Ariana Brown - "Dear White Girls in my Spanish Class" @WANPOETRY

[@poeticlovee]

“Tell how does it feel to take a foreign language for fun...to owe your history nothing?” Wow!!!!!!! 👏🏾🙌🏾

[@memeosaurusrex3382]

I had no words for this feeling until right now!

[@road_king_dude]

Literally makes no sense

[@dianegaile]

I'm sorry but I love that beginning Ariana: "new shit" crowd: "NEW SHIT!!" lmaooo

[@phee_lon]

"The languages I speak are bursting with blood, but they are all I have" "How does it feel to take a foreign language for fun.." I feel you...

[@revi.talose.8643]

Bro it’s a fucking language class, she’s not taking selfies at Auschwitz

[@flamelover1746]

I took it cause ya can't graduate otherwise. I already learned Telugu at home, but that doesn't count I guess.

[@legacythornton188]

"don't you know I had to fight for this; for each scrap of culture I could get my hands on even if its lineage is as European as yours."

[@flz9231]

Hispanics and Latinos are also Europeans. Somewhere along our lines we have European blood , so her entire poem is stupid and racist.

[@uwuchan4662]

She didn't fight for it her ancestors did. Stop acting like you lived through the past.

[@xxxjayxxx643]

F Lopez and then you ask yourself why that is? why is it we’re the race that comes in every color, look back at that history will ya.

[@LoneRaijin88]

F Lopez such an empty and inane response from a mind that isn’t really listening. At that point of the poem she’s referring to the Spanish language and culture being that of European decent so why is it that it’s treated different and looked down upon when white people now in days have European decent (just like we do) from their colonial ancestors, that raped and pillaged native Americans and stole the land they forcefully made their own, may I add.

[@revi.talose.8643]

This sentence is entirely flawed :)

[@margaritatorres4073]

She’s in Spanish class because she doesn’t know Spanish. She feels ashamed that she doesn’t speak Spanish even though she is Latina. This poem is about her shame and frustration that she cannot speak the language either and wishes she didn’t have the expectation of knowing the language. She feels like she owes it to her culture, her people to know the language. While other people who are not Hispanic and trying to learn Spanish, they don’t have that pressure to be perfect. They don’t have the pressure to be obligated to know the language. Latinos who don’t know Spanish are made to feel ashamed that they don’t know it by other latinas who are fluent. I think that this is what it’s about.

[@brendarodriguez6073]

Margarita Torres I like your interpretation.

[@Marinaaduran]

Hit the nail on the head and all these people in the comments trying to make it about themselves

[@purplesun5383]

quiflington I don’t agree with your statement saying that we only need to know English because language isn’t learned just to communicate with one another but is part of a diversity of cultures across the globe. It is good to know more than one language besides English because understanding other cultures helps us connect with one another.

[@bethpetersen580]

So she has to attack another race. In order to express that?

[@flz9231]

Margarita Torres great way to put it. On top of that she is racist so this fuels to the racist poem

[@sarahnevares1504]

"Spanish is not my native tounge. English is not my native tounge. The languages I speak are bursting with blood, but they are all I have...", that hit home.

[@danielavelasco2788]

I am mexican and I'm grateful for this. Thank you, Ariana; eres más mexicana que algunos de nosotros y México y el mundo necesitan más gente como tú.

[@fatheadsnake]

Lluvia Vos sos una pocha y vos sabés esto. Si no vas a identificar como una Americana como de los que han vivido antes de vos...vos podés regresar a America Latina pues.

[@danielavelasco2788]

Lazlo Erm... No entendí ni una sola palabra de lo que escribiste, literal nada, sólo eso de que regrese a América Latina jajaja. Dude, nunca dejé de vivir en América Latina, que sepa inglés no significa que sea una pocha 😂😂😂

[@fatheadsnake]

Lluvia Lo siento. He pensado que sos una Chicana. Pero tengo una pregunta por vos? Porqué vos apoyás esta boluda weona? Cuando el gente viene acá a los EUA, tienen que asimilar. Yo no apoyo los personajes que se burlan los inmigrantes nuevos porqué de sus acentos

[@danielavelasco2788]

Lazlo La estoy apoyando porque es digna de mi apoyo. Tú te estabas burlando de mí hace una hora porque asumiste que vivía en Estados Unidos, sólo por saber inglés, ¿Pues qué crees? También hablo francés y japonés, ¿Eso me hace asiática o europea?... ¿Qué es lo que me quieres preguntar? Quieres invalidar su argumento cuando ni siquiera tienes uno, cuando ni siquiera sabes formular uno. No sé si no hablas tanto inglés y no pudiste entender la finalidad de su poema, pero yo no pienso burlarme de ti por ello. El punto es que ella está orgullosa de sus raíces y está luchando por formar parte de México; mi país. En sí esa parte del mensaje es digna de mi respeto y debería también ser digna del tuyo. La cosa es, que ella no se detuvo ahí, se rebeló contra todas las personas estúpidas que creen que pueden burlarse de una cultura/idioma sólo porque les gusta sentirse superiores, algo que a los gringos les encanta hacer. Así que ahí lo tienes, ahí están mis razones, si es que las querías escuchar.

[@fatheadsnake]

Lluvia Soy un Turco. Pero mi familia se han mudado a los EUA cuando era un niño. Este país es mi vida, mi hogar, el amor de mi vida. Cuando oigo estés Latinos llamándose “oprimido”...me da cringe. Los oportunidades que este país les dan son Gran. Yo no quiero crear enemigos contigo. Yo creo que tenés una corazón puro. Pero apoyando una latina que tiene el brainwash, no va ayudar nada

[@lizgarcia215]

To the people feeling a need to justify themselves- poetry, expressive poetry like this is only personal to the writer. Quit making it seem like she was coming for your throat (and if it feels like that, then maybe reflect and ask yourself if you could’ve done better, if not, then just move on). She’s expressing her feelings in a way that should be respected, so please stop drowning the comments. It was a beautiful poem, and an important message.

[@kaheyanash7305]

"The languages i speak are bursting with blood, but they are all i have." goosbumps.

[@sabislashie2912]

Shes racist

[@perthrockskinda2946]

Both the languages she speaks were brought to the Americas by White European Colonialists. I am 100 percent White European born and raise in Europe. Both English and Spanish are originated as White European Languages and I think it is ASHAME that historically European languages wiped out native Languages. I think it is ashamed that she take pride in a Language that was given to her ancestors by Colonists. She should not worry about learning Spanish but keeping the native Languages of her Ancestors alive and learning a language from her Ancestors.

