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The "Hispanic Heritage" month

Just a random 30days that starts in the middle of September and ends in the middle of October or something weird like that, America has decided to "celebrate" Hispanic people. It really grinds my gears!! As a Cuban and Panamanian woman darker skin is very underrepresented in this Hispanic "month"! They make everyone look the same and it's irritating. Like way to be inclusive but not though🙄

Ah well. It's actually been a great day so I guess I just gotta take the lemons and trade the for apples😊

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REMsleep · 41-45, F Best Comment

It's political. Black History month is the only one of those months which was sort of organic I guess.
Blacks helped to build this country in everyway and in most places of education their history and achievements were left out of that education so the idea to educate at least one month a year was started.

Hispanic history month started in 1989 and was montly only a way to try to be equal about everything for the political leaders of each group of people wanting to have a month also.
There is some good in it so that young Hispanics feel that they are truly part of the US and to educate on the best and brightest.

Quite a few Latin people were instrumental in US history (not in a large voting,fighting block as blacks) but back in the days none of those people would have considered themselves Hispanic anyway.
They probably would have called themselves Native American or Spanish or criollo.

As for you being Afro Latina its just not a big enough group in the USA and Afro Latinos are underrepresented in your own Latin media and entertainment so I wouldn't expect better here from the US.
But you have to take part in spreading that awareness.
I've seen Youtube channels such as Pero Like and artists such as Amara La Negra do this.

The avg public dosen't care about Hispanic Heritage month too much.

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MizzO · 31-35, F

@REMsleep Yeah I get it, and I think I knew that, just every once in a while I come across it and then get let down all over again. Not like my whole day has stopped but it's like " oh..well that kinda sucks" I guess I should take on more of an awareness approach to it...maybe once things have kinda settled out in my personal life I can implement something small that I can do to raise awareness..

REMsleep · 41-45, F

@MizzO Yes just sharing your favorite Afro Latin music artist or high achiever on your Insta or even here.
Thanks for BA!

REMsleep · 41-45, F

@bijouxbroussard Interesting. I knew that the language had changed but I didn't know that was how it was back then.

Nadie

It's just companies banking on a theme. Like pride month.

Ducky · 31-35, F

My wife is Mexican and she’s totally not into it either. She calls it just a month-long Cinco de Mayo in that it’s just an excuse for Americans (she actually said white people, lol) to celebrate shit when Hispanics don’t care about it.

MizzO · 31-35, F

@Ducky even Cinco de mayo is not as big there as it is here from what I here which is hilarious. And all the people who love Mexican food but are so hard up on Mexican immigrants....it's weird.

REMsleep · 41-45, F

@MizzO Cinco de Mayo is actually an American holiday, it started in California near the border. Only a few Mexicans near the border celebrate that day.

The dynamics of Tejanos, Mexicans are really hard to explain but some of the most hardcore anti immigrant folks that I have ever met are not White Americans with ancestors from UK or Germany.
They are fairly white Americans with ancestors mainly from Mexico.

MizzO · 31-35, F

@REMsleep i don't know if you meant to tag me but I didn't say anything about anti immigrant folks being white. I clearly stated the knowledge i have about Cinco de mayo is second hand. What I said was that people who like Mexican food yet still are anti immigration are weird. That's my opinion. I'm entitled to it. I have met strange folks. I'm not saying every person who is anti immigration needs to not like immigrant food. It's just weird how some have such an aversion or distain for the people that make the food they like.

MorbidCynic · F

Maybe it’s where [i]I[/i] live but I don’t see that? But where I live most of the population is either Puerto Rican/Mexican or black (I live in the USA)

MizzO · 31-35, F

@MorbidCynic Im in the USA sls. It's probably state specific. Minnesota is not that diverse.

MorbidCynic · F

@MizzO i specified because my profile says Albania and it confuses people lol

MizzO · 31-35, F

@MorbidCynic I meant also not sis.y phone is just dumb right now lol

highkeydykey · F

One of my friends looked at me excitedly and was like "it's hispanic heritage month" when I told her I had no idea, she questioned if I was in touch with my culture enough lol

I don't know any hispanic person that celebrates Cinco de mayo or hispanic heritage month.

I think it's just an excuse for yt ppl to make tacos

PhaqueYou · M

Anti American much?

& what's wrong w/Hispanic celebration?

MizzO · 31-35, F

@PhaqueYou What? I am American. I can have an opinion on American holidays if O choose to. A right given in this county so.....

And nothing's wrong with celebrating Hispanic heritage. I share that heritage and have noticed the lack of representation. Cuba is populated by people of African descent that make up over 50% of their people yet they are never represented in media. Same goes for many other countries

SledgeHammer · 46-50, M

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empanadas · 31-35, M

Yeah I'm Dominican, everybody expect Hispanics to be brown to white passing never black. Which hilarious because when it comes to music they always want to claim Spanish Caribbean music as part of the culture. I don't celebrate this month

MizzO · 31-35, F

@empanadas Me either. At one point I thought about it. I'm from a state that has little diversity as far as Hispanics go but I don't need a holiday to teach and celebrate who I am, especially when they don't execute it properly..

empanadas · 31-35, M

@MizzO I can relate, I grew up in a state where they had no idea Hispanics had black people. I would get weird looks the moment I spoke Spanish. They gave Hispanics a month that no meaning to it. can't stand that they force shit on us that we don't care.

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