Rosa Rants: Hispanic Heritage Month

[@j3nnuhh]

“Tiny man. Slam poetry” made me LOL

[@angelagabriella3241]

Girl this isn't a rant it's a preaching!!! Thank you for reminding us that even if we weren't raised in our culture we can always be the ones to revive the love and spread it to our families. ❤️🇵🇷

[@celeste_lives2747]

as a mom, “where is your pants?” is a normal question everyday/all day. 😂

[@smarti5959]

😂😂😂 heartfelt. But also hilarious. “Tiny Man…”

[@jereniserios2052]

As a puertorican born and raised on the island, I think that it doesn't matter whether you can or can't speak spanish, or didn't grow up on the island, just the fact that you feel proud of your culture and share its beauty with the world is latina enough honey!❤ Don't let no tiny man tell you otherwise🧐 Somos boricuas pa' que tú lo sepas🇵🇷🇵🇷🇵🇷❤❤❤

[@yveymf2584]

Amen! Well said!

[@yveymf2584]

My parents both PR had my siblings and me in NJ my dad spoke to us in English and my mom in Spanish we answered in English but when I married and moved to Florida I spoke terrible Spanish but I learned and I made sure both my kids took Spanish in school because grandparents on their dads side didn’t speak English . I’m glad I did. Of course their father is Cuban and there’s a power struggle in their accent😂. Your children are at the age that they will learn more and faster than you. No shame girl. Your beautiful funny and picosa. 😂. You’re doing great. ❤

[@yveymf2584]

My parents both PR had my siblings and me in NJ my dad spoke to us in English and my mom in Spanish we answered in English but when I married and moved to Florida I spoke terrible Spanish but I learned and I made sure both my kids took Spanish in school because grandparents on their dads side didn’t speak English . I’m glad I did. Of course their father is Cuban and there’s a power struggle in their accent😂. Your children are at the age that they will learn more and faster than you. No shame girl. Your beautiful funny and picosa. 😂. You’re doing great. ❤

[@alliebrown8549]

My Grandma, who crossed the boarder with her mom when she was very young, is Latina, but she married a white man, so my dad is half white. My mom is white, so I definitely never felt Latina enough. I sure don’t look Latina! But my Grandma tells me, from the age of 4 years old, I would ask her to “tell me the story of how we are Latinas.” I grew up begging anyone to teach me the language, asking my friends’ abuelas to teach me how to cook. I have a minor in Mexican-focused Indigenous cultures. I have spent my whole life loving Latin culture. I have three blond babies, who will grow up speaking the language and enjoying Mole gallina every Sunday because I LOVE Latin heritage. Thank you for posting this Rosa. This one hit home for me.

[@magdalenacarrero9908]

You are Latina enough to me. My son does not speak Spanish, but he knows his culture. You are awesome.

[@amandacollins1757]

Perfect timing for this video, my daughter is half Puerto Rican and actually today she said to me mom I’m not white enough for the white kids and not Spanish enough for the Spanish kids, her father and I separated when she was 3 (she is now 18) so the few years of Spanish soap operas and the news in Spanish really didn’t do much for her staying home with me as a baby. I speak some Spanish but was never confident to try to teach her. I actually didn’t have words to tell her today being the non Hispanic parent. I think I’ll show her your video thanks for making it ❤😊

[@Evie329]

I feel this way a lot, even at almost 40! My Dad is Puerto Rican and my Mom is Native American. I don't speak or was taught either language. Plus 2 of my kids have red hair like my Irish husband..... so we're a mess here girl! 😂

[@celestinah-d3645]

This video! As a fellow 1/2 Puerto Rican on the mother's side, I've always identified as Latina + Boricua, but really felt in college the shame for not being fluent in the language but also confusion for others that I was raised in the culture, knew the food, music, etc. It's tough not feeling that you belong and aren't accepted. Thank you for being authentic, for embracing the cultura, & taking us with you on your journey! ❤🇵🇷🥰

[@theLilFam]

I’ve never “felt” Latina enough!! Love this.

