I don't know if it's just me but, as a latino (brazilian), watching american content on KZread and listening to phrases like "i'm to white for that" or "she seems pretty white" makes me thing that people in the US believe that you can't be white and latino at the same time haha. Nothing against Brett, i really like her content, it just got me thing about you guys perspective on this.

@biancaxsmith

6 ай бұрын

I’m an American Latina with Mexican heritage and I agree with this statement.

@FranciscoJavier246

6 ай бұрын

I am Chilean, white as a snowflake and I also agree with your statement. But, I think when she says white, she's referring to her saxon herritage maybe? Don't really know that...

@Rocky-pc8md

6 ай бұрын

i agree it kind of annoys me when i hear it, it just sounds very ignorant, we aren’t one race but i know people use it to typically mean an american wasp

@franciscasilva8406

6 ай бұрын

The "I'm too white" comments every time someone tries to speak spanish (mostly, sometimes also about br-pt) is so freaking annoying as a Portuguese person. There's an entire country of european white people that speaks perfect spanish!

@dismantledbrain5910

6 ай бұрын

@@FranciscoJavier246 Tbh when I think of people in the Southern parts of Latin America (e.g. Chile, Argentina, Uruguay, etc.), I think white. The problem is most Americans think of Mexico when they think of Latinos, and I've heard from Mexicans themselves that they view white Mexicans differently.

There is a difference between ethnicity and culture. She shouldn’t feel ashamed for not being fully aware of culture but if you pretend to be aware and you’re not then you look foolish.

@just_a_turtle_chad

6 ай бұрын

I identify as a Spanish speaking Latina now please congratulate me 😁

@alwayseverythingedits

6 ай бұрын

@@just_a_turtle_chad how strong of you! 👏👏👏

@dailywire_memes

6 ай бұрын

@@just_a_turtle_chadcongrats, now you probably have a higher chance of getting into the top colleges and universities 😂

@namantherockstar

6 ай бұрын

Brett inspires me.. My parents said if i get 60K followers They'd buy me a professional camera for recording..begging u guys , literally Begging.

@Devin7Eleven

6 ай бұрын

People shouldn’t be proud of their culture, they should just be grateful and aware of it. We must end tribalism and putting pride in frivolous things

As a peruvian, living in Peru, I feel closer to Anya. When you listen to her you feel something familiar, I feel like we could speak about common experiences and share similar cultural codes, that's completely different to Jenna. Beeing Latino is not only sharing a language but cultural codes as well. Being Latino is not racial at all, you could be white as a Sweden or black as a subsaharian african and be equally Latin.

@reymdante96

4 ай бұрын

Totalmente cierto hermano, no se trata simplemente de si hablas o no el idioma, sino ciertas reglas culturales. Cualquier latino escucha un fragmento de esa parte en la que ella dice sentirse "desconectada" y se da cuenta que es efectivamente lo que Brett dice, simplemente lo hace para ser woke y ser aceptada socialmente, le importa 3 pepinos realmente representar a los latinos y esta perfecto, nadie esta obligado a representar a nadie mas que a si mismo, y es alguien que se gano todo por su cuenta, no le debe nada al pueblo latino, pero vergas, no mientas tan descaradamente en nombre de otras personas.

@theworldisimmense

4 ай бұрын

I’m Peruvian too and I been living in New York since I was 11. Im 30 now and I don’t give a 💩 who’s playing who. There’s too much stereotyping in Hollywood films that it’s expected.

@robertoschafer549

4 ай бұрын

Y por qué no escribís en español? Que usen ellos el traductor..hace valer tu idioma.

@oscarolvera9069

4 ай бұрын

I live in the States and come from Mexico I'm 100% sure I can relate more with any first or second-generation Mexican than with Anya.

@jcv88

4 ай бұрын

@@oscarolvera9069 Exactly, there are over 60 millions latinos in the US and those who are born here/come very young go through a different experience. When they back to their home country they are made fun because their Spanish isn't perfect and here they are asked "where are you from?" implying that they are not from here. Uno crece como ese sentir que no es de aqui ni de alla and at the end it branches out into a different latino experience igual que un Mexicano en Mexico or un Argentino en Argentina, un Dominicano en Republica Dominicana. US latinos create their own identity as well.

Born and raised in Brazil, I speak both Portuguese and Spanish and must say that the language is a fundamental part of being immerse in a culture. I do not think that Jenna and Rachel have had a true Latin experience if they’ve always lived in the US and don’t understand the language, it does not matter how many Latin family members they are surrounded by. With the language comes music, popular culture, sayings, expressions, jokes… that help build a country’s identity. You even think differently in different languages.

@Lizardtheblizard

3 ай бұрын

Do you know what colonization is? As someone who is from the state of New Mexico where it’s majority Hispanic state most of us don’t speak Spanish especially the younger generation. This is because we became a state in 1912. And when we did become a state we literally got segregated and looked down on by other states for not speaking English so many young people don’t speak Spanish. We have a RICH culture in New Mexico that is very “Latino” & both those who speak Spanish and English take part in that culture. I recommend you visiting Santa Fe some time.

@sociallyawkwarddarcy

3 ай бұрын

@@Lizardtheblizard I don’t think this the case of neither Jenna nor Rachel as they from California and Jersey and not even third generation. My great grandparents were French and German and that does not make me part of European culture. Its such a STRECH. Also I’m sure your culture is very rich in Santa Fe, and not less than ours, but it has been changed and there fore is a different culture. Language will ALWAYS be one of the main pillars of any culture.

@holgazanable

3 ай бұрын

Tell that to the Puerto Rican or Dominican diaspora.

@fanbud

2 ай бұрын

True, I'm from Argentina, and let's be honest, if you want, you can. I've lived in Portugal for 7 months last year and I've learned a lot of Portuguese, I've only studied it for 6 months. I do believe that if she wants to connect with her roots and wave that flag, you must learn at least the basics.

@basicallyno1722

2 ай бұрын

@lizardtheblizars that’s exactly my grandfathers experience! Either they were going to be “too native” or “too Mexican” and each was absolutely dangerous. When he came back from Europe after world war 2 he still got SO much racism despite half of his family being native to the land (mestizo, half Spanish half native. The Spanish side was in New Mexico since the 1500s). He decided it was going to be easier for his kids if they just learned English. This is a common latin-American experience. It’s crazy all of these people coming from other countries commenting on a specific Latino-American experience.

I’m mexican, I don’t just happen to feel represented by Jenna nor Anya nor do I freaking need to. We can connect and empathize with others regardless of gender, ethnicity, skin color etc. like we’ve been doing that forever until wokness started to make it such a big issue.

