do you mind doing a latino accent sure
no problem great whenever you're ready
no the plate is leaving could you add
even
more accent you are from south america
right yes this is my accent okay that
could be more
oh no the plane is leaving you are
latina yep from venezuela it's just i'm
not hearing the latino accidents how
would you say it there no no
great now do an english but emphasize
the accent oh so like sofia gotta
exactly you know what
it's okay i'll pass it past ten thousand
dollars
hello my name is sandy and welcome to my
channel first of all thank you so much
for clicking on this video
today's video is going to be an analysis
of videos about being latina
the personality please understand this
video is not meant to bash on anyone i
am going to use some social media
peoples as examples
but i would like to say that please
don't send any hate to anyone in this
video
this video is just meant to be an
analysis of the term
and the issues that come with it some
stereotypes that exist are for example
the accent i think some people get away
get a little carried away with them
when they're trying to imitate latin
accents voluptuous body
being loud i mean you make it work for
you but you know the loud things
having certain type of clothing style
having a certain type of makeup but
we're also going to be
latinas
not just from products but genetics too
similar taste in food
etc i was watching the what's popping
video
and i've heard the whole time i've heard
latin you know he won a latina and i'm
like hey
latina's winning you know and then i
watch the video and the latinas turned
into
maids making his bed and i was like damn
bro that was the one moment i was like
yo there's a new rapper and he's talking
about latinas we lit and then now
they're the maids making the bed and i'm
like
i am tired of seeing latino influenster
tick-tock creators who love to label us
as hot cheeto girls it's pretty much a
slap in the face for the latinos who are
actually doing something about these
problems and all you're doing is eating
hot cheetos and creating these
stereotypes
yeah we like our hot cheetos but we're
not toxica and
problematic the only problem we're
fighting is for our people but the
question is
what is actually a latina if we just
look at the dictionary definition being
a latina
is just a woman or girl who is a native
or inhabitant of latin america
or a woman or girl of latin american
origin living in the us
it is also a term that is considered to
be
is that it varies in its definition it
varies in use
that already in essence shows signs of
diversity within just the general
definition of being latina
the experiences of a latina living in
the us or
another country that isn't in latin
america is going to be different than
those who live in latin america
there is also a difference in culture
race
and even language while there is always
truth to stereotypes there also needs to
be an
understanding that it is not the whole
truth i also would like to note that
falling within these stereotypes is not
a negative thing
it's just that generalizations are
off-putting there needs to be an
understanding that putting people in
boxes is never going to sit well with
the mass majority
since it isn't factual for everyone in
the group this is a reason why many
people got upset with the video
how to be latina by nikita dragon
featuring jen
underscore ny69 oh my
latina also i would like to know that
i'm not criticizing them
i'm just explaining why they got
backlash and how they could have gone
about it instead
i did get like a latina vibe from you
like latina
because i feel like i'm like a little
asian girl but with like an attitude and
mostly yeah the latinaness just knows
oh i know what's missing because real
latinas don't let their makeup
smudge you know a little latina and
risque where they went wrong is by
treating
being latina as a personality rather
than what it is
underneath the video there are many
people who point this out
saying that you're acting latina is like
saying that you act
black white how can you act a race while
being latina is not a race
it is a term that has grouped a bunch of
cultures due to colonization
just how you can't act black or white
you can't act latina
straight wear makeup clothings are just
products of the culture
but not the sole factor when determining
being latina
us perpetuating our own stereotypes of
our own community
is actually very harmful a way they
could have gone about it differently is
by embracing the culture
ways to embrace your culture include
basically learning more about your
culture learning the history
learning about the issues basically
learning about the good and bad about
your culture
these stereotypes impose colorism in
most cases when people think of latinas
they think of someone who has brown skin
in most cases they think of a latina who
just comes from a certain
country depending on you know where you
live those stereotypes may vary
lele is the queen of latin stereotypes
not only does she perpetuate the latin
stereotypes but she also
uses being latina as an excuse how does
continuing these stereotypes
cause negative consequences and the
first one that i would say
is the portrayal of latinas in movies
west side story is a love story between
maria a puerto riquena and tony
it is basically a romeo and juliet type
of story
you have two gangs the jets and the
sharks they hate each other
yet maria and tony are basically julia
and romeo
but the thing that i want to point out
is that most of the cast
is white and the only cast member who
is latina is the character of
anita which is played by rita moreno
this actress had to paint her face brown
because she wasn't latina nuts this is
an example of how stereotypes can
end up having a mind of its own if the
old
others will continue believing this
false perception
now this leads to my next point about
how stereotypes can be harmful to
latinos within their own community
in terms of language and what supposedly
makes a latina here in the article
titled
blasted for not being latina enough the
author explains how
lupita has received a lot of comments
such as
that she isn't latin enough for example
someone said
the thing is that they're essentially
ignoring who she actually is
in a quote from el manana lupita stated
that i'm mexican and kenyan at the same
time
i've seen the corals over my nationality
but i'm kenyan
and mexican at the same time so again
i am mexican kenyan and i am fascinated
by carne asada tacos
so this video is titled not latina
enough and it is from the channel the
real
so here they talk about their support
for gina rodriguez
they discuss about how gina rodriguez is
perceived
as not being latin enough i think i got
a sense what she was saying she wants to
be known as
a great actress who happens to be
latinos
instead of a latina actress and she
doesn't reinvent
the goals of just latina yeah because
she wants to break the stereotype she
doesn't maybe want to have an accent
because
you guys not all latinos in america have
an accent yeah
first and second and third generation of
latinos that maybe don't speak the
language but that doesn't make them any
less proud of the futura so
please don't hold that against them they
also touched on the fact that you don't
need to speak the language to be latina
the language for example is a part of
the culture
but it does not define the culture nor
does it make you any less
latina you know there are so many things
that go into
not being able to learn a language and i
also would like to say that
knowing the language does not make up
the whole entire culture
there's so much to the culture than just
knowing the language
people have told me that i'm not a real
latina
because i don't like mexican vanda music
or i don't listen to it
or because i didn't celebrate my
quinceanera or because i'm not religious
which is
pretty crazy like i didn't know that you
have to do that you have to do that in
order to be a real latina like okay if
you think about it and we go back to
what the actual definition of being a
latina is
in no way shape or form does it include
how a latina should be being latina is
such a diverse thing
and like i said earlier it encompasses
so many countries so many languages
so many people and there is no way that
in a group so diverse that they're going
to all have the same opinions
the same personal experiences there
needs to be an understanding between the
difference between
terms such as black asian white latino
and cultures they produce
also we should know about the negative
consequences that come with reinforcing
these stereotypes
for example not being latina enough the
perception of latina and media
and the perception of latinas in general
in your own home
in school etc also realize that
these stereotypes perpetuate colorist
ideals and cause
cultural erasure for example central
american erasure
or the lack of knowledge of afro-latinos
being latina isn't something we can
generalize
but within the community we can find
commonalities
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think about
people reinforcing these stereotypes and
what do you think we should do
to help prevent this from occurring
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