It’s not that Latinas don’t love hearing how their individual characteristics pale in comparison to stereotypes thrown around on talk radio…well, actually, they don’t love it. At all.
NOLA student Sophia Garcia says the stereotypes that bother her most are the ones she hears when she share her “opinions” — that she’s being overly “spicy” and “ghetto.” Who would be bothered by that? Probably anyone.
What you think?
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- Latino Stereotypes 101: Arsenio Hall and Felipe Esparza (video)
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- Hollywood casting directors’ racial stereotyping never ends (video)
- Don’t call me a ‘Mexican,’ America! Also, I’m not a ‘Latino’
[School project video by Kathleen McCurdy.]