@elettramia6380

6 ай бұрын

Can uneducated countries please learn REAL Latin history! Speaking the Spanish language does not magically make some one “Latino”. Just like speaking English does Not magically make people Anglo saxons despite of one’s actual cultural origin. 🙄THE CULTURA LATINA, THE LATIN PEOPLE, THE LATINO (Latini) TRIBES, THE LATIN ETHNICITY ALL COME FROM ITALY! LATINO IS THE SOLE IDENTITY OF SOUTHERN EUROPEAN LATIN MEDITERRANEAN DIASPORA. Latin europe was Latinized by ROME ITALY hence how Latina italy got the name Latina. & HISPANIC (Hispania) is literally the Latin language MEANING SPAIN NOT the NATIVE AMERICANS they Colonized. Latin America got its name SOLELY and ONLY to mean the part of the Americas CONQUERED by LATIN EUROPE and that is all it will EVER MEAN. Latin ORIGIN, HISTORY& people are NON INTERCHANGEABLE. STOP THE CULTURAL THEFT OF MY PEOPLE& OUR ANCESTRY. BRAINWASHED AMERICAN/ MOSTLY NORTH AMERICAN CULTURAL APPROPRIATION & CULTURAL THEFT FOR "PROFIT AND GAIN" WILL NEVER BE LATINO. CULTURAL APPROPRIATION EXIST BECAUSE THOSE LIKE YOU BELIEVE YOU HAVE AND WILL CONTINUE TO BENEFIT FROM THE CULTURAL THEFT TOWARDS US TRUE LATIN PEOPLE AND OUR HISTORICAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS! AND US TRUE LATINS ARE & HAVE ALWAYS BEEN MULTI GENETICALLY MIXED ETHNIC PEOPLE DUE TO OUR GENETIC CONTRIBUTORS FROM OUR MIDDLE EASTERN (ASIAN), NORTHERN AFRICAN, AND BALKAN GYPSIE DNA. THERE ARE NO "WHITE" LATINS. JUST MORE ASSIMILATION . SOUTH CENTRAL AMERICANS AND MEXICANS ARE NATIVE AMERICANS, MESTIZOS, CASTIZOS, PARDOS, ZAMBOS, AND PURE SUB SAHARAN AFRICANS. NOT LATINS, NOT LATIN BLOOD, THEREFORE NOT LATINO. IN SOUTH CENTRAL AMERICA AND MÉXICO THE ONLY PEOPLE CALLED LATINO AND HISPANIC ARE US SOUTHERN EUROPEANS OF LATIN MEDITERRANEAN ORIGIN. OBVIOUSLY THE SAME IN LATIN EUROPE. PUSHING AND CONTRIBUTING TO BRAINWASHED NORTH AMERICAN MISAPPROPRIATION OF FOREIGN TERMS SUCH AS LATIN/LATINO AS TRENDING PROPAGANDA FOR SOCIAL STATUS TO APPEAR MORE DESIRABLE DOES NOT JUSTIFY THE CONTINUING CONTRIBUTIONS OF CULTURAL THEFT. THE TERM LATINO DERIVES FROM THE TERM LATINI, THE LATINI WHERE THE VERY FIRST LATIN TRIBE TO EXIST FROM ITALY! LATINI IS PLURAL MEANING MORE THAN ONE LATINO! AND LATINO IS SINGULAR FOR LATINI MEANING ONE LATINO. THE SAME WITH LATINA AND LATINE. ALL TERMS CREATED BY THE TRUE LATIN PEOPLE OF ITALY. THE AMERICAN MUTILATION AND CULTURAL RAPE OF LATIN EUROPEAN TERMS NEEDS TO BE EXPOSED.

@Demi.d3mi

6 ай бұрын

Personally i do feel represented by jenna 😂 ive never seen a celebrity like her aka a latina that isn’t presented as the stereotypical voluptuous hot latina. She is just chill

@el_killorcure

6 ай бұрын

¿Tu latino? They lied to you man, your English is too good to be a latino. Pero si hablas Español, te la paso (yo tambien soy Mexicano)

@el_killorcure

6 ай бұрын

​@@Demi.d3miCanelo me representa (Mexicano pero con facha de europeo patan). Anna no se, aunque vaya que se cae de buena...

@imnotbenavery9220

6 ай бұрын

@@el_killorcurebeing bad at English is a precursor for someone being latin? 😂😂😂😂😂

No, it's not that Anya Taylor-Joy just speaks Spanish. She does it exceptionally well, to the point you can't believe she's also fluent in English, because Spanish sounds like her native language. I'm from Argentina, and I'm telling you: people who aren't native Spanish speakers, sadly, will never appreciate how good her Spanish is. On top of that, she has a perfect Argentine accent, which is kinda mind blowing.

@Alltherestofus

5 ай бұрын

Spanish is her first language

@rafaelgalindo4794

5 ай бұрын

I am brazilian and have been to Argentina a couple times and her spanish is so good. I know sometimes (very rare) she says something wrong or in the wrong way, but even my brother who moved to France does that now when speaking in portuguese. This is common to happen to those who move to another country even if they were used to speak their mother language for years.

@sodapopjam

5 ай бұрын

Spanish is her first language. She grew up in Argentina.

@Indomita506

5 ай бұрын

​@@sodapopjamno shite, every Argentinian knows that

@sodapopjam

5 ай бұрын

@@Indomita506 Why don’t you read OP before saying shit?

I’m Argentinian born with Uruguayan parents. I was raised in Sydney , Australia 🇦🇺 .. when I speak in English I have an Australian accent. When I speak I Spanish I have a Rio platense accent. I’m bi lingual , I read and write in both English and Spanish. I am fortunate enough to have parents that speak to me in Spanish . I wasn’t allowed to speak English at home . As a child I hated it as an adult now I feel blessed that my parents stuck to the values and taught me Spanish.

As Argentinians, Anya makes us proud, not only for her constant affection for our country, for our Spanish-speaking culture, but also for her humility and friendliness. I like to believe that this has a lot to do with its true multi-cultural nature; and not posturing like others.😏

@lleh3712

2 ай бұрын

Proud for what? She's just an actress

@lautarovazquez3193

14 күн бұрын

​@@lleh3712 im not proud of having Anya in anyway but it feels nice to have more people that knows your culture, and she really knows it, not like the others. We still have some other actors like Viggo Mortensen for example, he really is connected to Argentina.

@lleh3712

14 күн бұрын

@lautarovazquez3193 The average person really doesn't know that some people just think she's American (technically she is)

What Americans and some others need to understand is for us Latin Americans the concept of "latino" is different. It's not you having latino parents, it's being raised in a Latin American country. That's the only way you can completely understand what Latin America is and thus what being latino is

@fresitafawn

5 ай бұрын

well anya was not born in argentina, so she's not latina anymore? lol, please.

@benugomez

5 ай бұрын

@@fresitafawn You're wrong, I've never said that. She is latina because she was raised in Latin America, Argentina specifically.

@fresitafawn

5 ай бұрын

@@benugomez she was also raised in the UK. This is very case by case because as someone also born in Miami (where the population is mainly Latinos and Hispanics) ur comment is not valid to many kids who are born from Hispanic parents. These kids grow up speaking spanish and are immersed in their culture despite being US citizens.

@Threeleebird

5 ай бұрын

@@fresitafawn As we say in my country "The Argentine is born where he or she wants" which means that you don't have to be born here to be one of us, if you know our language, country and our culture, which Anya does, then you are our brother/sister. Messi was born in Argentina and grew up here but he went when he was a child to Spain and stayed there while he grew up, that doesn't make him any less Argentinian. For Messi and Anya, no matter where they are, Argentina continues to be a home. In fact, they come here when they can since their families live here. And although Anya also grew up in the UK, she retains her Argentine accent because that was her first language. She can be Argentine and British at the same time. Not all people identify themselves or have had a life only in one country. There are people who have the right to have a diverse origin and Anya has it.

@fresitafawn

5 ай бұрын

@@Threeleebird i agree with this sentiment

The thing I LOVE about Anya (as an Argentinian myself) is that she doesn't FORCE IT. She seems a lot more relaxed and authentic. I feel like in the US the "conversation" is just telling them what they want to hear about what latin American people look like or do. So that's why they are more prone to claim that Jenna is a "latina" without even questioning it. I've had my "argentinianness" questioned while traveling in Miami because I'm too white and speak English too well, which just tells you there are heavy preconceived notions of what a latina looks like.

@hollybooth6946

6 ай бұрын

Definitely!!! I live in the Dominican Republic and even in this one country alone you’ve got every single shade of skin colour, hair colour, hair type, stature, eyes, etc. there is no set way that Latinos look! And all the Argentinian people I’ve met have been just as white as me haha.

