Latin Asians | Asian American Life

[@alancisneros5022]

I am from guerrero mexico alot of phillipinos were brought to my hometown many years ago

[@dragonblade4314]

Lots of Filipino words are similar to spanish same pronunciation but different spelling

[@dragonblade4314]

Bintana is a window in our language, bed room is kwarto in our language, shoes is sapatos in our language,parrot is loro in our language, belt is sinturon in our language apple is mansanas in our language corn is mais in our language paper and pencil is papel and lapis in our language there so many similarities

[@vsthewrld6061]

@Corolla 2018 ok what does puto means in mexico?

[@moniequajohnson3094]

@@vsthewrld6061we don’t want to say it.

[@pete8314]

Filipino Mexicans (Spanish: Mexicanos Filipinos) are Mexican citizens who are descendants of Filipino ancestry.[1] There are approximately 1,200 Filipino nationals residing in Mexico. [2] In addition, genetic studies indicate that about a third of people sampled from Guerrero have Asian ancestry with genetic markers matching those of the populations of the Philippines.[3]

[@elle2498]

My father is a descendent of Japanese culture from Peru he was born there and so was my mother however she's a descendent of Europe and Africa. I'm so proud of my mixed culture and being a Latin Asian American although people say I don't look Asian but once I show them a photo of my Dad then they believe me 🙃

[@vernicejillmagsino9603]

Your not asian because your half and your father was born in peru of japanese origin but spanish is first language and culture and your mother is european from spain

[@WE-WUZZING-KANGS-N-SHEEOYT]

@@vernicejillmagsino9603 yes she is its not about nationality it's ethnicity very different things

[@GigaTyrone1]

I understand that your father is a Peruvian of Japanese descent but that being said, did you really inherit Japanese culture from him or Peruvian culture?

[@elle2498]

@@GigaTyrone1 both

[@carlosavila-roman9319]

Yoooooo! When I heard his Spanish accent I was like 🤯

[@thekingofmoney2000]

It’s not shocking, there are Asian communities all over Latin America.

[@MichaelIto-h7v]

Probably shouldn't even be brought up, but i always thought that I'd marry a Latina. Because so beautiful. Hello!

[@alancisneros5022]

is good to know you have mexicans of asían descent

[@ajyifff9379]

They are less than 1% of the population tho

[@gunnasintern]

not just mexicans but all Latin people

[@alexvswrld]

I'm Mexican and I love arroz chaufa, thanks to the asian influence in Peru. Thanks for the upload.

[@BenjiClips614]

This is so beautiful to watch and learn.. I’m at wow right now..

[@xiomaralopez278]

This was very interesting to learn about! I'm mixed between mexican and puerto rican between both of my parents but I was born in the United States. I often get called Chinese or Filipino and it sometimes gets annoying. I think I have some asian background from my family because my mom also looks asian. Leaning about this had made me think that maybe I do have some asian background within me.

[@greatmoneystability7069]

Yeah lol, same last name btw yo

[@BenjiClips614]

Embrace it all 💪🏼

[@powergirlart5333]

It happened to me too

[@lemagnifique1573]

Some Latin Americans also have native American bloods, while native americans are genetically closer to Asians as they came from Asia through dried Bering strait thousands years ago

[@Malda27_]

I thank for Latino Asians, Since my family is Peruvian we eat a lot of foods, Asian like. Chaufa is the Best

[@alesivan4489]

man I'm peruvian but my father is half asian and everyone calls me chinese or korean. Nobody believes I'm latina and it bothers me sometimes.

[@alesivan4489]

once a boy from my school told me what are u doing here? go to ur country. And I was like wtf are u talking ab this is my country. 😭

[@tednguyen7258]

u do look asian

[@army_lovek-pop7532]

I’m a mixed Hispanic and I was born in America but was raised in Korea

[@WE-WUZZING-KANGS-N-SHEEOYT]

I was born in Chile and went to Canada at age 6 and my dad is Korean and my mum is British but I look very Asian and pale asf that's wild 🤪

[@duvine3882]

Sad for the Peruvian lady who's family wasn't mixed & has trauma of the way she was called. In Cuba, DR & Puerto Rico mixed cousins of same grandparents have nicknames based on looks. Therefore; family members are called la India, la Cana, el Coloraó, el Chino, etc.... Like in P.R term of endearment of "Mi Negra/o" like saying "My Beloved" between families or spouses.