[@UndeniablyUddin]

This is the story of my life! Thank you for reminding us that just because we didn’t learn the language growing up, it doesn’t make us any less Hispanic! Proud Afro-Latina🇵🇷

[@nathaliasimone_]

Fellow Afro Latina here, just sharing some love 🇨🇷🇨🇷 ❤️❤️

[@tristens3206]

So relatable! My dad is white and mom is Honduran and Mexican and of course it’s crazy my own Latin side of the family would grill me for not speaking Spanish and just calling me a “gringa” and I got sick of it. And I’m just like “yeah I am both! Why is this always a topic of discussion?! Like what is not registering? My DNA doesn’t lie “ And then white people of course won’t even acknowledge I’m Latina because my name is super white LOL Just can’t win. Sorry I needed to vent. Thank you for this and glad I’m not alone. I’m asking for Rosetta Stone for Christmas and I will show them all one day😅! Never let them know how much Spanish I understand so I can catch them talking smack 😂

[@virginia-leefinnell254]

It’s such an encouragement to hear people building you up and giving you the confidence to fully enjoy your culture, despite what the tiny men have to say. I married a Guatemalan man and he is always saying “you are a Latina now” and I know that one day I will need to share that culture with our children. I can get so embarrassed trying to speak Spanish or downright awkward putting Luis Miguel on in the kitchen, even if my husband ADORES it. Cultures are not cut/dried. We do not have to prove our cultural adequacy to anyone and keep honoring its history and those who love it to the best of our abilities.

[@a.c.6601]

Happy Hispanic Heritage Month, Rosa!!! I am not Latina but I relate so much to what you said. As a first generation US born Indian-American, I feel so insecure about my language skills in Punjabi and Hindi, and as a result, I often don’t feel “Indian enough.” This wound got a whole lot deeper when one of my uncles told my mom that we “didn’t belong in an Indian household if we couldn’t speak the language.” Coincidentally, he, too, is quite short. That said, I’m with you! He can’t define me and my indian-ness! My parents spoke in their mother tongues when were were younger, but were concerned about us getting confused and falling behind once we started school (similar to many children of immigrants). Like you, I understand a lot in these languages and have been so fortunate to have had the opportunity to take Hindi classes in college, but I get nervous anytime I have to speak it…but I want to. I understand why my parents made the decision they did, but I grieve that loss of language. Especially because I have a kid now and I don’t want him to grow up with these insecurities. I’m so glad to hear that Daniel doesn’t have those insecurities, and I hope my son is the same way 🙏🏽 I also really love what you said: showing your language, food, and culture is you expressing AND learning your culture. It gives me hope that those two can coexist when sometimes, my insecurities get so big that they tell me that I can’t or that it’s futile to try. Thank you for being such a light! Wear your Boriqua and Latina pride! Nobody else can take it away from you! P.S. I hate gatekeepers of culture - culture is fluid!

[@Diabeticpowderpuffgirl]

It is very important for a child to learn languages at a young age, so a language immersion school will take them far and it’s good for their development. I grew up with parents off the island although my mother grew up in NYC and moved to Puerto Rico when she was a little girl, she only speaks Spanish, my father can speak both and my siblings didn’t really learn or bother to teach what they knew and I’ve never been to the island until I hit my twenties but I’m self taught in Spanish, I just it picked up as a child and many are surprised I’ve never been to P.R but I’ve been raised in the culture. My husband has been to P.R many times even grew up there, didn’t speak a lick of Spanish until we had our first child and barely got immersed into the culture and looks very white but has Puerto Rican parents either way we are enough even having completely different backgrounds . My point is no matter what/how you were raised or where you come from, if it’s in your blood you are enough and you are loved from your people. That’s what makes so beautiful and being able to spread the love of our culture and the story and journey of learning and getting to fall in love with it ,if it not already in love is a blessing. All Latinos and Latina’s are enough and beautiful no matter how we were raised. Sorry for the 5 page essay. 😂❤

[@ashleighcervantes13]

Thank you Rosa for making this video. I am half Indigenous America - Mexico and Spaniard. My mom came from Mexico when she was two years old. When I was young my big nana and my nana would only speak to me in Spanish but when my big nana died and my nana got deported my mom stopped speaking to me in Spanish making me lose everything I knew. Now as an almost 30 year old woman I suffer from being discriminated by my own community for not knowing Spanish and no matter how hard I try my brain refuses to retain Spanish knowledge. It’s completely frustrating. Hopefully one day we will both be fluent in both English and Spanish for ourselves and our children. ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@nathaliasimone_]

Have you tried Duolingo ? It’s an app where you could practice languages. It has been helpful to me, hopefully it helps you.