@maitherolfsenlisa5593

6 ай бұрын

​@@hollybooth6946I'm Brazilian and same

@keizerinsoze4368

6 ай бұрын

It's probably because Ortega's been told to go around everywhere to the press representing Hollywood's feeble attempts at diversity whilst Taylor-Joy's probably been told to keep her mouth shut cause Ortega looks more Latina than Taylor-Joy. Looks are all that Hollywood needs to fulfill its diversity quota after all, people's original culture and heritage be damned.

@elettramia6380

6 ай бұрын

Can uneducated countries please learn REAL Latin history! Speaking the Spanish language does not magically make some one “Latino”. Just like speaking English does Not magically make people Anglo saxons despite of one’s actual cultural origin. 🙄THE CULTURA LATINA, THE LATIN PEOPLE, THE LATINO (Latini) TRIBES, THE LATIN ETHNICITY ALL COME FROM ITALY! LATINO IS THE SOLE IDENTITY OF SOUTHERN EUROPEAN LATIN MEDITERRANEAN DIASPORA. Latin europe was Latinized by ROME ITALY hence how Latina italy got the name Latina. & HISPANIC (Hispania) is literally the Latin language MEANING SPAIN NOT the NATIVE AMERICANS they Colonized. Latin America got its name SOLELY and ONLY to mean the part of the Americas CONQUERED by LATIN EUROPE and that is all it will EVER MEAN. Latin ORIGIN, HISTORY& people are NON INTERCHANGEABLE. STOP THE CULTURAL THEFT OF MY PEOPLE& OUR ANCESTRY. BRAINWASHED AMERICAN/ MOSTLY NORTH AMERICAN CULTURAL APPROPRIATION & CULTURAL THEFT FOR "PROFIT AND GAIN" WILL NEVER BE LATINO. CULTURAL APPROPRIATION EXIST BECAUSE THOSE LIKE YOU BELIEVE YOU HAVE AND WILL CONTINUE TO BENEFIT FROM THE CULTURAL THEFT TOWARDS US TRUE LATIN PEOPLE AND OUR HISTORICAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS! AND US TRUE LATINS ARE & HAVE ALWAYS BEEN MULTI GENETICALLY MIXED ETHNIC PEOPLE DUE TO OUR GENETIC CONTRIBUTORS FROM OUR MIDDLE EASTERN (ASIAN), NORTHERN AFRICAN, AND BALKAN DNA. THERE ARE NO "WHITE" LATINS. JUST MORE ASSIMILATION . SOUTH CENTRAL AMERICANS AND MEXICANS ARE NATIVE AMERICANS, MESTIZOS, CASTIZOS, PARDOS, ZAMBOS, AND PURE SUB SAHARAN AFRICANS. NOT LATINS, NOT LATIN BLOOD, THEREFORE NOT LATINO. IN SOUTH CENTRAL AMERICA AND MÉXICO THE ONLY PEOPLE CALLED LATINO AND HISPANIC ARE US SOUTHERN EUROPEANS OF LATIN MEDITERRANEAN ORIGIN. OBVIOUSLY THE SAME IN LATIN EUROPE. PUSHING AND CONTRIBUTING TO BRAINWASHED NORTH AMERICAN MISAPPROPRIATION OF FOREIGN TERMS SUCH AS LATIN/LATINO AS TRENDING PROPAGANDA FOR SOCIAL STATUS TO APPEAR MORE DESIRABLE DOES NOT JUSTIFY THE CONTINUING CONTRIBUTIONS OF CULTURAL THEFT. THE TERM LATINO DERIVES FROM THE TERM LATINI, THE LATINI WHERE THE VERY FIRST LATIN TRIBE TO EXIST FROM ITALY! LATINI IS PLURAL MEANING MORE THAN ONE LATINO! AND LATINO IS SINGULAR FOR LATINI MEANING ONE LATINO. THE SAME WITH LATINA AND LATINE. ALL TERMS CREATED BY THE TRUE LATIN PEOPLE OF ITALY. THE AMERICAN MUTILATION AND CULTURAL RAPE OF LATIN EUROPEAN TERMS NEEDS TO BE EXPOSED.

@elettramia6380

6 ай бұрын

@@hollybooth6946WRONG! REAL ETHNICALLY LATINO MEN AND WOMEN ARE US RACIALLY MEDITERRANEAN PEOPLE OF PROMINENT LATIN EUROPEAN ORIGINS! AND WE LOOK LIKE TYPICAL MEDITERRANEAN PEOPLE! BRAINWASHED, CULTURALLY ASHAMED AMERICANS HAVE MISAPPROPRIATED OUR LATIN EUROPEAN TERMS AS TRENDING PROPAGANDA TO APPEAR MORE DESIRABLE FOR SOCIAL! YOU ARE NOT LATINO PEOPLE AS YOU ARE NOT PEOPLE OF REAL AND ACTUAL LATIN ORIGIN! Can uneducated countries please learn REAL Latin history! Speaking the Spanish language does not magically make some one “Latino”. Just like speaking English does Not magically make people Anglo saxons despite of one’s actual cultural origin. 🙄THE CULTURA LATINA, THE LATIN PEOPLE, THE LATINO (Latini) TRIBES, THE LATIN ETHNICITY ALL COME FROM ITALY! LATINO IS THE SOLE IDENTITY OF SOUTHERN EUROPEAN LATIN MEDITERRANEAN DIASPORA. Latin europe was Latinized by ROME ITALY hence how Latina italy got the name Latina. & HISPANIC (Hispania) is literally the Latin language MEANING SPAIN NOT the NATIVE AMERICANS they Colonized. Latin America got its name SOLELY and ONLY to mean the part of the Americas CONQUERED by LATIN EUROPE and that is all it will EVER MEAN. Latin ORIGIN, HISTORY& people are NON INTERCHANGEABLE. STOP THE CULTURAL THEFT OF MY PEOPLE& OUR ANCESTRY. BRAINWASHED AMERICAN/ MOSTLY NORTH AMERICAN CULTURAL APPROPRIATION & CULTURAL THEFT FOR "PROFIT AND GAIN" WILL NEVER BE LATINO. CULTURAL APPROPRIATION EXIST BECAUSE THOSE LIKE YOU BELIEVE YOU HAVE AND WILL CONTINUE TO BENEFIT FROM THE CULTURAL THEFT TOWARDS US TRUE LATIN PEOPLE AND OUR HISTORICAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS! AND US TRUE LATINS ARE & HAVE ALWAYS BEEN MULTI GENETICALLY MIXED ETHNIC PEOPLE DUE TO OUR GENETIC CONTRIBUTORS FROM OUR MIDDLE EASTERN (ASIAN), NORTHERN AFRICAN, AND BALKAN DNA. THERE ARE NO "WHITE" LATINS. JUST MORE ASSIMILATION . SOUTH CENTRAL AMERICANS AND MEXICANS ARE NATIVE AMERICANS, MESTIZOS, CASTIZOS, PARDOS, ZAMBOS, AND PURE SUB SAHARAN AFRICANS. NOT LATINS, NOT LATIN BLOOD, THEREFORE NOT LATINO. IN SOUTH CENTRAL AMERICA AND MÉXICO THE ONLY PEOPLE CALLED LATINO AND HISPANIC ARE US SOUTHERN EUROPEANS OF LATIN MEDITERRANEAN ORIGIN. OBVIOUSLY THE SAME IN LATIN EUROPE. PUSHING AND CONTRIBUTING TO BRAINWASHED NORTH AMERICAN MISAPPROPRIATION OF FOREIGN TERMS SUCH AS LATIN/LATINO AS TRENDING PROPAGANDA FOR SOCIAL STATUS TO APPEAR MORE DESIRABLE DOES NOT JUSTIFY THE CONTINUING CONTRIBUTIONS OF CULTURAL THEFT. THE TERM LATINO DERIVES FROM THE TERM LATINI, THE LATINI WHERE THE VERY FIRST LATIN TRIBE TO EXIST FROM ITALY! LATINI IS PLURAL MEANING MORE THAN ONE LATINO! AND LATINO IS SINGULAR FOR LATINI MEANING ONE LATINO. THE SAME WITH LATINA AND LATINE. ALL TERMS CREATED BY THE TRUE LATIN PEOPLE OF ITALY. THE AMERICAN MUTILATION AND CULTURAL RAPE OF LATIN EUROPEAN TERMS NEEDS TO BE EXPOSED.