[@AR-ml9eo]

Hell, I'm white and my ex-Colombian wife called me, "Mi negro."

[@limitslines9896]

In Tijuana we call all asians chino , no one gets offended really , it's not done to offend anyone , my wife is chinita here and shes filipina.

[@thekingofmoney2000]

Yeah, but it is offensive because not all Asians are from China! It's a very ignorant way of classifying people, especially a place as linguistically and ethnically diverse as East and Southeast Asia. Calling all Asians "Chinos" is like calling all Latinos "Mexican". Most non-Mexican Latinos would be offended. Nobody likes to be called something they are not!

[@rosaisha833]

thekingofmoney2000 someone’s offended 😂😂 look I get it. I’m Asian. However I think as long as they educated that they are not Chinese I think we all good. Ofc it depends on the person.

[@BrasileiroTa]

Depends on the context of when it’s used. Many use it negatively as well.

[@littlemiho6208]

If you dont wish to offend, play it safe, dont assume all people accept the general term...it is never insulting if a little caution is thrown in the wind.

[@duvine3882]

True is a regional cultural thing or a mixed families things; individuals not so much; " que viva la diferencia en bellezas!".

[@edithgarcia6545]

I have been growing with people of Asian descended. I found that so exciting and beautiful. So my dream was to travel to China or Japan. For me they were always Peruvian but they have something so special that I like, and one of these specially thing was the Asian food

[@robiebag5764]

Great video but what about the indian and arab Latinos

[@BrasileiroTa]

Make a video about it then.

[@duvine3882]

Indeed, many came after the asians especially in the Caribbean for either work on crops, labor , trade, merchants etc..

[@easy82000]

my grandmother was 1/2 chinese from the misquito coast of nicaragua. Her father came from Hong Kong back in the 1800's. You can still see the asian descendence in my oldest sister.

[@jesusramirez9927]

I'm so happy the Korean Chinese Japanese people wants Mexican families

[@ajyifff9379]

Who said that?

[@atheistatheist8116]

He's 100 percent Korean breed .. Purebred Korean that makes him look unique..

[@maipatas]

🤯🤯 Acapulco! Everything makes soo much sense now! That's my ppl! No wonder my 23 and Me be funky AF!

[@pete8314]

Manzanillo & Colima’s Culture of the Coconut coconuts-treeTuba: a large, valved, brass wind instrument with a bass pitch? Correct, but the tuba I have in mind is a coastal drink. This drink is made from coconut palm sap and is sweet and pleasant but can be fermented to a type of wine. Workers climb the palm tree, one not used for coconut production, and bruise the coconut flower stalk until the liquid begins to flow. The stalk is tied with bamboo strips and a bamboo container, or bottle, is used to collect the sap. Up to three flowers from one tree may be made to produce sap. Tuba quenches the thirst and is good for indigestion. If you think “first thing in the morning” is 10am, you and I have similar impressions of Mexico. But the workers, called tuberos, are already at work at dawn. If you have never seen workers climb these trees to collect coconuts or prune the palms (palapas) you have missed a real show! This work, and tuba, is part of what makes our Mexican Pacific unique in its rich culture, habits, history and art. Tuba originated in the Philippines and came to Mexico, along with the coconut trees that line the highway to Colima, in the 16th century. The Philippines had been conquered by the Spanish and workers from there arrived with the seeds and the knowledge to cultivate sugar cane and rice in the rich volcanic soil. They worked with and exchanged customs with the local Mexicans. This sweet drink is also known as tuba in the Philippines. You will find this drink in the streets and markets of Colima state and Manzanillo. It is sold by men wearing white linen clothing calling out “tuuuuuba.” They offer the drink served from a huge wooden jug at a stand or from jugs carried on a pole across their shoulders. For just a few pesos they will prepare you a fresh cup of tuba served with peanuts. Tuba is collected in the morning and maintains its color and distinctive taste for two hours after being collected. Just five hours later, it begins to ferment. The sap can begin to ferment while still in the container on the tree, but the alcohol content increases with fermentation. If it sits for eight days, it turns to vinegar for cooking and pickling. The same vinegar used in a famous bread soup served at weddings and baptisms. The tree itself has an interesting history. Today Colima is dominated by the coconut palm that is not native. It came from the Solomon Islands in the early 16th century. Growing in popularity it began to replace cacao as a more profitable crop with less work. With the coconut seeds came Philippine slaves. Known as Chinese Indians they were brought ashore in Salagua to evade Acapulco customs. Because of this, there is little historical documentation on them. The owners hid them to avoid the tax on slaves at the time. These new immigrants became free, landowners and inter-mixed with the local population. The fermented tuba became a quality, low-priced wine which competed with the Castilla wine of the royal monopoly. Growers were persecuted under the guise of “social wellbeing and hygiene.” The Royal Audience of Mexico ordered the destruction of all coconut fields in 1612 but this order was never obeyed due to local resistance. By the end of the 18th century the Culture of the Coconut had become ingrained in the fabric of Colima’s identity.