[@jessicamarwick5501]

Thank you 😊 You're amazing 👏 don't let Anyone make you feel bad because you don't speak Spanish. You keep shining, you've got this 🤗

[@sandravazquez3013]

I am full “latina” born and raised in Colombia, so I can tell you, you are as latina as it can be!!! I love your puertorican spanish with a hint of gringa accent!!! Can’t stand negative comments, will never understand why people make them… you do what’s best for you and your family, we’ll be here cheering you up and waiting for more of your light, easy going, funny content!!! And thank you for choosing to learn about your latina side and not just swiping it under the rug!!! Yu ROCK Rosa Picosa!!! Lol!

[@gypsybelle4757]

We love you! You are enough. More than enough!❤❤❤ Thavk you for sharing and educating us!

[@jeanettejeanette1199]

I'm 5th generation Australian, but my family originally came from England, Ireland, Wales and Scotland. And I met this Scottish guy out clubbing once, and I told him "I'm Scotish, I have family from Scotland" and he said to me "You're not a real Scottish. You're not Scottish unless you grow up in Scotland" and It really hurt my feelings, it made me feel really rejected. He was just a jerk I think lol And some other times when I tried to explain my heritage to my Australian friends, who are 1st generation Australia with family from Asia and another from the Middle East, they would disregard what I was saying and would say "No, you're just white". It's like unless you come directly from these European countries, people just write-you-off people of as "just white". So I can understand a little bit about feeling insecure about your heritage, and about that man making you feel bad about not speaking fluent Spanish, like being rejected by someone from your culture. Don't let the haters bring you down - hes not the Hispanic gate-keeper - he can't gate keep whos in and out. Noone can dictate and tell you who you are and what culture you do or don't belong to - that's not their place. Only you can determine that

[@daisyzeee]

This🙌 It's not fair that people's heritage is dismissed simply because of their outward appearance. Whatever that may be: Latino, European, Asian, etc. it's a part of who we are! Regardless of how one looks.

[@littlejademoon]

Awww, being raised outside of the culture made me truly appreciate it once I was older. Now I teach Spanish and embrace the culture enough to share it with my own daughter and to my students. Keep discovering and sharing your Boricuaness!!

[@Chantal711ac]

You are so amazing!! What you said is so relatable. Thank you ❤

[@rachmusiclove]

I feel the same way! Half Hispanic and half white, and not taught Spanish as well. Thank you for posting this!

[@catikins]

I’m also half and half. My dad is white and my mom is fully El Salvadoran. My mom choose also not to teach us Spanish. And I have ALWAYS never felt Latin enough. I would get teased at school with the Hispanic kids that I wasn’t “Hispanic” enough. And with the white kids I was too “brown”. And it still gets to me. My littles aren’t school aged yet. But I’m gonna consider a dual language school. Thanks for sharing your experience. Makes me feel less alone!

[@emilybrazzel6097]

My 3 year old nephew is half white and half Puerto Rican. He's going to a Spanish immersion mother's Day out program. I think is so hilarious and adorable. Hilarious just because immersion is a strong word for a class that is only 2 days a week and 5 hours a day. But his vocabulary is growing so much! And his confidence to speak in either language is growing as well! he loves escuela y los ninos! He mimics the teacher with big arm motions and sharp Annunciation he'll say "Donde esta la letre B" as if he's picturing his own classroom. It's adorable!

[@butterflybaby429]

Rosa, You are doing an awesome job! As a Puerto Rican Professor and Educator, I can tell you that you do what is best for your children! My mom put us in a dual language program and it was great! I am proud to be Boricua and can tell you that my boys, while I tried to teach them Spanish when they were young, they did not prefer it. Today, they are grown men and couldn’t be more prouder to be Puerto Rican ❤🇵🇷

[@negritabella]

My mom learned a lot of english by watching tv, and taking classes

[@symplybeingme]

Yes Rosa loving you embracing your heritage ❤❤❤

[@renahafeez7499]

My niece and nephew feel the same way. They are have Mexican and half German. Didn’t learn either language growing up.

[@angelaherrera9570]

Same girl, same. My mom is Mexican and my dad is white. The struggle has always been REAL.