As an Argentinian I always LMAO when I listen to "latinas" trying to speak Spanish in movies. Except Anya, she's amazing.

@basicallyno1722

2 ай бұрын

You realize there are other Spanish dialects besides Argentinian dialect right? Non-Argentinean Spanish is valid…

@kenopsia6748

2 ай бұрын

Yes but they are not on our level. Other accents sound horrible@@basicallyno1722

@dnelies

Ай бұрын

@@basicallyno1722 Me parece que no entendiste nada capo

@tubodeluzfria

Ай бұрын

​@@basicallyno1722 I'm not argentinian and I totally understand what the other person tried to say... Los hispanohablantes sabemos cuándo alguien no sabe hablar correctamente el español, incluso con tantos acentos diferentes, no necesitan tener el mismo acento que tú para que los reconozcas como verdaderos latinos.

@TrollBot.

15 күн бұрын

Tipico que lo diga un Argentino 😂😂😂

I've got Scots and German heritage. I speak neither language, but I don't go on and on about it all the time, so nobody thinks I'm a hypocrite. I certainly don't think the woman is required to speak the language to have a cultural connection, but perhaps not putting yourself in situations that make you look hypocritical would be a good idea.

@alwayseverythingedits

6 ай бұрын

This! I’m from Ethiopia but I don’t speak more than two words in their language. However, I’m also not bringing it up 24/7 because that isn’t my whole identity.

@michellebele78

6 ай бұрын

Exactly! I’m half rican & half Italian. I just about grew up between here and PR. I don’t speak Italian or Spanish. Neither do my siblings. I have a cultural connection to both. However, first and foremost, I’m an American & my ethnicity is not all of me.

@sincerelynotme3522

6 ай бұрын

My little brother is Latino (Nobody else in the family is) and he doesn't speak a lick of Spanish. He's aware of some things in Spanish culture but has never felt the need to fully connect to the culture itself because it's not the culture he was raised in and that's okay. He doesn't try to pretend to be something he isn't and no one wants him to be.

@hitmanfromjapan

6 ай бұрын

I mean the language we speak in Scotland is exactly what you’ve just typed out lol, unless you’re talking about Gaelic speakers which are less than 1% of the population.

@nickgappmayer5939

6 ай бұрын

I’m American but my background is English,Irish, and Scottish. If I tell a Irish man I’m Irish. They laugh in your face. “Nah you are American” lol. My family might have came on the Mayflower but I’m American lol

I’ve never once in my life been like “oh wow I feel so represented bc of that Latina character” it’s different for everyone but I don’t think representation is as important as they say it is

@ngndnd

6 ай бұрын

tbh i kinda have. When i was below age 12 no because i was a little kid and didnt care about what race people were. But i remember being 14 and seeing Stuck in the middle on disney channel and being happy that they actually showed a different race other than black or white. I feel that way towards other races tho, not just latinos bc im sick of tv just being black and white americans

@55CINCO55

6 ай бұрын

@@ngndnd It's always women worried about representation lol

@fairymystonight1783

6 ай бұрын

I think it’s more showing a POC expressing their culture. Craig of the creek showed Filipino kid having dinner with their family sharing Filipino food and talking in Filipino. It feels good seeing representation of your own culture and make you relate to it more.

@JMBBrasil

6 ай бұрын

I agree!

@elettramia6380

6 ай бұрын

Can uneducated countries please learn REAL Latin history! Speaking the Spanish language does not magically make some one “Latino”. Just like speaking English does Not magically make people Anglo saxons despite of one’s actual cultural origin. 🙄THE CULTURA LATINA, THE LATIN PEOPLE, THE LATINO (Latini) TRIBES, THE LATIN ETHNICITY ALL COME FROM ITALY! LATINO IS THE SOLE IDENTITY OF SOUTHERN EUROPEAN LATIN MEDITERRANEAN DIASPORA. Latin europe was Latinized by ROME ITALY hence how Latina italy got the name Latina. & HISPANIC (Hispania) is literally the Latin language MEANING SPAIN NOT the NATIVE AMERICANS they Colonized. Latin America got its name SOLELY and ONLY to mean the part of the Americas CONQUERED by LATIN EUROPE and that is all it will EVER MEAN. Latin ORIGIN, HISTORY& people are NON INTERCHANGEABLE. STOP THE CULTURAL THEFT OF MY PEOPLE& OUR ANCESTRY. BRAINWASHED AMERICAN/ MOSTLY NORTH AMERICAN CULTURAL APPROPRIATION & CULTURAL THEFT FOR "PROFIT AND GAIN" WILL NEVER BE LATINO. CULTURAL APPROPRIATION EXIST BECAUSE THOSE LIKE YOU BELIEVE YOU HAVE AND WILL CONTINUE TO BENEFIT FROM THE CULTURAL THEFT TOWARDS US TRUE LATIN PEOPLE AND OUR HISTORICAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS! AND US TRUE LATINS ARE & HAVE ALWAYS BEEN MULTI GENETICALLY MIXED ETHNIC PEOPLE DUE TO OUR GENETIC CONTRIBUTORS FROM OUR MIDDLE EASTERN (ASIAN), NORTHERN AFRICAN, AND BALKAN GYPSIE DNA. THERE ARE NO "WHITE" LATINS. JUST MORE ASSIMILATION . SOUTH CENTRAL AMERICANS AND MEXICANS ARE NATIVE AMERICANS, MESTIZOS, CASTIZOS, PARDOS, ZAMBOS, AND PURE SUB SAHARAN AFRICANS. NOT LATINS, NOT LATIN BLOOD, THEREFORE NOT LATINO. IN SOUTH CENTRAL AMERICA AND MÉXICO THE ONLY PEOPLE CALLED LATINO AND HISPANIC ARE US SOUTHERN EUROPEANS OF LATIN MEDITERRANEAN ORIGIN. OBVIOUSLY THE SAME IN LATIN EUROPE. PUSHING AND CONTRIBUTING TO BRAINWASHED NORTH AMERICAN MISAPPROPRIATION OF FOREIGN TERMS SUCH AS LATIN/LATINO AS TRENDING PROPAGANDA FOR SOCIAL STATUS TO APPEAR MORE DESIRABLE DOES NOT JUSTIFY THE CONTINUING CONTRIBUTIONS OF CULTURAL THEFT. THE TERM LATINO DERIVES FROM THE TERM LATINI, THE LATINI WHERE THE VERY FIRST LATIN TRIBE TO EXIST FROM ITALY! LATINI IS PLURAL MEANING MORE THAN ONE LATINO! AND LATINO IS SINGULAR FOR LATINI MEANING ONE LATINO. THE SAME WITH LATINA AND LATINE. ALL TERMS CREATED BY THE TRUE LATIN PEOPLE OF ITALY. THE AMERICAN MUTILATION AND CULTURAL RAPE OF LATIN EUROPEAN TERMS NEEDS TO BE EXPOSED.

I'm Argentinian. I met Anya because I crossed paths with her on the streets last time she was here. She's so humble and she's as Argentinian as Messi, Maradona, Dulce de leche and Asado.