[@williamkershaw6722]

Filipinos are the original latin asians

[@baqikenny]

ha yes

[@silver7288]

more like they were the "first" to be latin asians

[@jungkookslapmeplz23]

@@silver7288 ^^^this

[@vikingrollo8012]

No such thing. Filipinos are just Asian

[@bob9473]

nah you guys are chinese brothers

[@entertainmentstarz1]

I did not know about Asians living in Latin America and Asia and Latin America did trade goods with each other for 100 of years. Also the mixed race of Hispanics and Asians in Latin America. I usually heard the Mexicans, Puerto Ricans, Cubans and any Latin race heritage/ ancestry DNA are from Spain, Portugal, Native Americans, Indians in South America and African. I never assumed there would be part Asian culture/ ancestry DNA, besides the Filipinos. Usually what I learned and heard that Asians ancestry are only one generation of race, they usually don't married outside of their race only Asians. As of me of a person who is full Asian, I did get a lot of people mistaken me as Mexican or other Latin race. And some will come up and speak in Spanish to me. They were surprise that I told them that I'm full Asian. I told them my parents, grand parents and my great grand parents are from Laos. And I met some Cambodians, Thai, Laos, some Maylasians and some Vietnamese people were mistaken as Latinos or mixed race of Asian and Latin. By watching this video and looking back at my past years of my race identity. I wonder do I also have Latino/Hispanic ancestry DNA in me that my parents never knew or talk about?

[@AR-ml9eo]

As an absolute number there were more Chinese in Cuba than the US in the latter 19th Century. There were nearly as many Chinese in Mexico, to where many Chinese had escaped from the terrible racism and indentured servitude in the US. Chinese became very integrated into Cuban and Mexican life largely in markets, restaurants and...laundries. Unfortunately, in the 1930s in Mexico during the Great Depression right-wing Mexican business owners and a Mexican fascist movement called the "Camisas Doradas" (Golden Shirts-sound familiar?) whipped up anti-Chinese racism because the Chinese ran a large percentage of the market stalls in Northern and Central Mexico, and these Mexican businesses wanted to eliminate the competition. Five Mexican states passed anti-miscegination laws making it illegal for Mexicans to marry Chinese and Jews. The scapegoating against Chinese and Jews increased with the economic crisis. In fact the slogan, "Viva la Raza" was imbued with a specifically racist anti-Chinese and anti-semitic content. The "Raza Cósmica" was held up against the "mongrelization" of 'true' Mexicans with Chinese and Jews. It's incredible considering that the grito of "Viva la Raza" today is a statement *against* racism. This culminated in armed round-ups of thousands of Chinese by Mexican state governments. Thousands were 'deported' from Sinaloa and Chihuahua in one night in 1931 and then more to the United States in 1931-32 where they were put in concentration camps by US authorities, mainly in Arizona. Some were forcibly sent to China but others escaped to other parts of the US. A number of the Chinese restaurants in Southwestern USA were established by Chinese deported from Mexico (the irony). In Cuba many Chinese business people left after the 1959 revolution, many to establish restaurants in New York. But many Chinese working people supported the Cuban revolution and stayed. Today there are three Chinese-Cuban Generals in the Cuban armed forces: Armando Choy, Gustavo Chui, and Moises Sio Wong. Most of the Chinese of Cuba and Mexico are still there today. They are part of the general population. Only a few years ago in Mexico the Sectetary of the Interior was of Chinese descent: Miguel Ángel Osorio Chong. There is also an interesting history of Chinese indentured servants working in Kentucky, USA in the 1840s to allegedly replace slavery. These Chinese foundry workers most likely brought the first steel making to the United States in what became named the "Bessemer" crucible steel method already in practice in China for hundreds of years before Europe or the US started steelmaking. Also, Chinese were hired as sugarcane plantation workers in the Mississippi Delta right after the Civil War and the end of slavery. Their Afro-Chinese descendents still live there and in Louisiana to this day. History is far more rich and complex than the whitewashed versions we are taught.