[@MayaCursus]

@@perthrockskinda2946 As someone who’s family is native, is literally impossible to learn unless you go live there. There are no tools for us to learn, no Duolingo or any online sources for us to properly learn the language of our ancestors. As much as we would like to learn the original language of our people, Spanish is all we have to communicate with our family back in our parents’ country.

[@golpari021]

I just want to hug her and hold tight and give whatever relief i can. I weep for her lose of indigenous culture

[@LEXIELOLOLOLOL]

I think this was beautiful, I, myself, am not Latina but have great respect for the language and culture of Latin America, so much I’m learning the language myself. Even though I am a white American, it bothers me greatly seeing others degrading this beautiful language and not taking it seriously, I’ve read some comments and I think we must look closer and deeper than at the word “white”, we obviously know people of different races and nationalities can act that way, I see this poem as that, she’s speaking to all of those who try to demean the strong roots grounded in Spanish and the cultures of different Latin American countries + Spain. I think this was very, very great & I’m glad I had the opportunity to listen to it.

[@peaperxni5807]

Lily Cannon im sorry but this is fuckin dramatoc asf, its not just spanish so please stop trying to find reasons for people goin after you

[@LEXIELOLOLOLOL]

Okaymxl Um what the hell are you talking about?? No one is going after me, I spoke my real opinion of it. And whatever you said did not resonate with me because it doesn’t make sense. Enlighten me please

[@lolgurl141]

Lily Cannon Thank you

[@lolgurl141]

Okaymxl wow stop looking for reasons to be mad abd making a fool out of yourself.

[@LEXIELOLOLOLOL]

lolgurl141 Nah I didn’t make a fool of myself, I spoke my true opinion.

[@gilliangarcia3530]

I showed my mom this video, and I'm honestly so happy i was shown this in class. If it wasn't for this video my mom wouldn't understand what i chase after when i speak to her about wanting to learn our native tongue. Nawat and Nahualt. Those are my peoples language. I want to save it by learning it. so i thank you for giving me the chance to express this and knowing I'm not alone.

[@renthehag]

I’m half white and half Puerto Rican, and I have always felt like a pretender within my own culture. I had to take Spanish class in high school, too, and I remember not being able to use my name because we had to pick “Spanish” names for conversation practice - my name is a boy’s name in Spanish, but it’s still Spanish. It was my name. Thank you for putting words to some of my own experience.

[@sint0xicateme]

Damn. Goosebumps. Preach.

[@kaylamontalbano8283]

preaching stupidity?

[@flz9231]

Bolsheviki this black girl is racist.

[@sabislashie2912]

Shes Racist

[@revi.talose.8643]

Quick to assert

[@revi.talose.8643]

same with you booboo

[@Nouranbha]

The way she writes is so powerful it makes me want to listen to more of her poems

[@av5829]

Attention everybody in the comments, don’t get barred up SHE AINT TALKING ABOUT YOU OR YOUR SITUATION. This is her piece and her opinion , she’s not speaking bad about any of you. Take it for what it is. It’s a beautiful price of poetry take it for what it is and have perceptive.

[@king_loser94]

Fuck man i felt this in every bone and cell in my body. Proud of my roots. My people beautiful, brown and strong. Somos los hijos del maiz🇲🇽🇲🇽🇲🇽✊🏾✊🏾

[@kmichaeljoseph6529]

Thank you so much, Ariana. I, too, am seeking scraps from a heritage I can’t find and a language that hasn’t yet taken me back. You spoke deeply to me. Muchas gracias, hermana.

[@legacythornton188]

"how does it feel to take a language class for fun; to owe your history nothing."

[@murphy12]

Language is a required class

[@diamondmax5141]

taking a forgien language class is required

[@craigmcintosh2381]

Those who gave this video a thumbs down are the same basic white chicks who laugh in the class.

[@shaneikiyasteel7073]

"So afraid she barred her first language between blood and bone"...she also said how she could only chase her history in one direction and how she has to reach out in another only to watch kids of the very race that imprisoned both set of her ancestors make fun of said language.... all the snaps! My heart girl!

[@gympo3301]

"Muh wypipo bad" ~ The poem

[@tenleyj9354]

I may be white, but my ancestors have a similar story to yours. My grandmother tried to run away from school many times because the other kids made fun of her for not speaking English. (She was Czech) Her family struggled to join America just has yours did. Just because someone is white doesn’t mean they don’t have a story like yours. Yours is rich and beautiful. Ours are too.

[@haleyhernandez9505]

Tenley J 🙌🏻🙌🏻

[@gabym.t6635]

wow, you two are pretty stupid, just because she's talking about her story doesn't mean she disregarding yours, morons

[@tenleyj9354]

Gabriela Melendez Excuse me for being unclear. I was replying to a surge of comments, not the actual poem.

[@user-ee7kb6sf5g]

Gabriela Melendez she literally said white Americans weren't special "basic American whiteness" 🤔 as if we don't have ancestral culture. As if I'm not also descended from slaves. I have a ancestral language I can't speak, a culture I've never been exposed to. It's the plight of being brought up in America. Let's all stop making unfounded generalizations maybe we'll get somewhere

[@tenleyj9354]

Wanheda 23 Thank you.

[@jordanmcentyre1995]

Three words. Two. Language. Credits.

[@kittitas18]

I cannot get enough of this extraordinary poem. Prolific artist!!! The world needs more peaceful confrontations such as this!!! Understand, understand, understand, as mush as you possibly can understand.

[@BNPerez-cf1eu]

if you are commenting about how hypocritical and racist she is then you don't know the depth meaning of her poem. clearly for those who didn't listen (which is the majority of the comments) you guys need to listen to her words repeatedly until you understand the real deep meaning. Don't just go based on what you hear. Listen and then think about it and reflect on it.

[@kittyLseay]

Briana Perez I'm 8 nationalities I here racism all sround and come from numerous believe background economic classes and political views I know what she's saying and understand and she's wrong

[@Sophias__]

It’s poetry and there’s more than one right interpretation for it. If other people see it differently, that’s okay. I get it if you’re saying it in the context of people ignoring what she’s saying and pulling at empty conclusions, but someone can have an entirely different perspective and that doesn’t mean they didn’t listen.