It’s just sick the need of label someone with a race/ethnicity that americans suffer. I’m “white” due german and spaniard heritage, but I was born and raise in southern South America so I identify myself as “latina”. My blood absolutely boiled when i was in the states and had to take a COVID test to went back to my home country, the nurse (an afro american woman) asked my race, and I was like “why is that relevant, wtf… but yeah, I’m latina” then HER RESPONSE WAS “HONEY, YOU’RE ABSOLUTELY WHITE” OMFG, I swear I never hated someone that bad, who did she think she is??? It’s absolutely rude to deny someone’s self perception by their looks! Latinos are mixed af, northern latinos doesn’t look like southern latinos AT ALL, but americans tend to think that we all look mexican 🫠 Argentina, Chile and Uruguay are mostly white due the italian, german, british and spaniard influence, but still latinos! 😤 it’s like stating all americans are white, when americans can look asian, black, latinos, arab, etc, etc, etc.

@chrissmarie455

3 ай бұрын

That’s not only Argentina, Chile and Uruguay most Latin American countries have large white populations with mostly European heritage yet there are stereotypes that we are all mestizo or mulato. I’m a “white” Puerto Rican my kids are blonde with Gray/Blue eyes and Americans AND other Latinos are surprised to know we are fully Puerto Rican.

@luismudry

3 ай бұрын

​@@chrissmarie455😂😂😂😂 póngale 0 . No ala que se refiere es ala cantidad de población. Lógico que todos los países tiene gente de origen europeo . Pero los países que nombró la mayoría son blanco. En la primaria y secundaria . En mi país eran todos blanco . Mis vecinos . Unos mas que otros depende de que parte de Europa vinieron . Los del sur son más oscuros que los del norte. O que querés que nos identifiquemos diciendo soy afro o aborigen !! Si no lo somos

@basicallyno1722

2 ай бұрын

Latino isn’t a race though….

@akatsukii281

2 ай бұрын

@@basicallyno1722 yeah, but the concept is clear, latinoamericanos are people with native american and european people whose languages have romantic heritage, so even if it is not a “pure race” there are a lot of features and even diseases and culture in common.

@elena2125

19 күн бұрын

They don't get that a Latin American can be any skin color and still be a latino, including being white and blonde or Asian, black or native or any other race, we have it all people. But they always put us in this box of who is supposed to be latino and who represents us. It is really odd to see Sofia Vergara on the first season of modern family, looking very tanned and with really dark hair and dark eyes, when she's white. When she started she was blonde you could see that on her early commercial when she was young but in the show she looks like she's somebody else.

I am a latina who was born America, my first language was Spanish. Growing up, I honestly never felt "unrepresented". Sure, when I see a latino actor in american shows or movies I get excited but I never saw it as an issue or felt opressed. I never paid attention to the race or color of the person. People just want to make it an issue... my community has a good amount of movies and shows with hispanic actors.

@danielchavez3138

6 ай бұрын

Same I grew up in California & Spanish was my primary language my mom always said in this house you speak Spanish when you’re with friends it’s English

@itzel3173

6 ай бұрын

I feel like this too but I don’t want to say it otherwise people perceive me as hating myself for being Latina. I never paid attention to representation in the media unless if it was blatantly offensive.

@esmie_07

6 ай бұрын

​@@itzel3173 I agree. Sometimes, it's hard to voice opinions in our own community because suddenly "we forget where we come from". I am proud of my roots, just because we don't "go with the crowd" doesn't make us less than.

@kevinbenitez42

6 ай бұрын

lets be real. The media is trying make people fight each other to line up with their cause. the media will never break the latino community because they are too strong for that BS. Brett cooper and her team could not give two F's about understanding the latino community. Dora explorer and yo quiero taco bell eyyy hilarious...

@jessicag.905

6 ай бұрын

Yes 100% Also, we have our own TV series, movies, music etc in the countries our parents came from (mexico, central and south amereica). What more "representation" do we need. I grew up watching Univision and Telemundo. Loved watching novelas. I also grew up watching "American tv" and never felt unrepresented. Like my mom always says, I represent myself and do not need others to do that for me.

I am Argentinian and go to school in the US. Moved here after high school. I am tired of people victimizing themselves for being "latinos/as" when they grew up going back and forth from their mansion and some beach in Florida. Like, I'm sorry, no, you are not a victim. Plus, if you had grown up in the economic/political shit show where I did you'd see how meaningless and stupid it is to be barking all the time about how badly people have it in the US. Yes, be proud, but for God's sake don't play the victim when you're not. Thanks Brett for a great analysis :)

@enigma7385

6 ай бұрын

Hello.. fellow coutryman (?

@SantiagoSarmiento1

6 ай бұрын

Cuantas copas tenes.? 😂

@SantiagoSarmiento1

6 ай бұрын

Cuantas copas tenes.? 😂

@lorifintel9784

6 ай бұрын

Bless you!

@mavirr_crazylittlegirl8902

6 ай бұрын

Bien dicho

North American people need to understand, that being latin is not about the skin color or race, is about culture.

@tt67791

16 сағат бұрын

Is not, its only about language

As a white "Latino" I feel incredibly underrepresented in the media. You don't see white hispanics represented anywhere. In American movies, commercials, etc- the characters/actors are always brown/ish. On another note, I'm Uruguayan and speak with the same accent as Anya. Other hispanics have a hard time understanding Rioplatense Spanish. Especially if they're not native Spanish speakers.

As an argentinian, of course, I feel more represented by Anya than Jenna... But it's weird to me that Jenna is seen by everyone and herself as latina when she was born and raised in USA and never even learned Spanish... That's a very US-american mindset if you ask me 🤷🏻‍♂️ Edit: The HUGE problem here is that US citizens misuse language... words like "America", "Americans" and "Latinos" are distorted and uprooted from their true meaning. Are the rest of us supposed to accept their definitions only because of their political, economic and cultural influence? I don't think so.

@crisp7575

4 ай бұрын

When you are raised in the US with Hispanic parents you have a wildly different cultural upbringing than your peers causing you to feel like a foreigner in your own country, which is why they identify more with being Latino.

@yonico_

4 ай бұрын

@@crisp7575 but their not that's the thing...

@zoren1900

4 ай бұрын

Because she is latina....

@johnhillescobar

4 ай бұрын

Because in America, your ethnic background defines your identity instead of the place you are from. A non-Spanish speaker with Hispanic roots who was born in America is definitely a Hispanic or Latino.

@zoren1900

4 ай бұрын

@@johnhillescobar Well, aren't Canada, and Brazil in America since it's in the American continent? 🤔.....

As a Uruguayan, I feel more represented with Anya, she speaks Rioplatense Spanish perfectly, she lived in LATAM, knows the culture, loves dulce de leche and empanadas lol, etc... and the girl is not victimizing herself or saying that she is Latina every 5 minutes. 😂❤

@MichaelVavor

6 ай бұрын

Unlike Jenna who won't stfu about being Latina every 5 seconds

@ssantelha

6 ай бұрын

As an argentinian I approve your message. Un beso del otro lado del charco 😀.

@onedadinplaid159

6 ай бұрын

Love Uruguay! I lived there for two years... Montevideo, Salto, Artigas, and finally Maldonado. Love the people, learned the language, the food!! I would love to go back. Spent a brief period in Argentina too, and thoroughly loved it. I was in a town in the north called Concordia, across the river from Salto. So beautiful! Shout out to both countries!!

@abiscan00

6 ай бұрын

Hasta el Viggo Mortensen es mas latino que la Jenna y la Rachel, Vamo arriva la Ana las tortas-fritas y el mate !

@crisemm5207

6 ай бұрын

Que lindo encontrar fellow Brett fans aca!!! Brett es un American National treasure, igual que Anya lo es para nosotros; aunque Anya es bastante woke en su vida, lo único que no usa su latin card porque ella misma se considera muy blanca para ser latina, incluso dicho por ella misma... pero si no me equivoco, es bastante cercana a esa izquierda pestilente de USA...

People often forget (especially Americans) that being Latino is a CULTURE, not a race. There's TONS of different features, looks, skin colors and so on in Latin-American.

