it offends me when people say “Mexican restaurants”

Instead of saying Spanish restaurant or Latino restaurant

Because why do Americans just assume that the only Latino residing people are Mexican?

That just irks me

It also irks me when people don’t understand culture and lump People together

People assume all Asians are Chinese

Or all Latinos are Mexican.

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ChiefJustWalks · 26-30

Well where I live, they're called Mexican restaurants because we actually are all Mexican 🤷 it's like the majority here. I've never in my life heard of a "spanish restaurant" or even stuff like "puerto rican restaurant" or "dominican restaurant" 😅 I don't think they even exist here lol

DeluxedEdition · 26-30, F

@ChiefJustWalks you don’t have to call them Dominican or Puerto Rican 😂😂😂 you just say Latino or Spanish restaurant. Because how do you know if they’re Mexican or not?

But I understand if you come from certain states like Texas is a good example. Where are you from?

It’s very offensive to go around calling people Mexicans who aren’t Mexican. It also makes the person look uncultured and ignorant

ChiefJustWalks · 26-30

@DeluxedEdition well I would know if they're Mexican or not... because I'm Mexican 👌 & yeah I understand the culture thing but imo "latino restaurant" just sounds silly. If anything, they should just learn the actual ethnicity 🤷 because if I heard somebody call a Mexican restaurant a "latino restaurant" around here I'd be kinda bothered by that 😂 because that also sounds uneducated but at least its not as bad as being completely wrong lol. & You can't call them all "spanish restaurant" either because how do you know if they're spanish or not? Only Spaniards are Spanish

I'm in Arizona though. We're mostly Mexican here