[@c.v.3025]

Briana Perez but thing is that it is pretty racist directing this to only white girls. Heck I’m white... but I’m also Hispanic. Ecuadorian and Dominican. A mix of the people who speak classic Spanish and such an interpretation that they’ve made Spanish their own,(kinda like Cubans, and people should really stop associating the two, Cubans and Dominicans are not the same), what if this was directed at me? What if I was in her class? I think the word mofongo is funny. Cause although it’s a Spanish dish, I think it sounds funny. I laugh a bit, I tell my friends, they laugh, she sees and sees that me, a white girl does this causes her to feel so offended she does this. Como... γιατί?

[@c.v.3025]

melonwater ss14 and I did listen. And I don’t need to go into deep philosophical thought to call bs when I hear it

[@Sophias__]

Cristina Varela I’m not really sure if you read what I wrote

[@holagataeang]

This brought tears to my eyes. Not with sadness, but with pride. This was amazingly powerful!

[@lillyolivia9253]

We have a French foreign exchange student in my French class and I love and respect French culture and I love her as a person, but I get so intimidated when I have to speak French in front of her because I feel like she’s just automatically cringing at every word I say so sometimes I get quiet while I speak and then I laugh or I’ll say it EXTRA wrong so at least she KNOWS that I KNOW that I’m wrong and most times she just laughs with me

[@ronpotts6385]

My mother's parents were Spaniard, Mexican and Native American. My dad's parents were English all the way through. My dad didn't want my brother and I learning Spanish, yet we would get little doses of it from my maternal grandma, some of it decidedly R-rated. When I was 7, Dad left us suddenly, just filed for divorce without a reason. Flash forward to tenth grade, and I'm struggling my way through Spanish 1, when I could have been fluent by then. I took my required two years, followed by two more in college. By then, I was having so much fun with it, I changed my major from pre-journalism to Spanish halfway in. Two years later, I graduated with a B.A. in Spanish and a minor in English. A year later, I earned my secondary teaching credentials to teach both subjects. I eventually stopped teaching because, well, how kids are today, but I can translate texts for people, interpret speech, watch a Spanish movie with no subtitles, read a novel without a dictionary, etc. The greatest compliment I've gotten in my life is the few times I've been asked "De que parte eres? "Which part (of Mexico) are you from?". Take that, Dad...

[@YTuser854]

😁POWER

[@izzyg.1933]

Your poem was beautifully written, but i would really like to point out that the girls on your class were most likely laughing at themselves, not your language or ancestry. when people mispronounce things and feel like they look stupid (as they probably do look stupid to native spanish speakers) they like to make fun of themselves. And while they probably took spanish because it’s easier, you shouldn’t assume that they had racist intentions with that. Spanish is easier for native english speakers to learn. A lot of the words have similar roots and the pronunciation of spanish for the most part is very straight forward.

[@aisme19]

None of the native spanish speakers I've encountered have been as judgemental about proper pronunciation and proper grammar as we (the native English speakers) are in the U.S. Many times I've used incorrect verbs and such, but the people I spoke to never criticized or ridiculed me, in fact they were very encouraging. Also in my experience (4 years of high school spanish classes at 5 different high schools), roughly half the kids who choose to take spanish instead of French at lower level classes are taking it because it's commonly seen as a "blow-off" class. This results in many students' complete lack of effort in learning the course material, the main idea expressed in this poem.

[@LifeIsGoodYouShouldGetOne]

she’s right tho. i’ve experienced white people making fun of spanish too. i tried to teach my white boyfriend a new word and guess what? he said it sounded like “some curse shit” and laughed. it pissed me off, so now i won’t be trying to teach him anything 🤷🏻‍♀️

[@nightlasagna9022]

Izzy Yeah I am in German ( very white) and "white giggling girls" are here too , they have nothing to do with the culture

[@hacelynnicole6328]

Izzy really don’t take this personal but how would you know the “White girls” in her class aren’t laughing at our native language and sure some laugh at themselves but not all and I’m sure you aren’t in her Spanish class to have witnessed this or have a say in this situation.

[@izzyg.1933]

Hacelyn Nicole I understand. In all honesty, I don’t really know for sure if that’s what happened, but judging by what she said in the poem, it sounds like she doesn’t know if that’s what they were doing either. She just sounds very assumptive of them, when there are a lot of possibilities in this situation. Of course, I could be wrong, but this is what i’ve seen in my own life.

[@Dino13]

This was so powerful. Thank you Ariana for putting the feelings of thousands of people in words.

[@anthonyomahony5931]

I'm white and English and I love spanish

[@perthrockskinda2946]

@@andybarrette682 Spanish was invented by white people!!!! It is white culture!!!

[@anagutierrez4448]

I was on tik tok and had to come look for the whole thing

[@alondradiaz5904]

Currently in a situation where I need someone to understand this

[@ericahoffmann5624]

I’m a mixed kid. Half Mexican, half White. It sucks because in Spanish class I try my very best so that one day I can speak to my cousins with confidence, but if I struggle, everyone says it’s because I’m “too white for this class”.

[@ewblacksheep]

Erica Hoffmann Screw 'em. Most kids in Spanish class are underachievers who take Spanish because it's technically the easiest to learn coming from English, and not because they have any vested interest. Props to you for having a goal and the drive to learn a whole language. I hope to be as dedicated as you.

[@displayname9445]

Erica Hoffmann Mexican isn’t a race it’s a nationality so you’re not “half Mexican”. Spanish is also a white language so those kids are dumb

[@giannism6875]

@unqualified actually French is easier for English speakers to learn, and no most people take Spanish in America because it’s the most useful and wide spread among foreign language options.

[@saraygarcia6321]

girl what Mexican isn’t a race you’re full white😭

[@saraygarcia6321]

Minnie Minosa are u really saying Spanish is better spoken by white people girl gtfo karen

[@jennamiller8154]

SHES NOT RACIST SHE DON'T KNOW SPANISH AND SHE IS BEING SHAMED BY HER FAMILY YALL SHES NOT RACIST SHES SPEAKING FACTS

[@fatalien7857]

White girl that laughed her way through Spanish class here. It was a required course, full of people who were already fluent in the language that'd mock me every time I'd get called on. Every time we had a class presentation I'd do anything I could to get out of it. Not because I didn't want to learn, but because I was tired of getting harassed for not having the proper accent, constantly being told the culture and language aren't for me, when I didn't ask to be put there in the first place. I had to start laughing at myself, to drown out the kids laughing at me. Just a bit of insight, since I doubt you ever talked to those basic white girls. Maybe they weren't special enough?

[@tai-mx8ju]

Fat Alien homegirl, are you seriously comparing taking a required foreign language course to hundreds of years of forced assimilation that the poet was expressing had removed her from an important part of her heritage and culture that she now cannot identify with? please shut the fuck up, miss white girl.

