hispanic/latin@s here - do you speak spanish? did you speak it growing up? if you don't speak it, how do you feel about that?― marcos, Tuesday, March 24, 2015 9:58 AM (5 hours ago)
― marcos, Tuesday, March 24, 2015 9:58 AM (5 hours ago)
small amount of spanish, but didn't speak it growing up. frequently told 'you're basically white' and i wish i could speak better so i could rail on haterz in a tongue faster and more badass than english.
― rb (soda), Tuesday, 24 March 2015 19:50 (nine years ago) link
Speak, read (fluently) and write it (poorly). My parents were sticklers for Spanish at home, English outside. Turned out ok and it's helped me pick up French and a bit of Italian more easily than if I had gone from English to those languages.
― Acid Hose (Capitaine Jay Vee), Wednesday, 25 March 2015 00:36 (nine years ago) link
about the origin of the "hispanic" box on the census, plus bonus census PSAs featuring ChiChi Rodriguez, Celia Cruz, Tito Puente, y Big Bird! http://latinousa.org/2015/05/22/the-invention-of-hispanics/
― Florianne Fracke (La Lechera), Monday, 25 May 2015 19:45 (eight years ago) link
lol my therapist sometimes uses "latin" and it bothers me a little but is a sweet guy so i don't call him out on it. otherwise i hate "latin" ugh
― marcos, Monday, 28 September 2015 18:41 (eight years ago) link