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Nibodhika@lemmy.world 6 months ago
You were born in a Latin America country, presumably son of Latin Americans, you grew up in said country, you are a Latin American, or Latino for short.
People born in USA with USA born parents that grew up in the USA are Americans, the ones that claim to be Italian or Irish are made fun of by a actual Italian and Irish people, source I’ve lived in Italy and now live in Ireland.
Latin America is arguably one of the largest demographics in the world, since it covers essentially all of the countries in the American continent with the notable exceptions of USA and Canada. An Argentinian like me will have almost nothing in common with a Mexican like you (except perhaps we both watched el chavo del 8), or at least no more than I would have with a Canadian, yer we’re both “Latinos”. Plus I don’t see what’s the problem with being a Latino, that doesn’t mean anything, whatever prejudice someone will have for you being Latino, they will have it regardless of whether you consider yourself Latino.
01adrianrdgz@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Nibodhika@lemmy.world 6 months ago
You can identify as whatever you want, you will still be a Latina though. Nope, I’m not Irish, nor do I wish to identify as such. Don’t mean to offend you, but you read like an angry teenager that’s angry at their parents or has watched one too many racist movies depicting Latinos as a bad thing, in time and with age you learn to appreciate your origins, and the more people and cultures you know the more you realise you do have a culture and that your culture is different from others. Getting to know other cultures and appreciate their differences is one of the cool things in life, understanding that what you consider normal is for others strange and vice-versa can be an eye opener.
01adrianrdgz@lemmy.world 6 months ago
Nibodhika@lemmy.world 6 months ago
I’m not saying you sound angry at me, you sound angry at your own heritage. Latina is the female of Latino, you said you’re not a son, so the assumption is that you’re a daughter. Yes, there’s nothing biological, there’s also nothing biological in being a Mexican or an Argentinian, but regardless of how you feel about it you’re still a Mexican and I’m still an Argentinian, nothing racist about that. You might not identify ad Mexican, but you are, and others will identify you as such, there’s nothing wrong nor right with being a certain nationality or culture, you are Mexican and you are Latino, you don’t have to be a stereotype of either, nor do you need to agree with what others Mexicans or Latinos think about anything.
You keep saying you like to stay neutral, but you grew up in Mexico from what you told, so your neutral is different from mine, and it’s different from an Irish or Italian. Culture is in everything, a food that you might consider weird is someone else’s favourite breakfast, e.g. toast with beans in the UK, and where you grew up informs a lot of what you consider neutral.
Corkyskog@sh.itjust.works 6 months ago
What about LatinX… lol