[@ellierm9871]

tai ! Lmao what how did she compare ? She was talking bout her experience.

[@maemaeh707]

tai ! She’s literally talking about her experience. Not someone’s background or past discrimination. Shut up, Miss black girl.

[@gj4cky]

pretty sure she wasn’t talking about specifically you. it was more about others she knows that did that, just letting you know. (:

[@paisleywood5781]

tai ! Idk Maybe she was just sick of being harassed for her race. It doesn’t matter who you are that is not acceptable or okay. not every white person is a horrible racist physcopath. When you take away the black or white or Mexican or whatever in front of he people. You just get people. We are all just people. All of us need to stop viewing other human beings as enemies. Personally, I view myself as a kind person but I also happen to be white. And because of that, I am viewed as racist and ignorant. But I didn’t do anything. People who look like me did. And it’s not fair that people make whole videos generalizing my entire race. I understand the pain that she felt and I appreciate the emotional complexity of the poem. But I’m just sick of everyone assuming whitegirls are uncultured ignorant and bratty rich kids.

[@fabiennevlcan-sparks7445]

This is beautiful. It brought me to tears. Ariana Brown, you without a doubt have a future ahead of you in poetry if you want it. I get frustrated with how little effort the other people in my Spanish class give but didn't have the words for it. My grandmother was Mexican, but she was taken from her mother and given to a white family in the US because she looked "white enough." With a British father I look extremely white but having lived in heavily Mexican areas and having Mexican blood it pains me any time I can't pronounce a word in Spanish, so it makes my blood boil hearing others not even try. Thank you for writing this poem, though I suppose you won't see this message.

[@bigwingboy2748]

I will say that a lot of people "laugh as they speak the language" not because they're making fun of the language, but because they're scared of getting it wrong, so they figure if they act like they're not trying, it won't hurt as bad when they're criticized. I remember being shamed for trying to speak spanish in Highschool, and got laughed at by Spanish girls i KNEW were mocking based on what little vocabulary and slang i'd picked up from where i lived, and it discouraged me from even trying to learn the language seriously for years. I only came back to it recently, and have been trying my hardest because I'll be meeting my best friend's Puerto Rican parents soon who can't speak english, and I want to address them in the language they are most comfortable with myself without my friend having to translate out of pure respect. So before people go and assume the white kids in class are making fun of their culture, it would be nice if people paid attention also to the people who are afraid of being mocked for trying something different. I will also acknowledge however, that for people in High School in the US a foreign language class is required, and so they take it because they have to--and therefore some will disrespect the language not because of the language, but because of the class. Seldom have I seen it stretch beyond that.

[@animezae]

"Why are you here?" hit so deep. This is amazing.

[@ChestersonJack]

I’m a white girl taking Spanish because I know it’s such a commonly spoken language and its the language some Americans are more comfortable speaking. I want people to feel as comfortable as possible. They shouldn’t have to accommodate me; I want to take the effort to accommodate them. I hope that’s alright. I try really hard to be respectful, and it seems to be paying off. My teachers and classmates tell me I have really good pronunciation, I hope they’re right. My only issue is I can’t roll my R’s. I’m still trying though,

[@tristanneal9552]

As long as you are respectful and kind, you have nothing to worry about. Learning a language is difficult and it's important to be able to laugh at yourself while you struggle with pronunciations, same as with any difficult activity. As long as those laughs aren't used to attack other people then who cares if someone takes offense? Also, it's just my opinion but I think if you accommodate them, they should have to accommodate you as well, just seems right.

[@flz9231]

Chesterson Jack you have not need to explain yourself to a racist bigot like this black girl reading the poem. Hispanics make fun of other Hispanics even in our accents and no ones acting like they stuck a broom up their ass. Trust me , I am Hispanics and in no way is it offensive for a white person to have difficulties with Spanish or have fun trying to speak it.

[@gregDino32]

@James Santiago It goes both ways though.

[@gregDino32]

@James Santiago However I agree with most of what you said.

[@coaxoch3050]

@@flz9231 its heartbreaking that as a fellow latino u did not understand her point. she wasnt bashing white people at all she was speaking on her personal experience and contrasting her situation to theirs. she didnt say ONCE that it was offensive to mispronounce things

[@jadeandboots4083]

being only a quarter latina and looking like the most basic white girl i love embracing my hispanic roots and i take spanish to feel close to my ancestors and my great grandmother who came to new york in a boat from chile and no one has ever captured how i feel about spanish class so perfectly because it’s so much more than just some credits that i need it’s part of my past i crave to know

[@elissa7948]

Dear Ariana, Us white girls are trying. We don’t laugh because of the language or the heritage. Spanish is the class I struggle through the most. I stumble over words and mess up conjugations. I’m a mess and I laugh at myself for it. I knew going into it, that it was going to be one of the hardest classes I would take. I don’t laugh because of the culture of the words. I laugh because I can’t get them right, and am so impressed with the people who manage to speak two. We are trying our best Thanks

[@anagutierrez4448]

Woooow so so much power

[@casimira7370]

So where does that leave me..half white and half mexican?? So because I was pronouncing things incorrectly ad was ignorant when I first attempted to learn that makes me racist? Cultually Insensitive? Let me tell you something, I had no idea from school how beautiful the mexican culture was. I grew up with a divorced family. My mother was lower income, white. My father mexican but didn't speak a drop of spanish. I went to live with my grandmother who is from mexico. She showed me what the culture was, I learned spanish within 6 months. By immersion only. I took spanish class because it was required. They didn't teach about the beauty of the culture, they taught the alphabet and basic sight words and common phrases. You know what infuriates me the most? Because of people like you, who demand perfection in any attempt to speak the language my, father never learned, neither did my brother or sister. They were to scared, to embarrassed of being made fun of or repremanded for not speaking correctly. So, their culture was lost. How about you stop generalizing all white people? If the tables were turned would it be okay to say all black people? All mexicans? I understand the concept of white privilege. But by generalizing and criticizing a whole group of people you are becoming the very thing you are battling against. 2 wrongs will never make a right. His load of garbage is hipocracy at its finest and most disgusting.

[@ceciliasoto4476]

Casi Mira she was referring in her poem to the people that don't try in her class. She makes it clear who she is directing this poem to.

