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.

[@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

[@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!

[@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.

[@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 )

[@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

[@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

[@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!

[@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.

[@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.

[@quentinduhart1791]

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

[@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.

[@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

[@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.

[@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

[@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

[@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.

[@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?

[@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

[@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

[@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

[@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!

[@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

[@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

[@josephinetracy1485]

Part of my family migrated to Canada actually (then to the U.S.) and part to Argentina. So if by chance I ended up Argentine... then I would be "Maria Consuela Tracy" and I would be "Latina" rather than "Anglo"... of which I'm not Anglo.. but it's all in the name.

[@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

[@matthewlopez8521]

Most of us are native. Latinos are all colors. Latino is not a race. Racially we can be white, black, or native. Most are a mix.

[@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.

[@rissagrrarg]

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%

[@Jonathan-sm5oq]

spanish is a european language, its a white man language just like english, spanish names are white people names, it actually makes more sense for a white person to be speaking spanish, the only reason is because of the colonization.

[@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

[@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.

[@jakeross9805]

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

[@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

[@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.

[@LeaneseNicole]

Being Latino is being phenomenal

[@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

[@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.

[@reymundoarmendariz4277]

Im Chicano, an Indigenous Mexican.

[@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.

[@danzoshimura5774]

These People Are Confused They Don't Even Know Who Or What They Are

[@godzillamegatron3590]

they have blood from every race. USA try to box them into one category.

[@axskylord6461]

That's common in the USA, but not on other countries where mixed people are not force into a category.

[@axskylord6461]

I agree. also some of this people sound way oversensitive about the subject.... people just be yourselves and don't give a fvck about USA race issues.

[@godzillamegatron3590]

Madison :D​ it history. We are not taught to hate each other on race. Evey Latino knows that they have black , white and native looking relative among their own family. In America , this society tried to create a separate but equal society. Usa failed.

[@godzillamegatron3590]

+Madison :D things are different now. No one can stop you be yourself.

[@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

[@yesenia7999]

The guy in the glasses does not speak for all of us I'm not white and I don't want to be white.

[@jacobortegatv1598]

I hate the term "latino" or "Hispanic " I'm just Mexican.

[@achosenvessel6563]

i notice that a lot of you so-called Hispanics and/or Latinos don't know the difference between nationality, ethnicity and your race. It's sad to see this.

[@L.M788]

That's because in the US, it's almost as if we're given options and we can only choose from those. You see that in the US with Asian groups too because the US doesn't care enough to try and as the generations go on, it's normalized for us.

[@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!

[@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.

[@invest_in_dogecoin6398]

Not all Dominicans are black. Can we stop over Africanizing the Dominican identity

[@137_Diego_]

Also, no LATIN is not a race and many know this already but some seem confused. It is just a blanket term. Because you can't say/call groups of people who speak spanish "Spanish" as those are people from Spain. I get that all the time, same for "hispanic". And Mexicans are not a race either, that's a nationality like American or Canadian and doesn't incorporate others like Cubans, Puerto Ricans, Dominicans etc. They are other nationalities. So I believe "Latin" is the safest term to use but no it is not a race. Just a blanket term.

[@137_Diego_]

@@CrumbMonster Hmm, well I suppose that would be a little trickier since they are also part indigenous, if not entirely 🤔 But assuming they speak spanish or wouldn't mind the clasification, if they are somewhat mixed into the Mexican culture/spanish lineage, Latin or LatinX could still be the most appropriate 🤔. IMO anyway. Like I said I see it as 'the most' affective blanket term, but some conditions may apply 😂 Although if they were full indigenous then I wouldn't know how they would feel 🤔 I wish there was some kind of widely accepted consensus on this type of thing. And if there is, I missed the memo 😂

[@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.

[@manuam98]

4:19 This guy talking about black liberation while looking like the bad guy from Pocahontas

[@manuam98]

@@svenradd1027 Yeah the bad guy from Pocahontas was a European lord, not native American

[@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.

[@NitroCorn]

Mexicans are White, Brown & Black. Because of the Spanish conquest, you get white Mexicans and because of the indigenous people you get brown Mexicans and I'm not exactly sure about black Mexicans, maybe through slavery and immigration?

