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Can I tell you something about it sometimes that I you could be jealousy complaining bully and well what you're doing in your life it is well to tell you the truth about it everyone have a bigger family It is Well American citizens different families and different country it is well they'll like the luckiest one and sometimes that other that well in your life what you doing anyway because this is about that up there talking about that people live up are Latinos that why they are talking is like this because you can tell the difference all you get confused because this is real life not a fantasy I got and I got to say this to you sometimes. Is that why you don't like the music guess what people love music upper like well but kind of different music that like it's for a wonderful and happy and dance and excited especially that what you doing in your life anyway what you did for well the present with the past or today right now in the future because sometimes that to tell you the truth about it don't be like a bully be something of your well you're better than that because the man is not here but he said his last words everyone have a better life you're better and that to change something in your future or your future is going to be repaid us up again that well liked you then but this is your choice right there this is your choice especially that well meaning of Latinos that are all they speak English and Spanish that have a two families and the other one well it's a third one you know this already and the fourth one you know this already too and well something over the fifth one is what a bit excited of the fifth one it's just like Latinos is getting out of a bigger family it is and that bigger family is something is like well people are not that bear scene anyway they sometimes data of well people of Latino. To reach of a gold atom want to see something well it's a good life especially that well what kind of future do you we really wanted to see 4 turn 20 30 40 50 do you really want to get better or do you really want to do repeat us up again because you just don't understand other Latinos people have a different life especially that you think that well everyone is the same it's not they have a upwell set the different the same time that you get it confused can you tell me about that but try to understand this this is your future this is your life and sometimes that are of the really want to see of setting it is good you could do anyway because that time is already passed and the next time is that there is no going to happen this for the future is your choice

FRENCH CANADIANS ARE LATINS EL FRANCES ES UN IDIOMA LATINO LE QUEBEC MONTREAL MON AMOUR

@@rosephoenix4634 FRENCH CANADIANS ARE LATINS LE QUEBEC MONTREAL MON AMOUR

@@gato-grande tf?

Yes we did if you don't like it leave then

Americans please eggsplain.

I am confusion.

Just get some duct tape stick it on your forehead and write I'm Brazilan, case closed. No one is psychic. Or go back!

Meu deus!!! Simmmmm. minha mãe é do Brasil eu entendo

Portuguese is derived from Latin.

Sorry to hear that brother stay strong and make this country great

People here are just mean. Usa has one of the highest mental illness rates among any country. Dont let it eat at you. Im irish german american and i married a peruvian. Over the 15 years that she has lived here, we have had experiences. One i could tell you. Is that my kids were 3 and 7. We went to firehouse subs to eat and my wife is talking to me about what she want to eat in spanish. And this lady just goes nuts. She looked right into my eyes and told me to go back to cuba. Thats how stupid people can be. We sat down and the lady making the sandwich came over to our table to apologize for the other customer yelling infront of our kids.

Well said. We are all Americans. However, North Americans have always claimed their European ancestry . Therefore the real Americans are those who mixed with indigenous. In conclusion Latin Americans are the real Americans from the America continent.

Thank you finally someone gets it

No us Latinos are not Americans we are Latinos! We should stop trying to Americanize ourselves and we should be proud of our roots and our culture

Being American also means having a american culture. Being Latino means the same, you need our latino culture, customs and traditions. Without that you can't be latino. You can speak Spanish, English, Portuguese, French and still be latino as long as you know our history and celebrate everything that makes us latinos.

@@chinglee100 your literally on the north/south American continent, you are "American"

I remember my dad saying if America became a socialist country, we would move to Belize.

FRENCH CANADIANS ARE LATINS FRENCH IS A LATIN LANGUAGE LE QUEBEC MONTREAL

LATIN IS NOT A RACE

IF YOU SPEAK SPANISH PORTUGUESE FRENCH ITALIAN ROMANIAN.....YOU ARE LATIN

@@faeishhh IF YOU SPEAK SPANISH PORTUGUESE FRENCH ITALIAN ROMANIAN.....YOU ARE LATIN

Paulina Ruiz ay yo soy panameño tambien. Well half, other half is Venezuelan 🇻🇪🇵🇦

🇵🇭🇲🇽🇮🇱

You Chino?

@@sahulianhooligan7046 I'm a proud Chinese-Panamanian

Soy panameña-Americana 🇵🇦🇺🇸

I'm White and Jewish, mixed with italian which is techinally Latin, and possibly French.

FRENCH CANADIANS ARE LATINS FRENCH IS A LATIN LANGUAGE LE QUEBEC MONTREAL

BARILOCHE VILLA LA ANGOSTURA SAN MARTIN DE LOS ANDES USHUAIA ANTARTIDA ARGENTINA

@@faeishhh MONTEVIDEO ATLANTIDA PIRIAPOLIS PUNTA DEL ESTE URUGUAY

MONTEVIDEO ATLANTIDA PIRIAPOLIS PUNTA DEL ESTE URUGUAY

No one said it was.