[@TheAyalah]

Mami! I am in the same boat. My mom is white and my dad is Peruvian. They divorced when I was young. So we only saw my dad on the weekends, he chose not to teach us. He had the mentality of "my kids are american they need to speak english" I took spanish in high school(waste of time, learned nothing) I have had A LOT of interactions with spanish people who tried putting me down and telling me Im not spanish enough or not a real latina. It hurt. I didnt start practicing my spanish until my early 20s and im still not fluent. I can survive but not hold a full conversation. I teach my kids what I know and hope we all grow and learn more together. I started to really learn about my culture in my early 20s to now as well and i love it. Screw all those people who have tried to put us down! It is in our blood, WE ARE ENOUGH. (I love everythinf you and your channel reps, keep it up mami!!!)

[@amybostic1439]

That’s a wonderful celebration of you! Congratulations

[@allismith5749]

I have never been this early to anything! Embracing your culture and language at any age is beautiful ❤

[@iancovicilarisa2185]

You are amazing❤ Alsooo huge yes to daddy Yankee to put out some christian songs 😂

[@KaelaAndCo]

I love this. I’m mixed (black, Native American, white) and my husband is Puerto Rican. I’m fluent in Spanish from years of practice and music and tv and church lol. I am trying my best to teach and integrate it into my children because it’s part of who they are and I struggled so much with identity as a kid because I didn’t fit into one box as someone who grew up in black culture but doesn’t look black 😂😅. Love this chat. Love you. You are enough! ❤️

[@amideekay1378]

Also grew up in a military family and didn't grow up Spanish speaking or learning it, too. I also was watching her live yesterday, and it just made my day how she had shouted me out @ameeyah, and I love watching all her videos, shorts, and everything else. She is one of the best youtubers I have ever come upon. Yall better get her to a million. and get into these comments, people. ROSA IF YOU SEE THIS JUST KNOW LOVE WATCHING YOU CHANNEL AND SEEING YOU ON IT DOING YOUR THING. just know you have helped me sooooooooooooo much!!!!!!!!!!!❤❤❤❤❤😢😢😢😢😢😊😊😊😊😊😊😊❤❤❤❤❤❤🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰

[@rosapicosaathome]

TE AMO AMEEYAH!!!!!!!! you are amazing! So sweet! You made my night last night ❤ your support means the most to me!

[@amideekay1378]

@rosapicosaathome thank you so much. You are the absolute best 😍🥰

[@BaudelaireOrphan1]

I love that you learned it, I wish I learned and had Spanish around me. It sucks because now I cannot teach my children except the kinder stuff, however I’m willing to learn with them during homeschool. I am blessed to live in SATX where being Hispanic is the norm. Congrats girl, love you so much!

[@teyjames]

I love this!! ❤️ And even the tiny man comment 😂😂

[@kandriaamlani2579]

I’m here for this testimony!!! ❤️ 100% relatable. Dad is from Mexico, mom is Mexican and German! Now live in North Dallas where Hispanic community isn’t too prevalent. Makes me miss California!

[@Happy311full]

This was amazing to hear. I speak some spanish and since it is a Castilian spanish (Spainard vs. Mexico/central American spanish) I recieve some distasteful comments! I work construction, so speaking more than English is a must. I hope I become fluent, because I am working for more connections rather than distrust of the gringa.

[@teacherlife1845]

I completely understand how you feel. You are an amazing Latina, mom, and human being

[@x-mess]

I’m Argentine 🇦🇷, look blonde bc our background is polish/ukranian… I moved a LOT growing up and since I knew Spanish I hung out w/ the Hispanic kids… I looked different, felt like I didn’t really fit in anywhere but there.. luckily I ended up marrying a PR 🇵🇷man bc we ‘fit’ together… he ‘got’ me and I ‘got him’… our kid looks like yours and our kitchen mix is sofrito/chimichurri food.. we drink mate 🧉 and coquito 🥥😂😂 we are what we are and we have peace. We’ve become our own flavor of Hispanic ❤ keep speaking Spanglish bc we don’t care and bc… that’s what we speak 2! 😂😂 if people don’t like it… QUE LES PIQUE! 🌶️😂😂

[@Brodborunda303]

Yesss!!! Thanks for sharing your thoughts and experiences! I can relate in many ways! ❤

[@jas_alvarez90]

Rosa I enjoy your videos ! I’m born and raised in Los Angeles and I received the same hate years ago when I enrolled my daughter in the dual class but now she’s 16 and fast forward I see how great she speaks and writes Spanish I realized that I made the best decision. It makes me proud to see how she’s now in her junior year in high school and how she continues taking Spanish classes it makes me extremely proud that she has conversations in Spanish so perfect and proper with my parents and other parents who speak Spanish because of her education. My Spanish is street Spanish but her Spanish is proper and I love it. So hold on in there ! You’re doing the right thing !