[@gracymora1529]

Right so um are you one of the white girls in her Spanish class? Because if not this has nothing to do with you

[@casimira7370]

I'm saying that she is perpetuating ignorance with her criticism. People like her make other mexican people who don't speak perfectly not want to learn. I kow white people that really want to learn but nervously laugh at themselves because they are embarrassed. And yes I appear white and when I mispronounce something I laugh nervously. Because it's embarrassing. I'm not in HER class. But I'm speaking for all of those who have been ridiculed, told they aren't good enough to learn, dont speak correctly, "aren't mexican enough". What I want is this type of garbage to stop being spewed. That those of us with mixed races wouldn't feel like we don't belong. That it's okay for people to make mistakes as long as they learn and that they not be hated for it. That's my issue. If you have been I that spot you won't understand how much anger it causes. Cultures die out, languages die out when they aren't passed on. She doesn't own a language or how it is spoken. She is just like everyone else who had to learn. THIS IS HYPOCRISY.

[@danielavelasco2788]

Casi Mira I'm sorry but I don't think you understand her point. She takes spanish classes, just like you, she is trying, just like you. She's NOT talking about people like you, but about those girls who think the language is easy, as it is spoken by a lot of poor brown people, she's talking about people that don't give a shit about the language or the people but are mostly just killing time and laughing at the pronunciation. I'm not even half mexican, half something, I'm full mexican and I'm very very proud of her and her poem and I think you should be too.

[@danielavelasco2788]

Casi Mira And you know what? just a few moments ago a guy in this comment section was shamming me because I can speak english. He was calling me "chicana" and "pocha" that are used for people that have latin blood but prefer to deny it, which is funny as I am full mexican and I have lived in Mexico my whole life. Those are the kind of people you should be angry about, not people like her or like you, that can see the beauty of my culture, OUR CULTURE and are able to respect it, whether they have latin/mexican blood or not.

[@dam_it_dani]

My heart hurts at how much I know exactly what she’s speaking. My soul hurts because I wish you didn’t feel the same as me. Thank you so much for giving of yourself this much💗

[@amber-hm9cf]

okay can i just say, i don’t think they’re laughing because they think the language is a joke.. i think they’re just laughing because they are struggling with saying a word.... oh and they’re probably taking the class because they‘re required to take a language and they choose spanish over french because they would most likely use it... not because they think it’d be easy, learning a new language isn’t gonna be easy, no matter what language...!!!!! just saying lol please no hate i’m just expressing my feelings, as did she.

[@nimrode]

Amber Joslin you completely missed the point of her words.

[@jenniferphillips254]

Amber Joslin yeah i agree. i’m not laughing to be disrespectful, i’m laughing because i’m white and i sound like an idiot trying to pronounce these words

[@amber-hm9cf]

what was the point

[@delfs9103]

Tell do you know this "Whithe girls"? The ones she is talking about? I mean I rather believe the girl talking who actually know them than all of you who don't have any idea of this girls

[@beanieonedge8374]

nimrod She didn’t necessarily miss the point, she’s bringing up a part of the poem that didn’t sound right to her and said what she thought.

[@briannaroberson4767]

She said "dear white girls in MY Spanish class" so if you're not a white girl in her Spanish class and you're mad it's because you're just like the people she's talking about

[@bdlasagna]

this was ART!

[@kaylamontalbano8283]

Bee bullshit

[@flz9231]

Bee Absolutely Racist Trash

[@coaxoch3050]

@@flz9231 yall missed the point. she wasnt attacking ur precious white girls she was pointing out their privilege and contrasting their situations. its not racist at all LMAO

[@Jurnalist_]

Bang!

[@fluffypuppy0]

This was beautiful.

[@u.smarines1649]

One thing I have to say about white girls besides the fact that they are beautiful, but that they are willing to understand other cultures and their struggles, they are willing to try new things outside their own culture, they have a heart and genuinely care about others..and this coming from a Mexican American man.

[@lysmoriarty6818]

"do you think my grandmother's accent a sickness?" hurts me so bad. i am 3/4 mexican and 2 of my grandparents had very thick mexican accents, one of which was a grandmother who immigrated to america when she was 14. grown adults made fun of her for not knowing english. she never taught her children spanish. i have never heard her speak spanish once in my 23 years. for me, becoming fluent in spanish through school felt like a reclamation of the language that both of my mexican-american parents had been denied bc of their parents' desire to assimilate

[@tshegofatsom8891]

Amazing 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

[@itsbliss877]

gjaddajg just like your opinion

[@itsbliss877]

gjaddajg and so? I could've been rude and said shut the hell up but I didn't because I call it being civilized

[@kaylamontalbano8283]

it’s actually quite ignorant 😅 but i mean if it’s amazing to you then it is what it is

[@flz9231]

Tshego Maditsi racist 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

[@FordFocus-tc1rh]

I agree with some of these but a lot of these are rude or over generalizations. I’m white and Latino and I promise. White Americans are not un special.

[@tilly_tina]

I’m a white Latina too and it’s really hard to find someone like me that understands both sides

[@lizl2608]

Lucie this poem makes me so freaking upset with this generation. She is absolutely generalizing and interpreting things to fit what she wants. If she said didn't bring up race and only said the people who make fun of Spanish but take it it would make sense but this is utter crap

[@lizl2608]

Tilly Tina same here!

[@ceryxos732]

Maybe this is a problem in her Spanish class and she wrote about it? Sometimes writing is based off personal experience, y'know.

[@katoliveira2624]

Elizabeth Briggs agreed.

[@Niyahmiah]

I am carribean Latina .Thank-you so much

[@chanceryan7520]

It’s school. Kids goof off in school. If a word sounds funny and it makes someone laugh it isn’t disrespectful to the culture or the language it just simply sounds different. The kids in the back that goof off are not just white. There are kids from all races that goof off not because they are disrespecting a language but because they just don’t care to learn and are disrupting the class. Don’t condemn only the whites. Race has nothing to do with the disruption or disregard for the class it’s just kids being kids.

[@ChestersonJack]

Chance Ryan Good point. Half the guys goofing off in Spanish were the black/mixed boys.

[@Jcoolioioio]

k but she was talking specifically to the girls in her class

[@chanceryan7520]

Yes but she was generalizing them hence the word “white”. The poem says that the girls thought a word was funny and they laughed at it and in turn were disrespecting her ancestors by saying “they are a punchline”. The girls in the back were goofing off however it isn’t because they were white or because they were disregarding a culture but because they were being kids. They were not targeting her or the Spanish culture. Rudeness can’t be placed specifically on race.

