discussion The Latin community debuts template to determine which celebs are Latinos

[Space Cowboy]

thoughs?

Edited February 7 by Space Cowboy

[Illuminati]

Does Lanita count?

[vuelve88]

 

[SoldierofLove]

JLo no fluido?? I dunno, she sounded pretty fluido to me here:

 

Or am I not understanding the criteria?

[lillavend3r]

They are absolutely right Jenna Ortega ain't latina. Although we don't claim Nasty Peluso since she's busy trying to be a spaniard 

[Johnny Cash]

Gringos better save that chart so we don't have to explain this over and over 

[Taylena]

Anya Taylor-Joy more latina than Selena or Becky G? 

[305]

I’d say this is pretty on point

 

2 minutes ago, Taylena said:

Anya Taylor-Joy more latina than Selena or Becky G? 

yes. 

[Junipero]

Half of the American ATRL community will be in shambles. /s

 

Yeah, I always knew that "Latino" in a US American context is different than "Latino" in a Latin American context.

[satellites.™]

Not Becky G catching the stray. 

 

They should do Xtina and Cameron Diaz.

[bliaz]

¿Y la Rosalía? 

[Digitalism]

26 minutes ago, Taylena said:

Anya Taylor-Joy more latina than Selena or Becky G? 

Of course she is 

Have you heard her speak. Her culture is 100% argentinian. 

 

[Azulito]

"Latino" in the US has a different meaning in the US vs LATAM the same way "America" has a different meaning in English vs Spanish. Why is this so hard to understand for some people?

[Great808]

Latino means someone that lives or is born from south of the border I don’t understand what’s so hard about that to understand for some. It’s also a really pointless term when alot of the ppl and ESPECIALLY the celebrities are just White ppl with maybe a dash of Black or Native in them. 

[Chris]

1 hour ago, SoldierofLove said:

JLo no fluido?? I dunno, she sounded pretty fluido to me here:

 

Or am I not understanding the criteria?

The way this never fails to make me laugh.

 

And Taylor's response.

 

[byzantium]

29 minutes ago, Marvin said:

"Latino" in the US has a different meaning in the US vs LATAM the same way "America" has a different meaning in English vs Spanish. Why is this so hard to understand for some people?

This is ATRL where nuance comes to die. 

[KingWitch]

I don't understand a word, so I'll just smile and nod 

 

[Trash]

1 hour ago, Taylena said:

Anya Taylor-Joy more latina than Selena or Becky G? 

Yes, Anya actually lived in Latino america and can speak spanish fluently 

[dinorhino]

1 hour ago, Taylena said:

Anya Taylor-Joy more latina than Selena or Becky G? 

Yes? She was actually raised in a Latin American country (partially), has citizenship of a Latin American country (Argentina) and is fluent in the language. Are you trying to say she's not latina because she looks whiter than Selena and Becky G? Lol. 

 

[dinorhino]

53 minutes ago, Marvin said:

"Latino" in the US has a different meaning in the US vs LATAM the same way "America" has a different meaning in English vs Spanish. Why is this so hard to understand for some people?

You need to tell American Hispanics that because they don't believe that; they believe they are one and the same as actual Latinos raised in Latin America. Same thing for white Americans who think they're exactly the same as people from Europe just because they have an ancestor who used to live in the same country, i.e. white Americans of Irish descent thinking they are just like people actually raised in Ireland and have anything of relevance in common with them

 

What Americans often don't realise is that they see culture as genetic and most of the world doesn't see it that way including people in Latin America, hence the chart. Of all the ethnicities to occupy, being Latino is the most divorced from any particular ancestral group and has everything to do with lived experiences in that culture (not a diaspora culture)

 

1 hour ago, bliaz said:

¿Y la Rosalía? 

People keep memeing about Rosalía not being Latina but she actually has a Cuban great grandparent so by American logic she is Latina. 

Edited February 7 by dinorhino

[Life Savers]

1 hour ago, Taylena said:

Anya Taylor-Joy more latina than Selena or Becky G? 

 

As Argentinean as they come, so yes. 

 

Edited February 7 by Life Savers

[SweetenerNostalgia]

Tienen toda la razón 

[lillavend3r]

1 hour ago, Digitalism said:

Of course she is 

Have you heard her speak. Her culture is 100% argentinian. 

 

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They want some whitexicans to be latino so bad Selena spanish somehow worse than J Lo's and although I love Becky she only sticked to spanish music cause it smashed back then

[Digitalism]

1 minute ago, lillavend3r said:

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They want some whitexicans to be latino so bad Selena spanish somehow worse than J Lo's and although I love Becky she only sticked to spanish music cause it smashed back then

Americans think that being a latino is only about how brown you are. They don't understand how different cultures are in every country 

[dinorhino]

11 minutes ago, Digitalism said:

Americans think that being a latino is only about how brown you are. They don't understand how different cultures are in every country 

No they also think speaking Spanish precludes you from being white even if you're Spain. Spaniards in US census are classified as racial minorities (White Hispanic). In general they being Latino is an ancestry because the overwhelming majority of American Latinos are mestizo~indigenous Mexicans so they associate being "brown" to being Latino even though Mexico has white Mexicans like the boxer Canelo (which American Latinos would be very hesitant to call Mexican, if at all)

 

The weird ass racialisation Americans have and how they're so oblivious to how stupid it is when talking to people from other countries, especially ones that are from the places their identity has roots in, is weird as ****