I don't understand why Americans insist that not knowing your "supposed-to-be" native language doesn't matter. it does matter.

@diegojavier8276

Ай бұрын

Why? 🤔

@agdistisattis6923

Ай бұрын

@@diegojavier8276 there's no way to read your literature and history, communicate with your people, understand/experience the society and connect with the culture first hand if you don't speak the language. if you don't know the language, all you'll learn is going to be something that someone taught you.

This is a perfect example of "confidence is quiet, insecurity is loud"

@Triunfadora99

5 ай бұрын

I disagree. It's what was ingrained in them on how to see themselves

@bs.6814

5 ай бұрын

Yea dude it’s sucks. 21 and 22? Who isn’t insecure at that age? Vs Anya who is 27.

@lolstrongmen

Ай бұрын

Eh depends on the situation but yea

"I feel very proud to be Mexican. I didn't have the opportunity to learn Spanish as a girl but it's never to late to get in touch with your roots." -Selena Quintanilla-Perez

@cupcakedoce956

6 ай бұрын

Wait, doesn't she had a lot of musics in spanish?

@buffycatnip

6 ай бұрын

@@cupcakedoce956 she does but she didn't learn until much later in life

@NicoleMarie251

6 ай бұрын

🙄 I think it total BS to say in order to be Latina enough you must speak Spanish. Furthermore to act like all Latin culture is the same is all totally foolish and clearly coming from people who know nothing about the various different cultures with the collective countries. I am Puerto Rican and Colombian born and raise in NY and culturally there may be similarities but our food, customs, even language is different similar sure but not exactly the same. The term Latino is in fact an oversimplification.

@propogandalf

6 ай бұрын

​​@@NicoleMarie251Totally agree. Language is not even a quarter of what makes up culture

@JDarkAngeI

5 ай бұрын

Nah I disagree with above comments. Language may not be all there is to culture, but for sure it is big part of it. No offense, but arguing the opposite just sounds like an excuse for themselves to disregard the irony mentioned in the video.

Ben affleck speaks better Spanish than Jennifer Lopez, but people who don't speak Spanish don't realize that. You can't be "Latino" without ever experiencing what it's like to live in a Latin country.

As a Chilean girl, I grew up thinking Argentinian girls were mostly all blond beauties because of the particular type of argentinian tourist that came over on holiday to the beach. So Anya fits perfectly with my odd childhood stereotyping 😂😅

@ArielGonzalez1

2 ай бұрын

chilena?? wena culiá jajajajajajjajaj

I'm from Colombia, I don't even speak English (I'm using the translator). I loved this video, you couldn't have said it better, being Latino in Hollywood is something that brings money, not pride. I don't even consider that Latin culture exists, each country is a different world: Mexico is a completely different culture than Colombia. I can assure you that only within Colombia there are completely different cultures, now that we are united by certain similarities between countries, it is something else but it is like saying that Australia, the United Kingdom, Canada and the United States just because they share the same thing. the language has the same culture psss couldn't be further from the truth; The only thing that unites us are the economic and social problems of the countries. new follower

@jrivoldi28

3 ай бұрын

Exactly my friend, I am Argentine, our Uruguayan neighbors have a culture similar to ours, but other Latin American countries, the only cultural similarity they have is the language, the rest has nothing to do with it.

Honestly at this moment even Matt Damon represents Latins much better. He embraced the language and culture thanks to his wife. His children were raised under the Argentinian culture and he made the conscious decision to learn the language, so he could be part of the multi-cultural family

@haruno21

4 ай бұрын

noooooo. I would make them both sing: YO TOMO LICOR, YO TOMO CERVEZA Y ME GUSTAN LAS CHICASSSSS , LA CUMBIA ME DIVIERTE Y MESITAAAAAAAAAA♪ and I bet Anya does it better

@RiceCubeTech

4 ай бұрын

The irony is, these same people tried to cancel him for being more conservative than other Hollywood actors. Yet he seems far more actually accepting of people than others.

@Strong_Libra_Scales

3 ай бұрын

Oh that’s cool

@joelwillems4081

Ай бұрын

Well, if you are going by that account then John Wayne was much more Spanish than Matt Damon. Also from his wife's side but he shot movies in those areas, chiefly Mexico, and employed many spanish-speaking actors. His name has been tarnished by one stupid journalistic piece in Playboy and the fact he was an American patriot. For those claiming "draft dodging", he was old. He was born in 1907 and would have been in his late 30s during WWII.

@sommelier6508

17 күн бұрын

Eett​@@RiceCubeTech

True story. I didn’t want to learn Spanish when I was a kid. I would always speak to my mom and mom was fine with it but she also wanted me to speak Spanish around her and my dad so I would learn and use it more so I can be more proficient in it. I refused to do so and she hated that. So one day I arrive to the kitchen to ask what’s for dinner. She didn’t answer me. I kept asking and asking no one would answer me( my dad was also not responding). She kept ignoring me until I asked her again but Spanish. She pointed to the chair in the kitchen and said “sit down”. She said in Spanish “ I don’t mind you speaking English because we live here in the U.S., but when you’re here at home, you will learn and speak Spanish. You’re Latino and you need to know your parent’s language.” It was one of the best life lessons I ever have.

@x-mess

6 ай бұрын

Good parents! I’m going to do the same w/ my kid 😊 thanks for posting!

@jgarcia9829

6 ай бұрын

It requires a huge effort from parents to do this (especially if the parents are bilingual), but it’s the only way a kid is going to be able to become fluent in Spanish while attending an English-speaking school.

@katansi

6 ай бұрын

2/4 of my grandparents had a different first language. My grandmother had hers beat out of her by nuns, my grandfather just dropped to be more American. I wish my father had been given the chance to learn either as a child so that he could pass it on. Your parents did you right.

@Kev27RS

6 ай бұрын

Props to your mother for doing that! 👏 That’s how it should be! I don’t think it’s only Jenna Ortega’s fault that she’s doesn’t speak spanish, her parents are to blame as well… I’m sure both speak spanish… Unfortunately it happens quite a lot worldwide with people who live in a different country than their background.

@MegF142857

6 ай бұрын

My Mom claimed was my fault that I didn't learn Spanish. She says I said "I don't want to learn that Greek Spanish." I pointed out that by the time I was saying such phrases that was already way past the point of teaching us. Need to teach as young babies thru language development. -- When older I was trying to learn & she would correct every teeny tiny mistake & treat me like I was mentally defective for being so stupid. Sigh! -- So here I am in my 60s still trying to learn Spanish well enough to feel comfortable to hold conversations. I know quite a bit, but terrified to make mistakes. My Mom's passed away many years now. -- So many of my cousins speak Spanish fluently. Oh well! Not sure why my Mom didn't want to teach us. My Dad had learned working for 12 years in South America, so he was fluent too. Neither taught us Spanish, though we all ended up with fairly good pronunciation (probably just some exposure at family gatherings?).

You are not latino if you didn't grow up in a Latin speaking country and speak the language. Like it or not being latino is not a race and the definition of that side of the Americas was defined by their language, so YES, to be latino you have to speak a latin language. Besides what Americans say... including you, with the " I am too white for that comment ". There are many Latin countries where white population is majority. They are white. Anya didn't just "grew up on Argentina " her father is argentinean, her grandparents too and she was born in Miami out of coincidence. She explained that many times before. Last but not least, you don't stop mentioning "you are too white "... you could be from ANY latino country. There are girls like you (and not one or two but many ) in most latin countries. You are not "Nordic looking " or "German looking " or anything like that.

In this case, language IS everything. Being latino, or in this specific case, hispanic has never been about race, but culture. Living in the latino countries (latin america, spain, italy, france, portugal, philipines and rumania), speaking the language. Latino is not a race, is a culture.