[@brandiecaraker8854]

Two years ago I used to think Spanish was easy and let me tell you I learned my lesson and I have so much more respect for all my friends who can speak Spanish fluently... It's such a beautiful language and I really wish I paid more attention to the class and actually learned... And I'm sorry that I really thought that and I'm so happy that I changed and understand the beauty behind the language now

[@giannasansonetti7462]

i’m a white girl in a high school spanish class, and i am so in love with the language that i have set a goal for myself to become fluent by the time i graduate college. i appreciate and love hispanic culture so much. there are definitely people like this in my spanish class, and i can’t stand them. this poem is so amazing and impactful. i really hope one day people will understand the beauty, culture, traditions, suffering, and courage that this language represents 💞

[@hard_candy]

Jesus Christ, I have learned more from this channel in one hour than I have in the entire year I spent in History class in high-school.

[@carolinehitchcock204]

You were never a slave and I was never a slave owner.

[@maleenasworld3359]

Grace HC she’s a defendant of slaves

[@ldiggs818]

That just proves you didn’t listen 😂

[@ldiggs818]

Maleena's World *descendant

[@maleenasworld3359]

ThisUser IsACat autocorrect lol

[@Celldweller42]

She's chicana, not black dumbass

[@zainabamadahy9918]

I am so moved. Thank you.

[@yazudbrito-milian2928]

Ahhh I️ wasn’t prepared to cry this morning , incredible.

[@msteach3082]

This gave me chills.

[@WashashoreProd]

I would also suggest pointing out that Spanish is *literally not a foreign language in the US*. It's our country's second language.

[@beyonceschild]

WashashoreProd Spanish is not our language. English isn't even an official language of the USA so just stop.

[@ysabellawuthrich223]

Bunnie Buu If English isn’t an official US language then i dont know what the fuck is

[@displayname9445]

Ysabella Wuthrich The US doesn’t have an official language but most people speak English

[@racquelmariexo]

there’s no “official” language in the US because there is so much diversity but say if you go to Spain all they speak is Spanish and that’s their “official” language

[@alyssac5014]

pinkdimples msp Just because its diverse doesnt mean its not full of ignorant and racist people.

[@darlingm9967]

To anyone and everyone I wish everything and more and nothing else but the absolute best, you be the best version of yourself, you continuously better yourself especially in areas that needs some but don’t forget to appreciate what is, to love yourself and be content with your are and grow to be, because only you get to choose who you want to be now and and the person you become and be the best version of yourself and only yourself, AND NEVER afraid to ask for help when needed and doing and taking the time you need for yourself and be the best version of yourself. I wish everything great and more for and to anyone and everyone and nothing but the absolute best, thank you. Thank you for being here. I wish you great things, you strive for yourself thrive as yourself and continuously do great things but most importantly better yourself and I wish you a great life, and live great even when it’s rough, and thank you. Thank You. Thank You For Living.

[@akuabaryeh5181]

Why does she keep asking “why are you here” THEY ARE IN A SPANISH CLASS TO LEARN SPANISH. WHY WOULD YOU COME TO A SPANISH CLASS IF THEH DIDNT LIKE HISPANICS THEY CAN BE THERE IF THEY WANT TO. IF ONLY SPANISH SPEAKING PEOPLE WENT TO A SPANISH CLASS THEN NO ONE WOULD BE LEARNING ANYTHING

[@alyssaavila5105]

o_flamingo you're missing the point

[@auntyjasmine2566]

o_flamingo she's addressing people who have no respect for the language, culture and history

[@JFchougaze]

The point is mute. She doesn't like French?

[@jasminex6421]

Jasmine Butala im hispanic, and me accidentally saying a word wrong when i clearly dont even know how to roll my "r's" is offensive? people laugh because they dont want to be made fun of for saying it wrong, its not racist or disrespectful.

[@auntyjasmine2566]

pinkdimples msp You're right it's not racist or disrespectful but honestly I think her the "white girls laughing in Spanish class" is actually a metaphor for ignorant people in wider society (e.g. Donald Trump supporters who want to build the wall). I don't know for sure if that's what she means however I do know that in poetry sometimes you have to read in between the lines to understand where the person is coming from.

[@genesisg.3047]

That gave me chills so many times.

[@Alejandra-lm1nf]

You are making it such a big deal, like that litreally happens everywhere, im British but live in Spain and in English class everyone is laughing when it´s someones turn to speak in English!

[@gregDino32]

SOS de descendencia espanola?

[@gregDino32]

You didn't understand her poem entirely.

[@hxili]

I’m half Puerto Rican half white. I wanted to take French or YEARS but i took Spanish because I knew I had a better chance of learning and enjoying the language with the best of my ability. I think Spanish sounds so nice and one of my favorite singers has some Spanish in her songs I want to understand with out translating with my mom. I want to become fully fluent but I’m an incredibly shy person and being required to speak makes it so hard me stunting my ability. I’ve always been bitter that my mom didn’t teach my Spanish as a child, or at least a little, because I want to reflect where my parents come from and to just have that ability. I am still no wear near fluent, it’s only been 9 weeks since I started learning in school but I do not regret my choice. :) I hope this doesn’t come off the wrong way!!

[@mishatheewriter]

Incredible 👏🏾👏🏾

[@mishatheewriter]

Incredible 👏🏾👏🏾"what is it like to be a tourist in the halls of my shame, to not be expected to speak better than you do."

[@Afmedic85]

Misha Thomas There's always going to be someone better at skill than you in life. You would think people would realize this by now. She's just jealous. Hell I speak Spanish better than my husband who's half Mexican. His dad even agrees

[@kaylamontalbano8283]

bullshit

[@flz9231]

Misha Thomas incredibly racist👏🏾👏🏾

[@Anacaona4]

