Why do people from other south american countries get so offended if you think they are mexican?
I have personally seen this many times. People really get upset if they are from say, Brazil, and are mistaken for a mexican. Is there some sort of elitism amongst south american countries that they feel they are better than mexicans. I have also heard plenty of people from Spain that think this way too. One person claimed that the "butchered" version of Spanish that Mexicans speak is basically slang. Anyway I think that explains what I'm trying to find out.
I wouldn't bother or offend me at all to be mistaken for a canadian.
Tags: brazil, elitism, mexicans, quot, slang, south american countries, spain, there some sort
October 31st, 2009 at 4:32 pm
I think they are tired of people who think that someone speaking Spanish has to be from Mexico.
Spanish spoken in Mexico is not slang. There are different ways to speak Spanish like different ways to speak English, more than ways I mean accents.
October 31st, 2009 at 4:32 pm
Well duh, would you like it if people assumed you were from Canada? It’s all about pride in where you’re from, it’s not necessarily elitism.
October 31st, 2009 at 4:32 pm
I’ve noticed that to, like being from Columbia is any different
October 31st, 2009 at 4:32 pm
Would it upset you if someone thought you were German or French, or Dutch or English? If you are American you are proud of it. Mexicans are proud to be Mexicans, Brazilians are proud to be Brazilians etc.
October 31st, 2009 at 4:32 pm
Note: I wouldn’t recommend you call a Cuban or Puerto Rican a mexican either.
October 31st, 2009 at 4:32 pm
well im not south american, but im puerto rican n i hate when people think im mexican. its not cuz i think im better than mexicans or that i hate them (cuz i dont). its cuz a lot of people here see mexicans as dirty, illegal, uneducated, n all that. so when sumone calls me mexican, i feel that theyre trynna call me dirty n everything else.
btw spaniards think theyre better than everybody else. fuck them
October 31st, 2009 at 4:32 pm
Well, Brazilians don’t even speak Spanish and it is in an entirely different geographic region from Mexico and very different culturally.
Wouldn’t you get offended if someone just referred to as another culture over and over again? There are many many countries in Latin America besides Mexico.
Mexicans are at the bottom of the food chain. Much of the slang there is strange. However, each country has a weird reputation. Cuba butchers it too.
October 31st, 2009 at 4:32 pm
Same reason a Ukrainian person gets offended if you say Russian. Same reason a Canadian gets offended if you say American. Every country likes to have their own specific culture that makes them unique. When we describe ourselves personally, we tend to describe what is unique about us (colour hair, eyes, etc) that isn’t the same with everyone else. I spend a lot of time in South America and can tell you that a Central American, a Mexican, a Spanish, and a South American accent all sound extremely different even though I don’t speak spanish.
October 31st, 2009 at 4:32 pm
I don’t know. They should be flattered.
October 31st, 2009 at 4:32 pm
cause their not…. its rude.
My best friend is Colombian so to that guy up there saying that its not any different, is soo wrong.
different food, different traditions, different culture.
basically…
DIFFERENT RACE.
October 31st, 2009 at 4:32 pm
I asked someone that question once and this is what they told me….because they look at Mexicans to be criminals and drug dealers and wanting to live off of any ones government they can mooch off of, yet too lazy and ignorant to take care of their own country.
October 31st, 2009 at 4:32 pm
because being a mexican is an insult to spanish culture because their culture is very different from those in south america. some of my family really sont like mexicans because of the vibe they put out-and you know exactly what im talking about when i mean by that. Its not that we have anything against mexico, we just dont like the majority of them who act as if they are in a gang.
October 31st, 2009 at 4:32 pm
Most of the latin countries in the world believe the mexicans to be of the lowest class. I have a puerto rican son in law who rejects anything that is mexican.
October 31st, 2009 at 4:32 pm
Well with Brazil, it’s cause they speak Portuguese, not Spanish. It also implies an ethnical chauvinism on the thinkers part.
October 31st, 2009 at 4:32 pm
beacause all south americans are not from Mexico. How would you feel if a latino person came up to you and said you must be canadian . Because most nof there english speaking friends are from canada. Just like asians there all not from china people from India are asian but you would not think they are asian would you?
October 31st, 2009 at 4:32 pm
Yeah that’s how it was in FLorida, it was an insult to be called mexican.
lmao anti’s suck
October 31st, 2009 at 4:32 pm
Well, I don’t really see that anything South of the Rio Grande being all that different – nothing but corrupt, socialist Latinos. Not even worth considering them as having important distinctions like "nationality".
October 31st, 2009 at 4:32 pm
I am of Mexican decent….I embrace all people from all of America….
My brothers/sisters in the North, Central and South….
Every culture offers something wonderful…..Be it their customs, local folk art, architecture, food etc….
Their is no shame in being Mexican or any other culture or race….
October 31st, 2009 at 4:32 pm
I am from spain and I don’t get offended if I am confused from time to time for a hispanic person its actually nice sometimes but I guess bc it has happened to me a couple of times where I have mistaken cuban and belize people for african american and when you hear them talk in spanish its amazing but I guess everyone just feels pride from where they come from don’t tell me you wouldn’ t hang your country flag next to the american flag?
October 31st, 2009 at 4:32 pm
It’s a pride thing.
October 31st, 2009 at 4:32 pm
People often have a lot of pride in thier country, and being taken for a citizen of a rival country could be annoying. Canadians don’t much like being taken for Americans, for instance.