You don’t have to speak Spanish and you don’t have to be immersed in the culture but don’t claim to be a representative for that culture if you don’t live that culture or have any connection other than “my great grandma” came from X… just be proud and that’s it. No need to proclaim your self to something you’re not.

@njmfff

6 ай бұрын

This seems to be the main issue with Americans, they all go "my great great great grandma was X, so this makes me like 1% X, so this makes me totally X". You'll never hear people from Europe, Asia or Africa say they are "3% European\Asian\African". You are either Russian, German, Japanese, Indian, Ethiopian, etc or not.

@fit6456

6 ай бұрын

I agree with you. It's just that the way things are here in the States, if you're white looking of European heritage, particularly more so northern European, by the first generation you can be simply be referred as American. Everyone else who has other physical characteristics, your family could be here for two three four generations and you're going to be a hyphenated American. If Jenna were of Scottish descent, she would never have to claim any heritage (she could out of choice), but "people of color" can never be just American so she feels probably that she has to claim something. It's a weird position to be in, because for those of us who are very connected to our Latin American heritage the only relatable thing about some "Latinos" is the last name and appearance (sometimes).

@alanguages

5 ай бұрын

Tell that to Rachel Zegler. The little Spanish I heard, she obviously doesn't speak it.

@cristianproust

5 ай бұрын

Yes, they actually have. People who don't speak perfectly sound like and are seen as foreigners

@angelicanarvaez5053

5 ай бұрын

@@YellowBird-gm4se As an Ecuadorian, I feel sad because it's true. I like her music a lot and she's so talented, but she only has used the Latino card when an album in Spanish was strategically in the way, in 2000 during the Latino boom and in 2022 since urbano singers like Rosalía, Bad Bunny, Maluma, Karol G, etc., have become very popular in the US. I understand that she probably doesn't have a connection with the Ecuadorian culture because her father was abusive to her and her mom when growing up, which makes me feel ashamed. As far as I know, Christina has been to Ecuador maybe a couple of times (or at least once) but just for non-music related reasons, and therefore they have been very private, which is ironic since she has given shows in other Latin American countries like Venezuela. I still love her music and the most Ecuadorian thing she has ever made is the song "No es que te extrañe", I get gooseflesh every time I listen to that song

In Argentina we love anya so much bc we see the love and massive respect she has for our country, she has never used the "latinxxxxxsgd" etiquette for anything, and still she just shows how big is the impact that Argentina has in her life, Rachel and jenna are the same people that for years try to get attention for being "latinx", even Rachel who has a colombian mom, everytime she tries to speak Spanish she does it with a Puerto rican accent that she probably learned from west side story.

@veronicaana

5 ай бұрын

White colonizers will colonize I guess. Also making fun of people your ancestors displaced is right on par with you European Argentinians.

@gerarddearie-zd2gb

5 ай бұрын

Taylor-Joy is British, no one uses Latino, Latina or even Latinx here, why would they? Are you under the impression she is an American? She speaks English with a British Accent.

@SnapeArgento

5 ай бұрын

@@gerarddearie-zd2gb she's not British, she was born in Miami. And she also speaks rioplatense spanish bc she was raised in argentina and her accent is British bc she has moved constantly with her parents

@mrleo-techpriest

5 ай бұрын

​@@SnapeArgentocuando escuchas el acento de annya es obvio que se crio en argentina

@faeerie0

4 ай бұрын

​@@gerarddearie-zd2gbanya was born in Miami because her argentinian family was on vacations, right after that she moved to Argentina and was raised her first years there. Spanish, rioplatense spanish is her first language and she comes here every holidays and vacations she's free for. She has british accent because after being primarily raised in Argentina she moved to London

Excellent analysis. I just find your channel and I really love it. As Argentinian I can say that here we absolutely LOVE Anya, and the way that she don't brag about her roots as something so special that deserve Some sort of extra "privilege". And her accent is just amazing. Also: MI GENTE LATINO 😂

I can only speak for myself. My parents are from Puerto Rico. They taught me Spanish. When I reached adulthood, I noticed I was not speaking it as well as I'd liked. I also got comments from other Latinos that my Spanish was not great, or that I spoke too much Spanglish. I worked my butt off to improve my Spanish. At one point I spent over 2 years only watching Spanish television programs at home. I sat in front of the T.V. with a pen and paper and a dictionary writing down all of the words and phrases I did not understand. This was before high speed internet and KZread. Sometimes I had to call my mom and ask her what certain words meant. I had notebooks full of notes and I would read them every night. My Spanish now is very good but I never stop practicing and trying to learn new words. If you really want to, you can learn it.

Anya has a near perfect Spanish, and she talks with a lovely Argentinian accent. She makes an ocassional mistake here and there, understandable in someone who's spent most of her life in English speaking environments - sadly, languages do wear over time if you do not keep using them

@lolietchao4448

6 ай бұрын

I agree, ella habla Espanol perfectamente❤

@desisarod

5 ай бұрын

Al menos anya habla español.. Ortega ni una palabra sabe,

@TheMendo123

5 ай бұрын

The argentinian accent is very ugly actually

@anonimus500p6

5 ай бұрын

Anya’s native language is actually Spanish

@cristianproust

5 ай бұрын

" near perfect "??. She speaks as any native

I love Anya Taylor-Joy. She’s just a magnificent actress and just appears more “normal” than other Hollywood actors. The fact that she’s even getting married when there’s like a divorce crisis in Hollywood attests to that. And when I found out she is Argentinian, I loved her even more because she’s doesn’t make it her whole personality. Rachel and Jenna are frauds. It’s fine if they actually have a deep sense of love for their heritage, but the fact that they claim to fight for “Hispanic representation” is laughable. Just be a good actress. I was born and raised in America. Both my parents immigrated from Nicaragua. I’m not fluent in Spanish but I promise you I know more Spanish than those two. And I don’t use my “Hispanic card” (whatever that is) to claim oppression. I’m just a normal guy with Hispanic roots.

@Pholoxo

6 ай бұрын

"divorce crisis"? That's been going on since the birth of Hollywood!

@daraheid9149

6 ай бұрын

I feel like some actresses pull the heritage card because they’re just told to by PR. It’s just a fad.

@michaelrivera8360

6 ай бұрын

Is like Brett Cooper said that there nothing wrong with saying you are heritage but if you didn't grow up in that country why are you going all this time saying"I am proud to represent Puerto Rico culture but I don't know Puerto Rican culture".Comes off as hipocritical because how can you represent something you don't know.

@gloriathomas3245

6 ай бұрын

Hispanic is not a race or ethnicity dude. David Beckham can rightly call himself Hispanic because of long relationship Spain.

@oscar1081

6 ай бұрын

@@michaelrivera8360exactly my thoughts

Simply, Bravo Brett! It is a beautiful video showing and revelling the truth of many Hollywood characters who are only gathering money representing a group of cultures. I was born in Poland, raised in Spain, educated in Germany and ended up living in London, I will never ever go around pretending something I'm not. I guess many celebrities should be more humble and their followers should not be as blind as they are. Many thanks for the positive energy in all the videos and congratulations for your engagement!!!

I dont get why Americans have to say they are Asian-Americans or Mexican-American; they are just American. For example, I’m from Argentina with French and Italian heritage, and I dont go around saying I’m Italian-Argentinian.

@Chris193_

5 ай бұрын

I get your point but it also depends on the country I have seen many western countries like that. The U.S. , Australia, UK, and etc. Not just the U.S. maybe their parents don’t want them to forget where they come from.

Jenna has the money to pay for the best spanish lessons if she wants to represent the whole community and not just the community living in the United States. She can also buy a map and learn the names of all the latin countries located in South America and Central America.

@dreadcthulhu5

6 ай бұрын

Pretty much what I thought if she truly wants to learn.