[@buga4529]

It's rare to see black Mexicans, there are black people mainly in the Caribe and Brazil

[@penelopegrace5931]

Why do so many people think ethnicities that they are races? People need to educated themselves

[@lobopoderososdl3076]

You do know that each ethnicity has their own Indeginous people don't you?

[@AuraRodriguezGomez]

what the lady said at the end was beautiful

[@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”

[@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.

[@ThaV1c]

Lets make things clear, mexicans aint latinos, they are indigenous people, originally indian

[@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...

[@melvinhernandez6373]

I don’t wanna be white or black I’m fine been brown

[@kimaya.3563]

if you're brown then you're black sweetheart

[@melvinhernandez6373]

Nein no it’s not amor brown it’s from native of American descent black means you’re African descent it’s just that people forgot or are confuse people tend to think that Latin people are only those that are white those are Latinos but their direct ancestors are the Spaniard who came to invade our land so when you see people who look like me that means we’re brown descendent from indigenous people

[@teresaguerrasalazar]

@@kimaya.3563 You are totally wrong because the Indigenous people of the American continent are very dark skin In India people are extremely dark, same thing with with the people of aboriginal, Australia and the Fiji Islands who live in warm climates you know nothing about the Amerindian people of the American Continent. You Black people from the US trying to claim Amerindian Blood and wearing those straight taiwanese extensions and wigs. Amerindians are the original people of the American Continent who have dark brown skin. Africans are the original people of Africa, Asians the original people to Asia, Europeans the original people of Europe. You are living in our American Continent and you do not even know who the Amerindians are. You typical US citizen who wrongly call themselves Americans. America is the Continent from the Bering Strait to Tierra del fuego, not the USA

[@kimaya.3563]

@@teresaguerrasalazar Excuse me? I'm not from the US, very bold of you to say such.

[@kimaya.3563]

@@teresaguerrasalazar And also Im mixed native american and black, don't be so disrespectful

[@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....

[@Jonathan-sm5oq]

Not all latinos are brown

[@Jonathan-sm5oq]

spanish is a european language, its a white man language just like english, spanish names are white people names, it actually makes more sense for a white person to be speaking spanish, the only reason is because of the colonization.

[@FTnaririi]

The heck is that nino talking about? I do not want to be white. I love being me, and i'm an even weirder mix haha. Mexican Spanish Japanese and Jewish, and I love it all!

[@cosimodemedici1530]

Latino just doesn’t mean Latin American Latino Americana = Latin American Latino Europeo = Latin European The key word here is Latin which are Portuguese, Romanian, Spain, Italy France. People that that descend from these countries in the new world are Latino Americana. Hispanics are people from Spain. Hispania was a province in the Roman Empire which today is Portugal and Spain but Spain claimed the name Hispania as their country. Latin -> Hispania, Spanish-> Espania, English-> Spain. Latin America is whole mix of people from different ethnicities from Latin European ancestry to native Americans to mestizo to African.

[@luisgomez3936]

Interesting topic! I feel that the problem with the U.S. is it’s focus on pigeon holing humans and dividing people based on ethnicity, color, language and race. Diversity of humanity is a wonderful thing that we need to embrace and when we unite we are strong! Latinos are becoming the predominant people and we need to unite to exert political awareness of our strength. Spanish is already the second language and education is another step in erasing our feelings of being 2nd class citizens. We need to know and be proud of our roots that have built this hemisphere into an important and vital part of this world! English came after Spanish to this hemisphere yet American automatically means WASP!

[@nitolast8136]

I'm from Argentina , and I'm 100% Latina, but people think I'm not Latina at all, just because I have blond hair and blue eyes . LATINOS COME IN ALL DIFFERENT COLORS !!! black,white,indian, mix, etc !

[@jerichosound]

not enough emphasis was put on how many "Latinos" particularly from Mexico and central America are really indigenous peoples. colonization has been so successful many don't identify with indigenous culture or aren't even fully aware of it. I get it that in new York u will have more Puerto Rican Latinos. many "latinos" from Mexico and central America are just colonized indigenous people who speak the language of the colonizer

[@orangemoonglows2692]

+Cesar Espinoza if there was no emphasis on it, it's because the people in the video weren't interested in speaking on it. the guatemalan guy in particular was clearly trying to run away from it all. i live in los angeles, i've only encountered 1 person who "admitted" to being indigenous (from oaxaca). i've known people who've denied they are indigenous, even though it's clear to me at least, they are mostly indigenous and come from that community. it's not the nyt's fault. it's the fault of the folks from guatemala, etc. who want to be white, like that guy in the video said.

