Comments on: Why do people assume that all latinos are from mexico? Why do they ask do u speak mexican?

By: wilmar

wilmar — Sat, 17 Jul 2010 02:55:33 +0000

what happens to you michael you dont read the papers venezuela is full of terrorist that chavez brought into your country and the violence on the streets is worst than in colombia these days. thats true, dont deny it.

By: michael

michael — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 01:40:48 +0000

I had a different experience, I’m Polish-Venezuelan and lived in Poland in some time, and everyone in Poland thought I was Italian or Greek! LOL. It depends on where you are.

Although the ‘Do you speak Mexican’ thing is stupid as fuck. I remember in Canada, if I told someone my ethnicity, they’d be like ’so.. Do you speak Venezuelan?’ *sigh*

Also tired of people thinking Venezuela is filled up with drugs and gangs and stuff because of Colombia…

By: shorty

shorty — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 00:35:00 +0000

latinos are people that need to be treated like everyone else,,,no0 country is the best,,,we are all humans and we all live in one world..,no0o one is perfect

By: martini

martini — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 02:43:23 +0000

Because, based on statistics and data, many latino immigrants are from Mexico, i don’t think it’s racist unless someone says it with racist connotation. In fact, I will bet you that ANY white person in Mexico is assumed to be American. Feel free to disagree with me, but people think one-sidedly too many times and like to make a big deal out of minor things

By: ladybugewa

ladybugewa — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 12:58:25 +0000

That kind of ignorance makes me shudder.
Ask them back if they speak American.
Bet they do.

By: phoebhart

phoebhart — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 12:58:25 +0000

I am not a Latino nor a Mexican but am still sometimes confused with being one (I am Euro-Asian) and I know what you mean. It is sooooo tiring, isn’t it?

By: ♥c0c0puffz♥

♥c0c0puffz♥ — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 12:58:25 +0000

I don’t assume. I know some latinos from California, Texas, New York and other places. But those are the main places you see them. If you weren’t raised near Latinos that’s all you know or assume. I was lucky to be raised in diverse neighborhoods so I saw all races.

By: gocash26

gocash26 — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 12:58:25 +0000

Most people that ask questions like "do you speak mexican?" are ignorant and have not taken any time to try to research other nationalities and maybe have never been around other ethnic groups. When you encounter people like that do not get mad, on the contrary give them some knowledge and explain the importance on stereotyping.

By: Jennifer M

Jennifer M — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 12:58:25 +0000

Because people don’t bother to educate themselves on things. They’d rather run around and act like idiots.

My boyfriend is Mexican, and it gets really annoying when my friends make stupid comments like "Hey, so what was it like to jump the border?" and when my sister says, "So, is Ivan from Puerto Rico or what?" or when people refer to Reggaeton as "Mexican music."

I think stereotypes in general are just very annoying.

By: gunner2za

gunner2za — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 12:58:25 +0000

when will people learnnnnn………americans are probably the most ignorant of all nations on earth………eg they think they won vietnam war, they think they are going to win Iraq, they think they are the master nation/race,they think people actually like them, they think there is intelligent life in outer space cause they cant find it in the US