They remember when "Latino" identity didn't exist.

@@Tritone The Latino identity, instead of "Latin American" was invented by Mestizo Frank del Olmo about 25 years ago. He even fooled the U.S. Census Bureau into adopting the "Hispanic-Latino" term to identify the Ethnicity of the Spanish-speaking people of the Americas. First of all saying Latino/a when speaking or writing in English is grammatically incorrect-should be LATIN masculine and feminine.. Secondly, Latin only refers to Latin languages and Latin Culture. Both Romans, both Italians. These are the Latins: Italians, French, Romanians, Portuguese and Spaniards and have been Latin for more than 2000 years. Nobody can change it. Frank del Olmo should have inquired about the real meaning of Latino/Latin before trying to pass it as an Ethnicity for Spanish-speaking people.- ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-jyAjG4hPckA.html

These kids have never stepped foot on Latin America yet they want to answer what being a Latino is lmao

So what? All the Germans, Italians, Poles, Russians etc. who came to America 100 years ago also forgot their languages and just became Americans.

Brandon Olivas it’s ok just be proud of who you are and stand together with other Latinos not against them.

It looks like there is a problem in the states to speak more than one language (english). I live in spain. I am Ecuadorian, my hubby german/american. We speak 3 languages to my baby. He is more rich because he understands more cultures first hand and he understands more concepts than any normal jack or johny forsure

Your parents where weak like that movie my family just like my sister named her kid carter

@@johnybecool2810 TO AMERICA NOT.....TO UNITED STATES....AMERICA IS A CONTINENT...UNITED STATES ONLY A COUNTRY

A question Can a person identify as "Latin" without that person being born? I mean, those things still confuse me.

You should follow og del rancho channel.

I was born and raised in Switzerland but the Swiss people don't see me as a Swiss. Only ethnically Swiss are seen as real Swiss in Switzerland. In the US or in any country of Latin America you get automatically citizenship if you are born there, but this isn't the case in Europe. Your nationality isn't always of the country u were born in. Look how many children in the UAE who were born there still don't have Emirati citizenship and some even had to leave the country once they turned 18. It isn't as easy to understand as you'd like to thing.

​@@gabrielpr03No it's easy to understand. Europe, the Middle East, and Asia are racist asf. Always were always will be. That's why the history of that continent is drenched in blood because nobody got along with each other or recognized each others humanity. The Americas (not just the. US) are a new experiment to leave that old barbaric way of looking at the world behind.

She’s not white. You can easily see she has traces of Amerindian in her facial features and her skin tone. She’s clearly at least a quarter Native American.

bobabooty exactly! And to those of you saying she’s not white because she has at least a quarter Amerindian blood, so do many American White people so yeah she and any other Castizo is still White.

you should not tell another human which race they are.

I don’t understand why people get so triggered about being white. I think white is a beautiful colour, She is lucky she has two of the best races, White and Latina 😍

P. Johnson no, most Americans are 95% white, look it up.

there's no such thing as a hispanic culture

Youre not american, youre hispanic. Your native language is spanish, not english. You are not American, you are an imposter. Get out. Leave. You people are ruining our country.

He tu no eres latina naciste en usa deja de creer que son Latinoaméricanos , si no naciste en algún país de esos gringos tratando de creerse algo que no son

How can an Australians be a Latino, wouldn’t he/she be an Australian? Makes no sense. Also, Latino means you’re from Latin America, it’s not about “embracing” anything.

@@truthteller839 Oh no, it isn't the same as being Australian, European, American, African. It's beyond that.

Bro what? You can’t just be Latino if you embrace the calture! It’s also an ethnicity of mixed indigenous African and European that’s very ignorant to say and frankly insulting!

​@@bigseb1014 Wow, another person who doesn't know what a latino is. Sorry, your definition of a latino is wrong and very insulting. That's how our latino culture works, we accept anything as long as you part-take in our costumes.

Un latino no se nace, se hace??? Dale, banca que ahora me vuelvo estadounidense por escuchar Taylor Swift. Sabés hablar castellano/portugués al menos?

Not surprising. The poorest Latinos flee to the U.S. and undoubtedly most of the poorest of the poor are indigenous or mestizo. There’s exceptions though like in Miami with the white Cubans or random Uruguayan who lives in NY.

If you come here then you should assimilate. If a American goes to a foreigen nation and lives there, does he have the right to claim the same as you said?

First let's start with your religion that caused this mess in the first place

There is a song legal alien by sting. Is the same or no?

