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I’m No Less Latina Because My Spanish Isn’t Perfect

Virginia Isaad
Nowadays it feels like any minor offense can get your ā€œLatinidad Cardā€ revoked. If you don’t like spicy food, you’re not really Mexican, your hoops are too small, or your skin isn’t the right shade of whatever expectation they have...
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Sesame Street Tackles Prejudice Faced by Spanish Speakers in U.S.

Virginia Isaad
Sesame Street continues to strive to educate the younger generation and in order to better do that they’re working on reflecting real issues affecting kids today. They recently introduced their first Black humanoid Muppets, father and son duo Elijah and...
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I Can Totally Relate to AOC’s Struggle With Spanish Fluency

Johanna Ferreira
One of the things I’ve always appreciated about Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez is how relatable she could be sometimes. On Thursday, the Congresswoman tweeted about doing an interview in Spanish about the Green New Deal on Univision Nueva York. She kept...
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Passengers Begin Speaking Spanish After Racist Tells Woman ‘Stop Speaking Spanish’

Virginia Isaad
Racist interactions where people are told to stop speaking Spanish—or their native language— are seemingly running rampant but helpful onlookers are a rarity. In a recent plane interaction on the way to New York,Ā  author and Bravo’s “Jersey Belle” star...
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White Woman Stops Racist Attack Against Latinas For Speaking Spanish

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There’s been a noticeable uptick in verbal attacks on people from diverse backgrounds since Trump has taken office. We’ve seen multiple attacks made against the Latinx community this year alone and numerous cases where they’ve been discriminated against simply for...