Growing up, a few decades ago, as part of the first generation in my family born and mostly raised in the U.S., I can relate to this poem. Growing up our parents made us speak English only, although our first words were Spanish which had turned into Spanglish. Their excuse was that it would make school difficult for us if we were bilingual. The reality was because they wanted us to pass as white, because with our fair skin we could. So brainwashed was I, that I believed that I was like everyone around me, a white American. One day we had to do a census or something at school. I had asked my parents, "What is race, what do I put down on the paper, what race am I?" They told me to put down white, so I believed that was what I was, and that was it, the whole truth. Then one year we moved to Arkansas. (father was in the U.S. military before I was born, he joined to escape the bad economy of our homeland) There I learned I was not who I had thought I was. It was the time I took my first Spanish class in middle school, and it started with a group of boys yelling at me on the playground...."What ARE you?", they would yell at me. Stunned, thoughts raced in my head. "What are they talking about? I'm just like them." I never answered them back. I was confused the whole rest of the day until I got home, and asked my mom what they were talking about. It was then my mom told me the truth. "They said that because you're Spanish, you're Puerto Rican." Well, I always knew we were Puerto Rican, but I never thought that meant we were different from any other American, I had no idea until then that people separated themselves by race or ethnicity until then. That was the beginning of a long journey to figuring out who I am, and learning what others thought who I am. I took another Spanish class in high school and learned the Spanish I grew up with is not the "correct" Spanish, but a dialect, and somehow because of that, it was "wrong", lesser, and would get me a zero every time I would use any words of that dialect in class. After a few months I dropped the class. I felt like I was being singled out there, and shamed for being a "lesser" person from the teacher who was (Castillian) from Spain Spanish. Ironically, I also learned that Spanish heritage people segregate each other by region, and by lightness or darkness of skin. I learned that my supposed "own people" did not consider me one of them because I grew up in the American culture and not theirs, I behaved, spoke, liked, and dressed "differently" from them. Apparently that made me whitewashed, and "a gringa" who will never be a "real" Puerto Rican. Then there were the Americans who now let me know I wasn't "one of them" either, because of my last name, and because now my Latina features have become more evident. I became a person without a people, accepted by no one, and that lonely, isolated feeling of not belonging anywhere and being an outsider is still with me. Funny enough, is that I subconsciously married a person with my similar situation, a half Vietnamese, half German American who never really felt accepted by any culture, and felt as an "outsider" himself. We found acceptance and belonging with each other, and together created a culture, identity, and people of our own in our own tiny little home with our four children.

[@thebird8133]

I'm sorry that I was required to take two years of a language I have no real experience with, that I sucked at, and was able to laugh at myself when I made a mistake.

[@coaxoch3050]

missed the point and made it about urself, typical white person thing to do.

[@GegeBegge]

@@coaxoch3050 now that is actually racist/sterotypical!

[@melanychinchilla2203]

girl stfu

[@morghann21313]

I come back a year or so later to see so much hate in the comments when this girl is pouring out her soul, one that at one point probably felt very lost. This was very beautiful and was hopefully a part of her own self discovery.

[@allisonbryant4802]

I’m a white girl who takes Spanish but I don’t insult it. I think the Mexican culture is amazing and I am not judging you if I pronounce something wrong. People in my state make more money if they speak Spanish so I am learning it.

[@Arimel09]

Tahoe Bryant just the Mexican culture? There are many Hispanic cultures other than Mexicans.

[@allisonbryant4802]

Arimel09 my mistake, I apologize. I didn’t mean to offend anyone.

[@SerratedMouth]

Tahoe Bryant I feel bad for you.

[@allisonbryant4802]

Hannah Li chill out.

[@allisonbryant4802]

DjPawz why?

[@latteicedchai]

incredible!!!

[@booboo3009]

I am white and I have Spanish in me I am fluent in the language it is actually my first language so this is so stereotypical but you did good

[@Илья-т1ц6н]

Boo Boo spanish is white european language.

[@Monica-vw5kf]

She did say that Spanish is European and it was Spanish people who brought it to America

[@johnkeithrobinson7399]

i like this poem keep up the good work

[@daniela1171]

theyre not making fun of our language lol they makin fun of themselves and the way they pronounce the language we fought so much for. but really it doesnt matter what reason youre in the class for, its really none of your business to ask.

[@daniela1171]

unless someone can sum it up for me better bc i really dunno very well the message but its coming off as someone getting nosy just for a spanish class. nonetheless i dont like the message but its p good good job

[@andreal.1035]

This brought me to tears. It put words to why learning Spanish in school has been so important yet painful to me, and why I just can't stand the people in my classes who don't take the language seriously. This language is the strongest tie I have to my family and my culture, and it's one I have to make myself because my grandmother's generation believed that if we only spoke English, things would be easier for us. My family has been shamed into not teaching us Spanish as children, yet when we grow up we are shamed for not learning it. I don't think other Latina girls know the hurt they cause when they say, "Seriously??? You're a Lopez and you don't speak Spanish?" I've been learning for 6 years. I'm trying, but you can't cram a lifetime of practice into 6 years. The non-Latino people in my life think my years of study are an accomplishment, but to me it's just the start of a grueling path towards acceptance that I can only hope to reach.

[@kylieroth9871]

Why does she think we are laughing at them. We are laughing at ourselves bc we are too dumb to pronounce the freakin word😂😂

[@izaiahthebeast6128]

I was not expecting that... but that was absolutely amazing!

[@Getout634]

I'm not hating but it wasn't my choice to take Spanish. I started learning norwegian in 5th grade and that's all I wanted to know. But it was a requirement to take it and all I can say is that it was my least favorite class because it just wasn't my thing. I have to take it again next year because you have to take 2 years of it.

[@Getout634]

Cat Wagner I am too😁

[@gregDino32]

You guys are really proud lol I actually have a friend thats mexican and Scandinavian ( literally , her dad is from Denmark and also has some Norwegian in him) and her mom is mexican American though.She speaks three languages .Nothing wrong with you guys .Norwegian women are beautiful btw lol.

[@gregDino32]

I kinda know how you feel , I am salvadorian American ,know spanish and I am trying to learn italian as my third language because it's in some ways similar to spanish but not many people speak it.

[@gregDino32]

In the midwest alot of whites are of Scandinavian descent apparently.

[@jackslifeandtell.1284]

I’m crying over this , power

[@breezyhayes9786]

Im latina and this poem offended me. If she is trying to take down racism so bad why is she building more racism by being racist to white people?

[@ruredred]

I am a very brown, Hispanic man but I don't understand this type of self-pity and deep sense of victimhood.

[@Sweetie-jp1vg]

Well i am also brown, but i have experienced a hate crime. I got strangled almost death and beaten up bad for being Latina. I have also experienced racial slurs and microaggressions both at work and in public. When you have experienced racial trauma it is not self-pity or a victim. It's anger and sadness. It's PTSD. Art like poetry heals. We become victims to survivors when we reclaim our voice and power through expression via art.

[@melissahopper6009]

This is perfect. It’s so true its sad

[@tristanneal9552]

>Criticizes white girls for making fun of her accent and culture. >Immediately proceeds to make fun of "basic" American accent, denigrate their culture as "not special", and personally blame them for the actions of their ancestors. Seriously this is why people hear this and think it's hypocritical and racist.