[@tifhw]

My husband is Puerto Rican and Cuban I have been practicing Spanish w/him so we can teach our daughter. I'm super insecure about my Spanish, especially when we visit Ponce. Thanks for sharing your experience. I'm very encouraged and looking forward to picking up more Spanish from your videos. ☺️

[@MercuryHg80]

So excited to see you on my main KZbin page! But I also understand the high school thing one of our high school teachers helped me learn enough to make my grandmother proud before she passed and I'm so thankful for that.

[@michellegutierrez7964]

Same girl same.. I can’t speak Spanish perfectly but I can understand the chisme.. haha growing up my grandma was from Mexico and desperately wanted to learn English.. she tried so hard so us speaking English made her so proud!

[@951chavez]

This is me, girlfriend. I appreciate your encouragement and positivity. I unfortunately wasn't taught Spanish either even tho my mother speaks it. My grandparents were from Mexico. I am currently learning Spanish on Duolingo and I have been on an almost 40 day streak which is great for me. I've always felt embarrassed and ashamed that I don't know Spanish fluently. But I am actively trying and I proudly identify as a latina, no matter who I'm talking to! So, thank you, because I've always struggled with this. I love you. 😊💜

[@AlyssaLCampos23]

Thank you. So much for this!!!

[@Hawver6]

Growing up (mostly as a teenager) I was ashamed of being Hispanic and almost never spoke Spanish outside of the house. Now as an adult I’m am so proud and have gotten so much better at speaking Spanish and use it as often as i can.

[@MACorprew]

Your Spanish is great! My husband is also a blue eyed gringo & I can feel my Spanish dwindling away… because he doesn’t speak it. So I actually try to talk to myself to practice😅 si lo puedes hablar! I’m looking forward to your full Spanish video!

[@Lisa-jz4bv]

Omg! I feel you!!! My dad rest his soul was 100% Puerto Rican and my mom is 100% Italian. She didn’t want my dad to teach me Spanish because she didn’t want us talking about her behind her back, then he passed away when I was 18. I have tried so many times to learn how to speak it but it’s so hard for me. My half brother who lived in Puerto Rico told me if I went to Puerto Rico for a month straight I would learn it but unfortunately he passed away and I never got to do that! I’m trying on duo lingual wish me luck. My whole life I never felt Spanish enough to the Puerto Rican community and I never felt white enough to the Americans. Nobody in the Spanish community thought I was Spanish because I didn’t speak it and they said I looked more Italian even though I had a Spanish last name. And all my white friends said I wasn’t Italian I was all Spanish. I’m so proud to be both. But growing up I felt out of place sometimes. Thanks for sharing!

[@meriambenouis5318]

I almost choked on my cereal on the man shorter than me part😂

[@lydiah7184]

I can relate to some of what you’re saying! I’m American with Finnish roots and I definitely don’t feel “Finnish” enough most of the time. A lot of the culture has been lost along the way but we try and cling to what we have left and try and teach more.

[@Nothing-rhymes-with-blorange]

You are a beautiful human, Rosa, and I love getting to experience a little bit of your culture here through your videos! Thank you for sharing. ❤️

[@michilove942]

We are immigrants from Nicaragua and we both my husband and I went to school here in the USA. And now our kids are in Spanish/English Dual language school 😁so proud of you! I think it's a great decision you have made

[@rutadenisenko637]

Omg this video was sooo good even I know think I am Latina enough and I am Lithuanian 😂😂🤷‍♀️

[@rutadenisenko637]

Btw I always wander what would it mean to live in US as in our country there is so little warries about identity as long as you are not from Putin’landia. We had no slaves we were occupied for most of the time though, we are so white it hurts. And although we are like a cross road country we do not have too many minorities 🤷‍♀️ for example my dad is ukrainian, mom lithuanian. I was born and raised in lithuanian,hence I am lithuanian, however, my brother thinks of himself as ukrainian and we both are right and enough 😂🤷‍♀️

[@amideekay1378]

love all of her "rosa rants"😂❤❤❤

[@Brooklyn_]

I was SO excited when I saw you on the homepage I automatically took a screenshot 😁 admire you so much!