[@entertainmentstarz1]

That's so interesting. When I was in grades school we didn't learn any about Asian and Latino history in world history class. The other kids and I only learned about the European, "white Americans" and some black history at school. I remember then and even up till this day that minority kids usually Asians and Latinos want to know more about their history in the US and all over the world. but it was never been taught not even in colleges. History was one of my favorite subjects when I was at grade school, but the only part that I hated was the kids only learning about the Europeans and white American history that is totally whitewashing to wipe out the minorities history. Which that's a huge big chunk they took out. Like come on blacks, Asians and Latinos made history too that impact the US history and all over the world. Which I'm still surprising that the US back then and now still have racism against people of color. No wonder the minorities moved to countries somewhere in Latin America and Europe. Those foreign countries don't care about race like racism barely happens over there. I live in the US in all my life and I want to say "This is America. Like we didn't call this country the "United" States of America for nothing. United means get together with other people no matter what race they are. US is a country that was built by immigrants that once belong to the Native Americans and we want this country to represent all races in respectful way. And these days some people who are racist trying to change that."

[@RodrigoSahagun]

My friend remember the indigenous tribes of America (America the continent) crossed from Asia to America so there is your answer to your confusion, I'm mexican and I sometimes confound asian people maybe from Philippines or Indonesia with some mexicans but mainly those with strong indigenous origin.

[@Georgina-ly5su]

Latinos are from the Italian region of Lazio and Spanish are from Spain. The Asians who emigrated to Spanish-speaking countries are Castilian speakers, nothing else.

[@bunnytm6769]

My family is thai and have Spain decent.

[@RodrigoSahagun]

The spaniards are not latinos.

[@WE-WUZZING-KANGS-N-SHEEOYT]

@@RodrigoSahagun but all the original colonialism started with then and their mingling of the population for 500 years

[@gunnasintern]

Philippines and Macau are the gateway between Latin America and East Asia, the two regions share a lot with cultural similarities with one another

[@vernicejillmagsino9603]

How about East Timor they colonized by Portuguese then East Timor and Brazil both are Lusophone countries

[@S.M.Mer0]

No, the Marianas/Guam are closer and have more mixed people than Philippines

[@S.M.Mer0]

There is not that much culturally similar, but if there is it is because Mexico City ruled them for the Spanish Crown, and after Mexico’s independence they were tossed to Madrid

[@vernicejillmagsino9603]

@@S.M.Mer0 How about Palau they colonized by Spain, then Philippines, then Germany, then Japan and Independence

[@S.M.Mer0]

@@vernicejillmagsino9603 philipines?? No such thing

[@ixel6597]

no wonder half of my dad's side looks asian (we're from guerrero)

[@yoanmarquetti599]

There also black Hispanics with Black Skin WOW 🤩

[@AR-ml9eo]

You are kidding right? There are nearly 100 million African descendents in all of the countries of Latin America and the Caribbean, from Mexico to Argentina, and every single country between.

[@yoanmarquetti599]

A R i was being Sarcastic. I’m a black Hispanic.

[@matthewmann8969]

Many Far Eastern Hispanics are discriminated against

[@WE-WUZZING-KANGS-N-SHEEOYT]

I am Korean born in Chile 🤪

[@sinciti2630]

Philippines is the latin-asian from the pacific

[@bob9473]

nah you guys are chinese brothers

[@Mark-xz3wz]

ME IMPRESIONO EL CHINO CON ACENTO DOMINICANO

[@akaziaku1762]

Cox she really doesn't look like Chinese actually

[@atheistatheist8116]

Most probably all latinos are hybrids with mixed features.. they're not pureblood line like others..

[@thekingofmoney2000]

Not all Latinos because it’s a culture not a race.

[@vernicejillmagsino9603]

Can Asian Latino is a child one Asian American parent and Latinx parent

[@moniequajohnson3094]

Wow

[@deesnoots]

MY DUDE IS A G

[@antoniogutierrezjr7471]

Filoinos where Latinos for 333 years Latino is not a race