Comments on: You don’t speak Mexican?

By: g_man197666

g_man197666 — Thu, 22 May 2008 07:50:23 +0000

yeah, i hate it when people ask if i speak mexican as well. I’m from chicago and totally understand where you’re coming from. I am mexican and some people don’t understand how I have a french last name, Betancourt. People expect us all to have spanish last names. Theres been some whites at work who were amazed to see me talk to a puerto rican in spanish and then told me, “i didn’t know you also spoke puerto rican.” it was kinda funny for both of us that we went along with it. until this day, my white coworkers still don’t know that mexicans and puerto ricans speak the same language. as for the whole stereotypes, i hate them all. that’s why i hate those damn Homies figures! i don’t get offended when people think i’m from a different nationality other than mexican, but i know many who do. it also doesn’t matter to me if people call me hispanic, latino, or spanish because i know that people use these words to refer to people from latin america.

By: essica la colombianita

essica la colombianita — Fri, 01 Feb 2008 22:29:46 +0000

yes i know what yo mean. i hate it when people think i am mexican and a wet back . i hate it when peaople say you speak mexican?? watta hek is dat. no i dont speak mexican i speak spanish but colombian style. i have nothing against anybody and i think that every latino( which is how ur supposed to say it) shud know spanish. their parents should speak to them in spanish. anyways i think being colombian is awesome as well as everyother country in latin america.. we need to luchar pa ser mekores and have a better look to the worlds eyes. everyone thinks that colombia juss has cocaine and shit. but no . we have flowers and coffee and alot of food. bunuelos,chicharron,ajiaco bandeja paisa, and alot of other things. q viva latino america. oh and my myspace is lapaisa_01

By: ROSSEANE

ROSSEANE — Mon, 24 Jul 2006 23:39:47 +0000

IT HAS BEEN SAID THAT PEOPLE MAKE FUN OF ME ALL THE TIME I KNOW WHERE YOUR COMING FROM

By: Peace

Peace — Sun, 23 Jul 2006 06:31:41 +0000

Why do Mexicans get defensive if you say you are from another country other than Mexico? I’ve had that experience happen to me when I moved from southern U.S. to California.

By: jose luis

jose luis — Thu, 04 May 2006 09:14:09 +0000

En él año 2020 habla 135 millones de hispanos en todo él territorio nacional de los estados unidos i él ESPAÑOL será lengua oficiál.

la historia del Español de estos territorio he sitió siempré de la epoca
de la colonia española asta hoy diá i vá para mas en potencia en inteligencia
de la saviduria de la dinamica del español,Ganando terreno en los estados de los estados unidos de norte america con armonia con su graciá
por que és el pensar i la manera de sér de los hispano que és inevictabre
que los anglos no puede contra este fenomeno de hispanizar con mas fuerza
hasta desplazar ál idioma ingles. Yo digo asín que se joda los anglos sajonos
por queder destruïr ál idioma español.viva la cultura hispana,asta luego.

By: Pablo el bravo

Pablo el bravo — Fri, 31 Mar 2006 00:45:23 +0000

AND QUIT CALLING US LATINOS , THATS WHAT WHITE PEOPLE CALL US , YOU ARE WHAT YOU ARE FOR EXAMPLE, I ‘M MEXICAN.

By: Pablo el bravo

Pablo el bravo — Fri, 31 Mar 2006 00:39:07 +0000

i agree with aundrea, mexicans don’t speak spanish WE speak mexican . it’s all latin based but at the sametime it’s all very different .If you are coloumbian them learn to speak coloumbian

By: aundrea lothamer

aundrea lothamer — Mon, 20 Mar 2006 18:59:48 +0000

i want to learn spanish

By: Logtar

Logtar — Mon, 13 Mar 2006 02:24:45 +0000

Andrea, you are wrong… I am Spanish, because I speak Spanish, while I understand why you do not like to be called Spanish, it does not bother me at all… Spaniard would be the term used to identify someone from Spain.

By: andrea

andrea — Sat, 11 Mar 2006 01:24:25 +0000

interesting but……….. you’re calling yourself and every one who speak spanish SPANISH

no you’re not spanish, just like you’re not mexican

you’re colombian

I am colombian and i get very mad when people call me spanish because i am not from SPAIN, neither you are

speaking spanish doesnt make one spanish just like americans are not english people simply by speaking english.

By: Travis

Travis — Wed, 22 Feb 2006 21:03:55 +0000

What? Your real name isn’t Paco?!?

By: POL

POL — Sat, 18 Feb 2006 18:49:18 +0000

Es horrible que eso pase y es lo que contribuye en gran medida a la mala imagen que se tiene de EE.UU. en el exterior, pues su pueblo a veces parece creerse redentor y salvador del planeta y nisiquiera sabe donde está Iraq. En fin, eso de los estereotipos no pasa solo en Norteamérica, cuando estaba de viaje en Italia me preguntaron varias veces como era Madrid y me pidieron unas cuantas más que les vendiera coca. (También me pidieron que hablara con una paloma, porque paloma en italiano se dice “colomba” y pensaron que Colombia era el país de esos animales, claro, la gente que me preguntó eso estaba evidentemente ebria)

By: Jorgeq

Jorgeq — Sat, 18 Feb 2006 14:50:30 +0000

Let me first congratualate you in such an insightful entry. I guess I’ve thought about the subject at times but I’ve never taken the time to fully anaylze the situation. You’re right about New Yorkers. Usually when people come across a Hispanic person, they’re quick to assume that they descend from either Cuba or Puerto Rico.

I can’t relay say I’ve experienced any of the situations that you’ve described earlier. For some reason, people categorize me as either being Ecuadorian, Puerto Rican and sometimes even Colombian.

By: Nico

Nico — Sat, 18 Feb 2006 07:18:16 +0000

One of my best friends is from Costa Rica.

Someone once asked him if he knew Ricky Martin.

It made me embarrassed to be born in America.

My parents made me learn what the schools didn’t. I know all about geography, flags, languages, currencies, religions, etc. The ignorance of those things doesn’t help the USA’s image in the eyes of the world.

When I was in New Zealand, they started teasing me about Americans’ ignorance of those subjects. There was a wall map in the room, so I told them to point to anywhere and I’d tell them what it was. I didn’t miss a single one. Hopefully I redeemed the country a little bit!

By: April

April — Sat, 18 Feb 2006 00:02:36 +0000

Hey Logtar, I totally get what you are saying here: YOU ARE TIRED OF BEING STEREOTYPED.