Personally, I get mistaken for Mexican, and I don’t get all offended (But then, I’ve also been mistaken for Persian, Arab, Jewish, Brazilian, and a host of other things – even Native American as a kid – so it’s just kinda funny at this point).
Brazilians don’t even speak the same language – and Spanish and Portugese sound pretty different, it’s not a mistake a lot of people should be making.
Mexican Spanish is different from that of Spain, just like American English is different from that of England. It’s kinda snobbish to make a big deal out of it, though.
October 31st, 2009 at 4:32 pm
just like the do with Africans. your either from Kenya, South Africa, Egypt, Libya, Somali and so on, no one is African. Lets all respect each other’s origin.
October 31st, 2009 at 4:32 pm
Well I know many Americans who wouldn’t take kindly to being called Canadian. Also they speak a whole different language in Brazil.
October 31st, 2009 at 4:32 pm
well I’m Argentinian
yeah Mexicans have butcher the Spanish language
but i hate the way Americans treat them
October 31st, 2009 at 4:32 pm
A person tends to be proud of their nationality and doesn’t want it to be mistaken. And if you do happen to mistake a Brazilian for a Mexican, I would understand their anger since they speak Pourtogese, not Spanish in the first place. And like everyone else has said so far, Americans are proud to be Americans and so on, you wouldn’t wanted to be mistaken for something else would you? I couldn’t immagine what would happen if you mistaked a Sunni Muslim for a Shiite Muslim.
October 31st, 2009 at 4:32 pm
I’m from Argentina and it sort of does bother me being called Mexican. I like Mexicans but, I find that many Americans don’t know there are other people who happen to speak Spanish from other countries. So they think we are all Mexican.
October 31st, 2009 at 4:32 pm
First off the type of Indian is different and many times the European origin is different. However, this is true in different parts of Mexico as well.
No one is offended that you confuse them with where they are from they are offended that you were too ignorant to bother to ask instead of making assumptions. Columbians and Mexicans do not look alike and Hondurans and Mexicans do not look alike. In fact Hondurans range in color from very white to very coal black and Black Hondurans get just as ticked about being called African American since they are Garifuna Black and not from the US.
October 31st, 2009 at 4:32 pm
I’m Spanish and Cherokee and it makes me mad when people think I’m Mexican! I don’t have anything against Mexicans . The language of Mexico is alto different from that of Spain . I correct people when they call me a Mexican.
November 3rd, 2009 at 6:19 am
I’m South American and very proud of my sub-continent….
Although it is understandable that Americans generalize and think mexican=latin/hispanic=spanish because they just don’t know better, their ignorance is what annoys me…
With all due respect to the mexican people, but I couldn’t care less about their “dia de los muertos”, “5 de mayo” or any other celebrations that Americans assume we all celebrate and are part of one culture called hispanic/latino… there is no such a thing!…
I don’t think Americans, Canadians, British, Australians, South-Africans, etc are the same culture…
Latin/Hispanic is not one culture, we don’t eat all the same food, even though we speak (more or less) the same language, there are great differences in the sub-regions and countries… for example, don’t expect people south of Colombia to be salsa dancers, we just suck at it… is not really part of our culture… central american people are the spicy ones… this “mexican family” concept is far from real in the south, we are still family oriented, but not the way tv shows present mexican families.
I believe an important reason why South Americans wouldn’t want to be compared with mexicans is because most mexican immigrants are unskilled, uneducated people, while South Americans moving to the US are better educated, with a decent knowledge of english and even though they might start doing odd jobs when they just arrive, their skills rapidly help them improve their conditions.
November 13th, 2009 at 4:56 pm
I cannot believe the racist remarks I am reading on this blog. Most of you people wouldn’t dare write such rude ignorant comments about African Americans because you know you will get bashed for it. What makes it okay to make these generalizations about Mexicans (You write: unskilled, uneducated, moochers). You surely would never say it to there faces, cowards!
I am not Mexican, and yes I get offended when someone calls me Mexican, or Puerto Rican. Not because I think I’m better than they are, but because it is ignorant people like you who always asks the question. People who assume that every Spanish speaking person comes from the same country, or every Asian is from China. Mexicans and many other Central Americans are hard working people – humans – who struggle in their country; shedding sweat, blood, and tears just to feed their families. Most of us will crumble under that kind of preasure. But the ignorant, spoiled brat Americans, and the other racist Latinos will never understand the TRUE BRAVERY and HEART that runs in the Mexican blood.
December 9th, 2009 at 9:58 pm
Because they’re different. Americans are too ignorant to know that. Omg, I forgot I’m American too.
January 6th, 2010 at 6:01 pm
Well it’s like calling a black person a N. or calling a whit person a Cracker….It’s rude and close minded. I’m Black in Cuban and if someone calls me a mexican it’s calling me the N word…Dont get me wrong i have mexican friends and i love them to death…but i wont hate to be called jamaican or african…You JUST DONT ASSUM
January 12th, 2010 at 11:15 am
its the outside that makes us different… im mexican… and well i dont consider myself dirty uneducated…but i think that is mostly the goverment in our countries who kind of block the academic grouth if you will… which lead us to another thing… and that is that its those who dont stand up for themselves and at least try to be better at whatever they do try and do better in our countries… and its because of those people that we all get stereotyped (correction??) into the same mexican background, which is those hard working men and women in the labor picking our veggies and such… ive never had any racism issues… but anyhow… i think that in the end we are all the same… we all have two ears, one mouth, to arms…etc…
we are all humans…
santiago