[@jerichosound]

orange moonglows did I say it was the nyts's fault? Right....u reiterated my point.....most "Latinos" from Mexico and central America are so colonized they don't want to acknowledge their ancestry or are ignorant of it

[@orangemoonglows2692]

Cesar Espinoza it seemed implied...like, somehow the nyt didn't ask the right questions.

[@jerichosound]

Yea I see your point....but the issue is what matters. I don't care whose fault it is whether it be the nyt or the interviewees. I'm saying it is a major issue that is not understood in the US and Latin America by in large has always been very racist in certain respects and Latin Americans don't often acknowledge the issue or deal with it so of course it will be off the radar screen in the US as well.

[@jerichosound]

orange moonglows sorry I replied to u twice before but forgot to mention u.....yea so even though the official us census data says natives are less than one percent of the pop...that figure is much larger if one counts the Latinos of indigenous ancestry from Mexico and central America....it is important to note that there was a good amount of migration and even trade from central Mexico up to the s.w. of the US and evidence of contact I think even as far as Alabama....I don't know how far south they were connected......I need to look it up

[@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!

[@tbyas4406]

When you have African features and light skin, tan , brown and black skin you are considered black. Spanish is a language.

[@johnlal1413]

Why is race such a big issue in USA?

[@bubblyblondebrunette_1581]

Because white people think they are above everyone

[@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.

[@valentinar8362]

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

[@jenniferguaman9682]

I saw Native Americans here... who didn’t even say the word “Native American” PFT

[@zexelflame]

Don’t know how I’d react to my daughter saying/repeating racist things to her sister. Probably break down too

[@DanielSanchez-ss9bs]

We are not Latinos we are native Americans

[@russparker6373]

"I want to be white". As if that wasn't already empirically supported.

[@androdeiculus9712]

@@ts8404 no????? lmao latino is for people in LATINOAMERICA which doesn't include spain or portugal.

[@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.

[@proudtobeme9059]

I always wondered why ppl called black ppl black ...when there brown or dark brown

[@laurasmith1078]

Some Africans look black

[@kimaya.3563]

@@laurasmith1078 clownery

[@fleisbester612]

@@tawksoul8489 They aren't, some Africans have brown skin.

[@joshuaesquivel5721]

Latino and Hispanic are not races. Heck, there is an African country of Hispanic black people from when it was a Spanish colony.

[@cesarrod8074]

Snowflakes...

[@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.

[@aresrodriguez9795]

Embrace your culture! We as Hispanic/Latinos, we have amazing cultures! I been here for ever and I don't feel I betrayed my race/culture because I like other people's cultures, believes, religions or other things! I call it knowledge... the more you know, the better you are as a person!!! I love my Mexican culture, my son knows my Mexican culture and he's not one bit ashamed of it, he actually defends it! That doesn't make him less "American" Specially here right now the ignorance is out there, my friend was told not to speak Spanish..... only in "America " ignorance is permitted... since when knowledge is not allowed??? That is influence also with the color of our skin in our cultures! In my family half of us are white and half brown and also half brothers/sisters, we grew up never making a difference I've never heard my brother say to me well you're brown or you're not my full sister when we got mad at each other NEVER EVER!!! We love each other the way we are. Family!💋💖 This things are taught at home( the racism) Never in our household you've heard any of us say well your white or brown you're more or less than me! We ourselves need to educate our families and our cultures not to discriminate each other.... to be better human beings!!!💋💖

[@renatomacchi2195]

Sorry to say that you are neither Hispanic nor Latino. kzbin.info/www/bejne/oKqkm3pqnbWWoaM

[@jamberry8026]

Spanish is not your culture. It I the culture of your conquerors. Embrace your true culture if you want to be taken seriously.