[@lydiapicano8806]

Rosa, I 'm an Italian -American and I really enjoy your channel. You are very relatable to everyone and it's wonderful that you have your son in a language immersion program. Remember that most immigrants did not teach their children their families language because they wanted them to be American. I myself am bi-lingual Italian and am proud of both cultures.

[@lolajhon5886]

Thank you so much for this video. I am mixed and don’t know Spanish or a lot of my culture and as much as I want to learn more I have always felt judged by my Hispanic family for being the only mixed kid sadly because of that I still find it hard to be open to learning about my culture. I appreciate you being honest about your struggle it helps me to know that I am not the only one who feels this way.

[@fathamaak1776]

I can relate to this! My parents are from Bangladesh and I was born in the Bronx! I used to feel not “Bengali” enough or not “American” enough. I love your message! ❤we are enough ❤

[@florgarza6409]

Good for you!! it is never late to learn, like you said your mom made the decision of not teaching you Spanish but you can make a huge difference not only for yourself but your family giving more opportunities to your children and to be proud of your background…. Vamos mi gente ❤

[@jenaertel5666]

Seriously relate soooo much to this! My mom is white and my dad immigrated from Colombia. He tried putting us in Spanish classes growing up but it didn't really stick because we mostly just spoke English in the home. Now I'm married to a white man with 3 "blondies" of my own trying to help them learn about their culture while finally feeling free to explore it myself. I am Latina enough!

[@oliversmom1]

Rosa. Hope you and your family are well. Praying for you.

[@elleec]

A LONG VIDEO YAYYYYY!!!!!

[@Theamateurecologist]

As a boricua, immersion school is perfect! I’m planning on doing the same for my son. It’s so important for our kids to learn the language and keep our culture alive. I do speak Spanish at home, so he’s already speaking that here but I want it to continue and I think it’s amazing that you have given him this opportunity ❤❤

[@alciraproenza-collazo]

It's never too late. Go get it!!! 🎉❤

[@toughasamother4507]

Tiny man, slam poetry lol I just love you and all your content! Amazing Mom, Amazing woman! ❤❤❤

[@jjcarpenter]

From a half Mexican Air Force brat in a home that spoke only English, I feel this too my friend. Your foresight for Daniel is going to be one that lasts his entire life. 🎉🎉You go Momma!!! I will be the one Sitting in the corner with. Telemundo on and a box of cookies. ❤❤❤❤😂w

[@hislivelystone]

Thank you 😭 my parents raised us speaking both languages (my dad was born in cuba, my mom was born here but to Cuban parents who thought they were going back.). I haven’t been able to do that entirely for my kids and I feel so awful for it. I’ve just done the best I could along the way.

[@samanthafoster9849]

Thank you for this! My mom is from Costa Rica, and my dad is white. She also chose not to teach me Spanish but I started to learn on my own in high school and was nearly fluent. But I was judged and laughed at because I struggled with the accent. In my adult life I have had many other hispanic people in my life make fun of me for not being enough, and I've even been told, Nah, you're just a white girl. It put a bad taste it my mouth and I stopped saying I was Costa Rican for awhile and ended up forgetting most of the Spanish I've learned. Now I'm interested in learning Spanish again and learning more about where my family comes from, but I still feel the many insecurities. Anyway - it was nice to hear what you had to say, Thank you!

[@forestidol]

Girl you are you ! Never ever let anyone tell you who you are x ✨️ you rock 🎉

[@lyndamcdougal5335]

You are beautiful Rosa, don’t listen to anyone with negative comments. Tell them to keep their comments to themselves. We are a big diverse world. Xxx

[@EnjoyingTheFreeContent]

I love this ENTIRE video so much Te amo mi puertorriqueña, youtube, tía

[@Altairethayze]

I'm a boricua currently in Florida and mom to 3 mixed kids(mine are half cajun!). Knowing Spanish has given them great advantages both in school and their social lives. If there are more languages in a household, show the kids!! Or even learn with them! My kids are at different speaking capabilities but understand plenty. I highly recommend immersion while they are young because that is when they learn languages the easiest.❤

[@veramorgado5152]

Oooooooooh you could make a word of the day in Spanish we can learn whoooohooooooo. oh I would love it so much. And share the culture too!