No. This is just a poem. @@Andrew-om1pw

FRENCH CANADIANS ARE LATINS FRENCH IS A LATIN LANGUAGE LE QUEBEC MONTREAL DAVID MON AMOUR

BARILOCHE VILLA LA ANGOSTURA SAN MARTIN DE LOS ANDES USHUAIA ANTARTIDA ARGENTINA

Most people agree it’s a silly word

I'll use Latino when there's a lot of us, but when food gets involved I'm Peruvian against the whole world. Those suckers just can't compare

Yes! I'm learning Spanish, French, and Russian.

BARILOCHE VILLA LA ANGOSTURA SAN MARTIN DE LOS ANDES USHUAIA ANTARTIDA ARGENTINA

@@faeishhh BARILOCHE VILLA LA ANGOSTURA SAN MARTIN DE LOS ANDES USHUAIA ANTARTIDA ARGENTINA

The one complaining that people think she’s white IS white. A white hispanic. Lol. So sad how little people know about what Hispanic means.

amazing!! eheheheehe

You are white true people of north and south America are brown everything else is what the Europeans brought over that just the way it is

LOS CANADIENSES QUE HABLAN EN FRANCES SON LATINOS.....EL FRANCES ES UNA LENGUA DERIVADA DEL LATIN.....LE QUEBEC MONTREAL

BARILOCHE VILLA LA ANGOSTURA SAN MARTIN DE LOS ANDES USHUAIA ANTARTIDA ARGENTINA

Se supone que tienen que hablar español pero no ellos son los Latin Pride.

I ask muself the same question. I see those people as Americans. Having some family roots to latin American countries does not makes those people automatically part of a « latino » identity.., this is pure multiculturalist brainwashing... this idea that we should be reduced to what our ancestors were for eternity. If these people are living and born in the US, have english as main language, have adopted American mindset about races as it seem they have... there definitly are not latin/latino anymore... Being latin is a bout having a culture that is rooted in the latin (romance) languages, countries of roman cultural heritage... we are far from this with these people who seem totally assimilated to USAmerican culture, an Anglo-saxon culture...

@@fablb9006 in my opinion when ppl ask me what I am I prefer to say I'm Mexican or in some cases hondumexican (🇭🇳🇲🇽) because it's like having Asian parents and saying you not Asian yk? If you speak your Latin or Hispanic language and come from immigrant parents with their cultures then you are considered Hispanic/Latin. Us Hispanic and latin kids still experience racism as ppl who actually come from those places , if we were American we would have American customs and ofc we adapt to the country but we don't do american traditions or wtv American ppl do. It's better to stick to your roots and pass down the culture

@@fablb9006 FRENCH CANADIANS ARE LATINS.....FRENCH IS A LATIN LANGUAGE....LE QUEBEC MONTREAL

@@fablb9006 HALF USA SPEAK SPANISH

@@fablb9006 USAMERICAN CULTURE IS A LATIN CULTURE

Come on bro this person is in high school. It is hard to figure these things out at a young age with the influence of modern students and social media constantly surrounding you, along with the importance of academics (very stressed in immigrant households like mine).

They are actually starting to accept Afro Latinos but white Latinos like you or me Lol no. If I say I’m Latino with a lot of white ancestry people do one of two things , say we will never be white or get mad and say we’re being racist and want to fit in with non Hispanic whites.

However I agree with what you said.

The Italians were the original Latinos but America doesn't see them as Latin. Remember the Latin languages come from Europe, Portuguese, Spanish, Italian, Romanian, I forgot the 5th one but their is 5 Latin languages in Europe.

@@gregvaldez1269 Hispanics and Latino’s come from Latin Europe, they are Southern Europeans from Spain Italy France Portugal Andorra and Romania. Amerindians and Africans are not Latino or Hispanic. The word Latino is just Spanish and Italian for Latin and Latin people are Southern Europeans.

@The Violinist I know and most of these people that call themselves Hispanic do not realise they are basically calling themselves Spanish in Latin. Hispania was a region in the Roman Empire which today consists of Portugal and Spain but Spain claimed the name for themselves Latin >>> Hispania Spanish >>>Espania English >>> Spain Hispanics come from Hispania which is called Spain in English.

Same dude we natives get crap in America zero Recognition unlike other groups

Yep

@@spycat6773 Latinos aren’t native.

No es que no sepan, es que para la agenda de "soy inclusivo miradme", solo sirven si los latinos son todos morenos/negros, si los asiaticos son todos blancos con ojos rasgados o si los europeos son todos rubios.

@@FakeUser-uf7zo totalmente de acuerdo con vos. Ahí te das cuenta que es todo una moda y una manera de tapar la falsedad que manejan

@@pilardistefano9226 Esos son de Espana los Latinos en realidad son indígena o mestizo

@@JohnDoe-tg9bs vos conocés algún país de Latinoamérica? O estás haciendo una deducción de tu parte nomás?