[@aubrina1016]

Tristan Neal gringo sit down

[@jaylenwilbourn2936]

Italya Saiz LOL 😂 that cracked me up

[@aubrina1016]

Oppressive Straight White Male and you got your white privilege feelings hurt, sis POC have been called worse things for centuries now and when we complain, your kind tells us to get over it

[@aubrina1016]

Oppressive Straight White Male when were whites oppressed????? tell me??

[@fatheadsnake]

Oppressive Straight White Male Don’t forget the genocide, invasion & forced conversion to Islam, of Papuans, by Indonesians. Also, the genocide of the Chippewa by the Blackfoot tribes...I COULD GO ON FOR DAYS. This white privilege BS is just ughhh

[@evmilliner08861crpr]

I cried. Beautiful! Thank you for sharing ❤.

[@zezelindsey5237]

As a white person, I️m sorry for my ancestors, sorry for my friends and colleagues. This was amazing though.

[@frensplace5576]

Why are you sorry? As a Mexican, you don’t need to apologize for anything. What? Am I going to apologize for El Chapo bringing in drugs and violence to the US but mostly Mexico just because I’m Mexican?

[@kristiandubois4758]

L.A. Classical Liberal Yes!!!! fucking finally! Honestly I am so TIRED of the race bullshit, it should be a non issue at this point. We don't have any responsibility for what our ancestors have done! we dont even have responsibility in any possible shitty things our parents do or have done.My father is an egotistical, alcoholic, abusive racist and I WILL NEVER APOLOGIZE for HIS actions, because MY ACTIONS are what matter. And I stood up to him even though it meant getting my ass beat, and cut him out of my life a long time ago..... just as it is now nobody in our generation needs to or should feel the need to apologize for something we had no part in! Our job is to act and BE different and better! Not sob about the past and try to seek validation from those who have ANCESTORS who were wronged in horrible ways by people we never knew and didn't condone the actions of. As long as WE are good people, caring, and aren't racist ourselves than why this white guilt bullshit. it's ridiculous. If people would stop fesding into the "hype" (not best word to use but it's early lol thats what I got) that racism is and was, becoming worse and worse. we aren't guilty of any of the history.... emoathize and understand ..... sure. But I beliebe that racism is so alive this day in age because ppl don't wanna seem to understand these points of view.....

[@skeletoncliquemember5077]

Cupcakegirl P I don’t think you need to apologize for other people

[@emily-qn1sq]

I am also white and I know what it’s like to feel ashamed of your race ashamed of your heritage. Every race has a history that comes with it and none of them are entirely pure. I am a hypocrite for saying so but never be ashamed of your heritage. It is who you are and thousands of people over millions of years have come together to make your own unique heritage. Have pride in your heritage for it is what has made you and instead of being ashamed of the past, pioneer the future to be better.

[@breannaharper4094]

emily as a person of color, you restore my faith in humanity. Media and people who have something to gain try so hard to put us in boxes and separate us from loving one another. Agendas are being pushed at any given reach. I think your pretty awesome

[@vickiefenton8349]

To all the people nitpicking this poem just shut up. It’s her poetry she can do whatever the hell she wants with it!! so instead of bagging on her for being ‘racist’ why don’t you write your own poetry since ur such a critic?? Plus this poem is obviously from personal experience so her viewpoints aren’t gonna match up with urs

[@leximowell3190]

I normally do not comment but this poem has really affected me. I took Spanish as a freshman and I fell in love with the language and the culture. Now that’s what I wanna do with my life I want to be a Spanish interpreter. I believe that some of her statements are valid however I find it hard to not take offense to some of her comments. That “ you don’t belong in this class” and “you are a basic white girl with an uninteresting culture”. I do belong in my Spanish class because I am passionate about Spanish and I cannot help being born white just as she can not help being born Latina. I have a hard time when people over generalize. Because I am a “privileged white girl” everyone assumes I am “making fun of their culture” just as stated in this speech. I have so much love and respect for the Spanish/ Latin culture but this video makes me feel like I should not be allowed to have anything to do with it because I am a white girl and therefore I am boring and disrespectful. That when I stumble over a word that I am “laughing because I have no respect for the language” so many comments in this speech while portrayed as all white girls are really meant for a small group that do not respresent us well.

[@colombiacastro1353]

yeah...I relate to this on so many levels. thank you

[@lucy-vw8os]

I come from a european country and i assure you when we learn other european languages we die laughing not because we think the culture or the language is beneath us, but because we know we sound fucking idiotic trying to pronounce it. My friend took spanish and went to spain and tried to speak spanish but it was so bad and mispronounced people laughed at her when she spoke and she laughed with them. It’s not meant to offend anyone plus when people “appropriate” my culture or jokingly mispronounce my language i laugh at it because it’s funny, I don’t get butthurt when an american copies my parents accent when clearly joking. Also taking yourself too seriously is never good. She says she comes from slaves well i come from the european slaves oppressed by the ottoman turks killing and converting to islam anyone in their sight. You don’t see me complaining because today it has nothing to do with me. Can’t we all just get along?

[@awhy2644]

Its easier to heal through racism and self doubt than to move on with your life with pride and dignity. Its easier to fall victim to the past instead of being the future. In all, very powerful. But even the most powerful of people and words can be corrupt in their own self validations. Keep that in mind, and keep healing. Its all we can do in a society full of pain and scars.

[@superman2597]

At least you have a language. As blacks we were stripped of all existence, culture, language, etc. we would love to speak & teach out children, grandchildren. God Bless be strong 💪

[@1Dstolemyheart1]

superman2597 technically we dont either, our native tongue was stripped from us as well as our traditions so yeah

[@angieencarnacion3244]

Our language was stripped from us too . Most Latin American countries spoke different native languages until the Spanish came and we adapted Spanish

[@kevindeleon5681]

I like how people let the past hold them down 😂

[@theylov3it]

Homegirl got me shook. This opened my eyes

[@conzorz_]

So wait. Who are you to decide why they are in Spanish class? Can they not be there to appreciate Hispanic and Latin American culture, or to try and learn to speak a language that isn't their own? Can white people not join Spanish? I can bet you that these students don't take the class just for shits and giggles. (Or for the purpose of making fun of it.) Also, they laugh, but not at you or your language, but at their failure to pronounce it. Anyone who is trying to learn a new language messes up the pronunciation. It doesn't make them insensitive or purposefully trying to belittle the language/culture.

[@KENFINITY_3K]

Wow… 😮❤🙏🏾