[@amybrandt5832]

I can relate to your situation. I am white and my ex-husband is Puerto Rican. We met in the 80s while both on active duty and stationed overseas. Cooking has always been a passion of mine so I learned the Puerto Rican culture through the amazing food! It is also the way I learned to speak what little Spanish I know. Funny, as I watched this video last night, I was making Arroz con gandules, bistec encbollado y tostones! 😊❤❤❤ I was raised in a little tiny town in the Mid-West with demographics of about 60% white, 39% black and 1% Asian. I think we had one or to Asian families that lived there but no other ethnicity was present. So joining the military exposed me to so many different cultures. When my then husband and I started our family, I decided right away that my children would learn all about their multi cultural heritage. It was difficult at first because we were overseas and I had never met his family. It was the 80s so communication was limited to writing letters, limited very short phone calls and his mother spoke very limited english. Fortunately we had a great Spanish community made up Puerto Ricans, Mexicans, and Dominicans to help me learn the various Hispanic cultures. (In fact, I remember having to attend a military briefing to learn the host country’s customs and traditions) I decided then that I shouldn’t limit my future children to just mom and dad’s cultures. We were a military family that would be moving a lot and I felt that my children would be more rounded individuals if I exposed them to as many cultures as I could. We started a family tradition that Friday night would be culture night. We would choose a culture, read books about it and cook dishes that were traditionally served during that culture’s holidays. We talked about the culture and how food was/is such an important part of culture. My family loved this! It helped everyone to be open to trying new foods and not be such picky eaters. My kids didn’t like a lot of things and that was ok because hey at least they tried them. We had friends from so many different cultures that I learned to cook various ethnic foods and include them in the weekly dinner menu. Getting back to Hispanic Heritage, I have a fair complexion with blonde hair and blue eyes and my ex-husband has an olive complexion with dark eyes and dark brown hair. All my children resemble their 100% Puerto Rican father. My son and his wife (half white and half black) have 3 boys. 1 has dark hair dark eyes and a lighter brown complexion. The 2nd one has medium brown hair and blue grey eyes (they were blue for the first year) and a very light complexion. The 3rd son (6 months old) as of now has very light brown to blonde hair and blue eyes and has a very fair complexion. I met some of the in-laws in P.R. 2nd and 3rd cousins that had fair complexions, lighter brown hair, brown eyes and some had blue or green eyes. My then-husband did not teach our children Spanish. I tried to have both English and Spanish in the house but my Spanish vocabulary was limited to foods. LOL! They can order like a Boriquen in a Puerto Rican restaurant and same goes for many other cultures too! They don’t speak those languages either but are familiar with the cultures and foods! Only one of them decided they wanted to learn the Spanish language and that’s ok! Just because you can’t talk the talk, doesn’t mean you can’t walk the walk! Like you said, people come in all shapes, sizes, and complexions. So don’t let small minded TINY people make you feel as if you are not Hispanic enough because you do or don’t look, talk, dance or cook a certain way!

[@psymompa]

Love this. My mom didn't teach us spanish because in the 1940s, she was hit in school for speaking Spanish. Such an advantage to be able to be multi lingual. ❤

[@CubanCoffee87]

Wife here (lol) 🙋‍♀️I loveed this, I wish this was said more often! I understand You. My father was white & my mother boricua . Sad to say spanish was not spoken growing up. Like you I know some things. May I add not speaking Spanish does NOT make us less boricua then those that speak Spanish fluently!! Rosa you could not have said it better!.. WE All come in different shapes & sizes 🥰

[@sammie8754]

One of my biggest regrets is listening to my daughters day care teacher tell me to keep her back a year from starting school cuz her English was a mixture of turkish and English...so my hubby stopped talking all the time in turkish so her English got better...and now she is 14 and can talk some and understand a little more turkish. I also work in a school with 5 to 6 year olds who 90 percent talk at least 1 different language at home and they are doing fine with English at school. Annnnd I also taught a kid that had no English at all (only hi) and now after 8 months he can have convos with me and his friends...so pleaaaassseee keep speaking Spanish with your kids while they are young it is the best thing.