I'm Mexican and i'm Indigenous to this land not sure what you're on about maybe you're just dumb

Real Americans aren't White they are Brown buddy

Total.. estoy mas que seguro que los que salieron en el video no saben decir una palabra en español, ser latino no es una raza

Tienes razón...nosotros los nacidos en Latinoamérica somos los verdaderos latinoamericanos, estos latin pride no son mas que unos gringos mas les guste o no, muchos ya estan mezclados con asiáticos, anglosajones, afros, etc.. la mayoría no habla nada de español y vienen a declararse latinos

@@emedianetwork comparto tu opinión amigo ;-)

What are you blabbing about? You need help. Call a medic

There's no such a thing as "race". We can only talk about race when we talk about the illusion of race and about allll the violence that came from it, like racism. But not reinforcing this absurd idea, like "a new race came from the fusion".

New race? You're the same Native Americans as your ancestors but now you speak your colonizer's language rather than your own indigenous languages.

@@indigenouspodcast2257 Are you dumb? it's all mixed now people know more about the colonizers then about their ancestors

@@Ahmed-ob6ec It's mixed Ahmed we are half Indigenous and Spanish learn history

A real duality there lol

Lmaooo yessss

Bernie2020

don't tell me what to do

Mikey-P76 Gaming no socialism! You can go to broke Venezuela to get that!

Because They were born in america from latino roots, most of them are mixed with asian, afros and white americans and they don't speak spanish

@@emedianetwork yeah don't complicate this, the term American unlike others doesnt have a skin color. Americans are born to America. Simple as

@@AC-pz6cy The USA isn't the whole North and South American continent true Americans are brown you got it all wrong bud

Correct

Then what demonym do use to refer something or someone from the US? When they say American in this video, they are referring to the US. It just depends on what context you use it.

Exactly a lot of my people are ignorant of this

That makes no sense just claim indigenous dawg your true race

What is pardo? Most people in the world could be defined as mestizos...

@@hernanmartinez1258 Pardo means mixed in Brazil

@@raccoon2505 Then its the same...

Claro, ellos son los verdaderos Latinos. Los Latin Pride ni se lo creerían viven en esa burbuja llamada "America"

@@Hugo-ke7pp ah ok, por cierto soy de América tmb

@@Hugo-ke7pp y lo mejor del cuento es que nacieron en estados unidos, estan mexclados con otras razas, no hablan español y se las vienen a tirar de latinos..que ironia

Claro! Franceses, Españoles, Portugueses e Italianos son países con idioma de origen latín. Es por ello que America se dividió en America Anglosajona y America Latina, pero todos las terminologías Latino, Latinx, etc. no son más que estereotipos atribuidos por la cultura norteamericana

@@jfox3942 realmente lo del latinx es la palabra mas griingga que los de alli han intetado poner, pero lo que si es verdad es que america latina, son latinos en general, descendientes de españoles, portugueses, italianos y franceses, pero el termino latinx es incorrecto

Latin in the understanding of the origin of Spanish, Portuguese, and French being from the same origin of language. Hispanic only defines the Spanish conquest.

Wtf are u talking about

Yo tampoco entiendo la verdad, todas estas personas son estadounidenses, de padres hispanoamericanos probablemente, pero estadounidenses al fin y al cabo

Nationality is NOT an Ethnicity

Daniel Coliy u sound so stupid being non native just go back u ain’t real american

That's not a race.

@@shehzadchowdhury8327 There isn't such thing as a real American.

Anna Marie native Americans are real Americans their ethnicity was formed in this soil

Hastati ™ I’m an angry potato. What farm I come from? doesn’t matter

Most of us are mixed now the Native race isn't pure anymore while the colonist stay in their cozy homes in Europe we all suffer

Nope some are black mostly mixed

HipHipJorge ! You are just a mix, you are neither Hispanic nor Latino!

Some do.

Exacto!

Why

@@jesp1423 because being hispanic and being latino are different things. For example, brazilians are latinos and we dont speak spanish, we speak portuguese

@DD P my family is from latin america. Latino is a culture. So yeah I'm latino.

@BigBoy 5.56mm I call you inaccurate

@@jesp1423 hispanic basically means you have spanish aka spain influence. So not only is Spain considered hispanic. But it excludes Brazil, haiti, ect. But also Indigenous or African people who dont have Spanish influence. Latino is what we chose for ourselves. Making latin America.

Johnny Rotten it’s like a word we like, like it’s an good entry word to start a conversation, like , hi.

@@jms6605 Like Hi ? You know like is that ok?

You honestly dont think white American girls dont say like in every other word?

@@shlomogmz No not Like that you know like that?

@@johnnyrotten3887 come to LA. They're called Valley girls.

Mixed native americans pure ones are rare

Chicanos not an ethnicity bro