#i'm just not abt to police latinidad you knwo

[latinashepard]

hi i wanna fight KAJDKF i was actually arguing with someone saying that ALL latinxs are poc and then we got into a fight about the fact that being born from latinx parents while you're born outside latinamerica doesn't automatically make you latinx pls help

omg... yeah i can tell you want to fight by the way you're bringing this discourse to my humble abode lmao (which is fine). who is or isn't latinx, what latinidad even is, it's all very subjective. i only take issue with the way latinx diaspora identities have... coopted discourse around latin america to the point that when we hear about "latinx voices" on online spaces it's always latinx people in usa. what about people living in the actual continent? i mean they don't even clarify that they mean diaspora latinxs, it's like they don't even acknowledge that there's an entire continent called latin america and people there have internet access (shocking i know) and can read what they post online fnjfdjafd and even post their own opinions too

i brought up this example before, but you know there's a play called latin history for morons, it's all about how people from latin america living in usa have contributed to usamerican society so that makes their existence valid (?!). imagine me, born and raised in a latin american country, watching this?! what the fuck. the only thing usa has contributed to my society is misery. at least clarify that you're going to talk about usalatines history for morons ig lmao.

went off on a tangent here but basically i think this person you're arguing with has a very us-centric view of latinidad (?), and that view is based on the stereotype that all people from latin america are of direct indigenous descent. race in latin america manifests in ways just as complex as those of usa's and it obviously varies country to country. as to how people born to latinx parents in nonlatine countries identify as, well that's their business because once again, identity is very subjective, determined by one's experiences in life.

#latine tag #you BRING usalatine discourse to my blog?! jail for anon #i'm kidding i love it even if it might get me in trouble #i'm just not abt to police latinidad you knwo