[@captivated388]

Rosa I feel you. I am Spanish with a white mom and Nicaraguan biological father. It kills me I was never taught the language or culture but now, as an adult, I too am trying to learning how to speak Spanish. People mistake me for Italian all the time because I’m so light-skinned with my Mom’s Irish/polish features. Watching your videos really inspires me to learn more Spanish and about the culture. We are Latina enough! And we can learn together. ❤

[@georgiaa6743]

Rosa! This is such a beautiful expression of who you are, what a great video. I was captivated by every word you said. You are such a great storyteller! I think many people can relate to you, from many different backgrounds. As a mama with mixed raced children, and as also a “professional educator”, do what you think is best for your children. This only enriches their minds and special heritage more.

[@sofilabella3829]

As a Argentinian who lives in Argentina but whatch many videos from the US, i'm telling you I LOVE see latinos in other Countrys, speaking and learning both languages! No matter where you are, someone has an opinion! Maybe for many argentinian i'm not argentinian enough 😂😂😂 you are doing a great job!

[@Angiie129]

I was having a similar conversation with a coworker about this same thing. I’m a teacher at a private school and Hispanic Heritage Month is not acknowledged. Like not at all mentioned. Things have changed so much since I was a student.

[@juliairvin1606]

As someone who is American by birth and heritage, but who grew up in 3 Spanish-speaking countries, there is a part of of me also that is very Latin. It is a part of my soul, yet I too have insecurities because it has been so long since I lived in a Latin culture and I know my Spanish is limited and rusty. But it has always been baffling to me when I hear of people who want to put limits on how a culture is appreciated & shared. Keeping cultures closed to others is how cultures are lost. Good for you for digging into your Puerto Rican heritage. It has been fun for me to see the foods & hear the Spanish. I spent several years of my childhood in the Dominican Republic, so from one island girl to another, ¡Disfrutelo!

[@ashleycontreras9893]

I love watching your videos!! They always put a smile on my face☺️ I want my daughter to know Spanish & embrace her Hispanic side! She is also half white (my side). Her dad is Mexican. I need to put the tv in Spanish more often since I don’t know Spanish yet🫠 she’s almost 2

[@nicolemah-wing9597]

Honestly I think this is huge in mixed cultures. I’m caribbean Chinese and I get asked if I speak Chinese all the time. As though that defines my heritage- It doesn’t I am on my own path of learning and discovery with my Caribbean and Chinese roots and it has been absolutely amazing and fun. ❤

[@tawnabyington]

I love your content! My partner is 100% spanish and can not speak a lick of spanish... but they have other parts of the culture that come out. You are AMAZING!

[@deshanclan4006]

You go girl! 🎉 flaunt who you are!

[@lalmanza86]

Yes preach girl!!!! ❤ This is basically me growing up…except I’m Mexican as welll so it was always I wasn’t enough Puerto Rican and then with my Mexican friends it was oh you’re not Mexican enough. So yes we are all Latina enough!!❤

[@juliettejohnsonjj]

I need to do this with my German side. So inspirational ❤

[@Genie519]

I love you embracing your Latina self☺️

[@anasotoco]

Every language professor I’ve spoken to has mentioned making whatever they listen to the specific language you want them to learn. Especially tv and movies.

[@Cris-kp2lm]

“Tiny man doesn’t know me” I LOVE THIS VIDEO.. and girl you are not the only one. I too have all the feelings you have around growing up bicultural/bilingual but not really fully in one or the other. I love your attitude and yes you are Boricua (pa’que tu lo sepas 😊). AND for the professional whatever the hate comment person said. Ignore that please. That is old school thinking and studies prove that dual language learning is totally fine- putting your children in an immersive school is the best thing you can do to lay the foundation for them to learn another language. This is the time to do it because their neural pathways are developing and language acquisition is the best at a young age. You are rocking this! Sincerely, Professional Bilingual Speech Language Pathologist; fellow Boricua from the States

[@MrsKatB]

💕💕💕💕💕 Loved ALL of this! I also didn't grow up with many Spanish friends, so I can't speak spanish in the same manner as my Peruvian parents. But I can understand! Thank you for sharing 🥰

[@samuelymirianamaya1902]

I love your videos! I also don't know who I am. Born to two white Amish parents in Honduras. I have lived 22 years in Nicaragua and am married to a Salvadoreño. So we speak some Pennsylvania dutch, English and Spanish in our house. So who am I? I don't know but I do love living in Nicaragua!!

[@coffee_2234]

happy independent day chilean people also happy hispanic heritage month

[@gretchenstar5658]

Love your story ❤ very beautiful, you go girl!