a Latin language. They also have Roman based laws and Christian Catholicism, requirements to be considered Latins. www.mexica-movement.org

[@Ana-zt4cn]

Renato V. Macchi Sr. So would you call a spanish person Latino/a

[@renatomacchi2195]

@@Ana-zt4cn Yes 100%. These are the Latins (Latinos, Latinas is Spanish plural): Italians, French, Romanians, Portuguese and Spaniards. Everything Latin be it the Latin people, the Latin Language and the Latin Culture all comes from Roman Italy.

[@jz5490]

Ana no latín and Latino is not the same. Latino refers to someone from Latino America only.

[@Zulu369]

The last speaker was phenomenal!

[@prodigalsun1069]

An excellent group of statements. Be proud to be Latino!

[@robertcoca582]

Be proud of being latino .it's awesome

[@firstlast9813]

As a black person, we like Latinos. Y’all cool people fr. I don’t know why there’s so much hate. Can’t we all just get along?

[@graycat7704]

Not until Latino countries start to talk about the colorism in there countries. At the end of the day everyone is mixed It’s about passing off that’s the problem in these countries.

[@nate-ox5lw]

Everyone hate us latinos 😢

[@jakeross9805]

“You look like a white dude” Yes because your white genius ! Lol Then the white Puerto Rican black nationalist. Lmao

[@kristencalderon94]

Needed to see this. Es verdad.