Many people think Mexico is the only country that exists, but I don’t think they’re that arrogant. Or are they?
I guess theyre less annoying than people who ask stupid questions baiting blanket responses for retire demographics which natively spans multpile continents accross oceans of seperation.
I forget who does the dancing in costumes with bells sewn on?
Latin Americans are Americans, last I checked.
I know more low-information, backwoods, ignorant, redneck losers than I can possibly count, and I literally do not know anybody thinks Mexico is the only country that exists. It’s just that they don’t care to differentiate or acknowledge the difference when they refer to anybody and everybody with a “latino” appearance as “Mexicans”.
I don’t know much about the smaller ones. Im lucky enough to live in a large metro area. I have met people and eaten at restaurants and they are all different outside of many of them speaking spanish. cuba, mexico, brazil, argentina, peru, chile. Now granted I have met many, many, people whose parents or grandparents came from mexico and only a few from the other countries. So not exactly massive sample sizes. Not surprising everyone would seem different.
I know some pretty stupid Americans and they know that Mexico isn’t the only Latin American country, if someone says that to you they’re probably being dumb on purpose
The only thing I can think of is that they’re mistaking the term Latin America for Central America. But they’d be wrong even then, so idk.
I’m originally from Costa Rica, but lived in both the US and Canada
The US has always had a major xenophobia problem, even in progressive areas and even before Trump. I grew up in a red area of a blue state before moving to the city. My experience growing up was horrible. Cops are relentless and will try to fabricate evidence to ruin your life if you’re Hispanic. There’s no nuance. Everyone called me Puerto Rican or Mexican by default, even friends.
Canada is different, Costa Rica has a much stronger presence here and people are much more aware of it (though I’ve yet to actually meet any other Costa Ricans). My experience as a latina has been better by comparison, though unfortunately it’s because a lot of the racism and xenophobia gets directed at South Asian people instead. Not to say Canada is perfect (and obviously it varies by area), but Canadians are generally just more pleasant to be around.
Biggest pet peeve is when people think texmex is traditional Hispanic food. Fuck off with that hard shell BS
Biggest pet peeve is when people think texmex is traditional Hispanic food.
Didn’t Texas use to be a part of Mexico?
Yep, well before the American taco was a thing (aka the taco emoji 🌮). It’s going to overlap with Mexico a bit because they’re next to each other, but it’s hardly indicative of the vast majority of Latin America
Traditional street food varies by country. Traditional dishes are more along the lines of rice and beans, soups, platters, grilled meat, and so on. It’s a very diverse part of the world
Optimi sunt.
Jokes aside, they’re just people like the rest of us, by and large. Except for the Quebecoise…
Okay jokes aside for real this time, Latin America is too big and diverse to lump together. There’s a few commonalities, like:
- soccer / futbol
- jus soli citizenship
- good food
…but two out of three of those you’ll also find in Anglo-America.
Ngl I assumed “latin america” was just a synonym for “south america” before I looked it up just now.
So… I know I might be wrong but my mental image is just: spanish speaking + developing countries, and a vibe like the portrayal of Mexico in the media
I mean when you don’t have much info, the only thing thats sticks in your mind is just mass media depictions, and honestly I don’t know too much about them.
As of the people? Please excuse me for the streotyping but the “Machismo” thing comes to mind… again its probably because the media portrayals that got stuck in my mind.
I don’t view people as any better or worse, I as an immigrant and minority have faced racism and xenophobia, and having grown up in an environment of diversity and multiculturalism, I’ve learned to be more accepting.
People are people, some good, some bad. Love learning about the cultural differences and mythos though!
I do get annoyed when anyone lumps the cuisine just ‘Mexican food’! They’re all SO DIFFERENT!
They are smarter than I am. I could never properly conjugate “Romans go home”.
I’m mainly just sad about the history of US coups in the region! Not to mention all the Caribbean colonialism before USA as well.
What do I think about latinos? They’re people? I’m interested in learning more about the Zapatistas. I appreciate the diversity of Latino culture too. Idk hth
Many people think Mexico is the only country that exists,
No, some people that you know think that “many people” believe that…
It doesn’t make it true
I don’t
Any more than I think about Canadians, or Italians, or Welsh, or Czech.
When pushed, best I got is “you do you”
There’s only one right answer.
Hahah, enjoy the upvote
in my own life, I’ve only met Chileans and Argentinians with good enough English that I could have conversations with them. we VERY RARELY will get news written by Brazilians. with the language barrier, our understanding of the south is pretty heavily influenced by narrative and rumored stereotypes.
but also it’s like, I feel pretty confident that if you asked the average American what continent Guyana is on, there’s a 50/50 chance they’ll get it wrong.