[@uxydra6403]

@@jamberry8026 but a lot, if not most latino people Are descendents of spanish peolpe

[@jamberry8026]

@@uxydra6403 😂

[@uxydra6403]

@@jamberry8026 you laughing cause you have nothing to say?

[@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."

[@reneevasquez3540]

I am indigenous from P.R. and very happy not to be white. I know white peopke who want to be indigenous, black, and latino. Go figure.

[@callmedave1280]

Latino, Hispanic, Mexican-American, whatever. All i know is that my classmates spat on me, told me to go back to my country. I don't feel American, even though i was born and raised here, even though i wore a uniform for 6 years, i don't feel American.

[@adrianamartinez7762]

I’m Hispanic I was born in the US my parents are Latinos (Mexico) I am brown I am not white or black. In state exams idk what to put for race so as told I have to put white Like can we get a category????

[@thomastank8458]

Your brown judging from your photo but I wouldn't say your full native American. You look meztizo. Or basically half of you is from European descent while the other half is from native American. Well actually not half like you could could always be 60:40 or 70:30 but yeah your Meztizo.

[@reinaguzman9030]

Thomas Tank he’s mixed he is not white and neither does he want to be ok let it go!

[@michelangelo1680]

Put mixed puto its not just for pretty boi light skins

[@adrianamartinez7762]

Michelangelo. Ight

[@casanova8762]

latinos = native american

[@ran160]

I’m Native America/European hispanic

[@thomastank8458]

So Meztizo

[@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

[@ACrownofFlowers]

I am a white Latino that was born in Guatemala and came to the US to get medical help for my cerebral palsy, and I am so fortunate to live in the United States where race is no longer that much of an issue like it is in my country.

[@joebain5927]

They is white Latino and black Latino Indian Latino it’s just not a race people one of the man on the video say he looks black

[@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!

[@lemmiwinks0252]

Ppl need to start realizing where these terms Hispanic or Latino come from. The reality is Hispanic and Latino are only for ppl of European or of majority European origin. Hispanic means someone who descends from Spain. Latino are ppl from Latin Europe (Spain, Portugal, France, Italy, Romania) Learn ppl

[@debbie3490]

Lemmiwinks 025 being Latino is being from Latin America.

[@rafangille]

Hispanic means you come from a Spanish speaking country (Latin American & Spain). Latino is someone from a Latin American country (Mexicans, columbians, ect)

[@clauaome25]

Nope, Hispanic is someone from Latin American, Mexican or Puerto Rican descent. Hispanic is included within Latino which encompasses a larger variety of ethnicities/nationalities such as LA, Brazil, Spanin, France, etc.

[@amanda31511x]

European means to be white... you need to learn.

[@enrique5850]

yes, you are right, Latino is just a linguistic issue, if you were born in a country where a latin-based language is spoken then you latino if you weren't the you aren't, as black and white as that

[@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 😢

[@MergenBorjiqin]

Most "Latinos" are indigenous, but there are many people from central or south America of European or African heritage. White "Latinx" you are white you are the real "Latino" and Spanish is a European language. For indigenous people claim to be "Latinos" you are not white not black, you are indigenous, you are native. You speak Spanish because of the colonization and assimilation. And to black people who claim them are Latinos, you are as same as African Americans. At the end of the day, we all human beings. But "Latino" is just a colonized term. Wake up people.

[@macarenavalladares]

Comme on! Latino is not a race xD In Chile we a mixture: indigenous, Spaniards, in the south more Germans genes and in the north Arabic genes, maybe a bit of Chinese. We are a immigrants country like all the American continent. In other countries you will see a different mixture and that's why a 'typical' ( if that exist) Argentinean it's not similar to the Peruvian or Brazilian or Mexican, etc... That Latinos it's a race is a US invention.

[@Yha1000itz]

For avoiding all these stuff, I always say that I'm Mexican in every sense (Mainly Nationality), other stuff is not important.

[@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.

[@robertcoca582]

Be proud of being latino .it's awesome

[@enriquecerros]

I hate when people tell me, you’re so white for a Mexican. Like wtf? Not all Latinos are brown. It’s so ignorant.

[@TheElielpr]

In this video we can see a group of self-conscious Latinos playing the victim's role. I am ashamed and they do not represent me.