@pattyhansen7563

6 ай бұрын

Right? Selena had to go thru this in the 90s, but she ACTUALLY put in the work & learned to speak fluent spanish in order to connect with her fans. And I am actually more impressed that, as an American citizen, that she speaks ENGLISH & not Spanish - like the rest of the illegal immigrants.

@PunsandPixels

6 ай бұрын

It’s hard growing up in a north American country and looking latina. It’s like being adopted, you don’t really fit in 100% anywhere. Still I’m fed up with this representative garbage. Give me good character development! Characters I can admire! And also there are a lot of latinos who speak English and they are very snobby towards speaking Spanish, like it’s beneath them. It’s ridiculous

@jennifersenenko6755

6 ай бұрын

@@pattyhansen7563 why do illegal immigrants have to speak English? Why does any Hispanic or Latino have to speak English?

@pattyhansen7563

6 ай бұрын

@@jennifersenenko6755 English, if they are living in America. English, so that I, living in an English speaking country do not have to push #2 on my phone to talk about business. If I moved to Japan, I would be expected to speak & read Japanese to function in daily life. They would not cater to me. If they want to continue speaking Spanish in all of their daily affairs, they should reside in a Spanish speaking country. One of my friends came from Vietnam with her mother, as a child. Her mother has STILL refused to learn functional English. This forces my friend to do all of her medical & business affairs from afar. She is in effect her mother's personal translator. I think that is wrong. If she wanted to come here, she should learn to communicate with the people who were already here.

I’m a white-as-snow Mexican, born and raised in Mexico, and I’ve always felt like those born in the US (from any heritage, but born and raised in the US) are almost ashamed of just saying they’re American so they make this huge deal about being Latinos or Italians, or any other thing, or their skin color; but they’ve never set foot in those countries or know ANYTHING about them other than what they’ve been told and assume. And then they have the nerve to speak for us and pretend they know what being actually Mexican (for example) is like, when in reality they wouldn’t survive two seconds in the countries they’re claiming as their own. Their own country is America and they have to learn to be proud of that.

@Sonicstillpoint83

6 ай бұрын

¡Absolutamente perfecto! Y fue muy bien dicho.

@55CINCO55

6 ай бұрын

I don't think your perspective is accurate at all lol. Nationality and ethnicity are 2 different things. I was born in America indeed but I grew up speaking Spanish, eating Mexican food, watching Mexican telenovelas, etc so I do heavily identify with being Mexican/Latino. I've been multiple times as well. I also believe being "proud of your country" is dumb, you should be proud of things you accomplish not things you had no input in, like the country you're born in.

@chowmane143

6 ай бұрын

I don’t need Jenna to represent me as a latina. There’s Shakira, Sofia Vergara, and Salma Hayek.

@natj-vs

6 ай бұрын

@@55CINCO55 dicho justo como gringo, peleando por querer separarte de ser gringo solo porque has comido tacos y visto telenovelas, y porque entiendes español. Mi mamá es Chilena y tengo pasaporte chileno también, y también he visitado Chile pero nunca diría que soy igual que mis primas que crecieron en Chile, ni diría que me identifico con esa experiencia o cultura. Es súper diferente vivir toda tu infancia o vida en un lugar y crecer con todas las sutilezas de esa cultura, los problemas, los miedos, la forma de ser educado, etc. Haber visto telenovelas y comido comida mexicana no llega ni a la superficie de lo que es vivir día a día en México, los gringos mexicanos tuvieron muchísimas experiencias y ventajas por la decisión que tomaron sus papás de buscar una mejor vida en Estados Unidos. Y voltearse y decir que no quieres identificarte con eso también es insultar sus esfuerzos, en mi opinión.

@55CINCO55

6 ай бұрын

@@natj-vs You're really dumb lol. You're acting like every experience is the same even within Mexico lmao. Do you understand what a culture is? It is indeed the language you speak, the food you eat, the entertainment you consume, etc. Of course I don't have 100% of the Mexican experience but you don't need to. A Mexican person who was born and raised in the Monterrey Metropolis will have a lot more in common with a Mexican American than they will with a Mexican person born in an indigenous village in the middle of the Chiapas Jungle. Not sure how you got the idea that I'm trying to separate myself from America or that I don't identify as being American. You can be part of multiple cultures and ethnicities you know that right?

I'm just now seeing this video, but i feel every word that Jenna is saying. Growing up, my grandparents didn't really want us to know Spanish. They wanted us to assimilate into America as much as possible. I didn't think of it much as a kid, but the older I got, the harder it was to connect to my heritage and the harder it was to learn. Now that I'm an adult, I'm just now getting comfortable pronouncing my name correctly. I feel embarrassed that I don't know more. I have mixed race kids who I need to make sure don't grow up without knowing their heritage and it's a lot to deal with

Anya being extremely white, does not mean anything. Have you ever seen XUXA? She looks like a German princess. She's also 10.000% more Latina than Jenna. I've lived my whole life in Argentina. I'm white to the point that I can't receive direct sunlight without having serious burns.

Anya Taylor-Joy is English, Scottish, and Argentinian and she's played characters who were American, English, and Russian...because she's a damn good actress! Loved her in The Witch, Split, Last Night in Soho, The Menu, and she did the best she could with New Mutants. (Haven't seen Queen's Gambit but heard good things)

@dangercat9188

6 ай бұрын

She has Spanish in her too.

@chrisjeee

6 ай бұрын

pls go watch Queens Gambit! I watched it twice ❤ really good

@orehsogan8470

6 ай бұрын

​@@dangercat9188Yes from both Parents One is from Argentina from father Side, and mother Side is Barcelona, Spain, shoot she is Latina, Hispanic, and loves Spanish from Argentina, and dont forget we have all different colors as Hispanic and Latino

@FilleIceRises

6 ай бұрын

@@orehsogan8470Anya is 100% european. 75% british isles/french, 25% Spain. Her family lived in argentina for a while, that’s all.

@veeplopez5402

6 ай бұрын

Queens Gambit is amazing!!!

The fact that Anya uses "Marido" (the word we commonly use instead of "esposo") adds some years to my life (?) Oh Anya 🇦🇷

@GabrielaCenturionNeumann

6 ай бұрын

Your comment made me laugh xD I hope you will enjoy those extra years, LOL! Btw, where I live you usually use "esposo" when you're legally married and "marido" when you're just living together with no legal papers. Isn't it funny how it's the same language but the meaning depends on where you're from? 🙈

@umhi5743

6 ай бұрын

That’s why when I was younger I confused marido for being husband 😂

@Boredoutofmywits

6 ай бұрын

@@umhi5743 No confusion, is exactly what it meant.

@surlespasdondine

6 ай бұрын

it's what it means? @@umhi5743

@Gogettor

6 ай бұрын

Because Argentines are Europeans, not Latinos.

Bret, you sneak those rough greens plugs in so smoothly... love your energy.

My father did not teach me his mother tongue bc he thought it would hurt me learning English. I grew up learning to be ashamed of my heritage and I know my parents did the best they could but wish they didn’t have to feel like our language was second class. Jenna and Rachel represent the Latina girls from the diaspora who feel empowered through a community of other Latina women. They were always made fun of by their peers for not being western enough then turn around and get made fun of by their own for not being Latina enough. If you don’t understand their perspectives then it’s probably because you have never experienced what this is like.

@facundomolli3089

3 ай бұрын

entonces no sos latina, sos estadounidense, preocupate por q tu pais te obliga a segmentarte en una cultura q no te pertenece en lugar de la propia

@Thelearner08365

3 ай бұрын

Ur dad is dumb

@migueljaravasquez662

3 ай бұрын

No eres latinoamericana ni tu ni ellas ninguno que naciera en otro país que sea algun país de Latinoamérica porque no estar con tu cultura actual a tratar de meterte en una que no conoces , te hago una pregunta ¿ Tú sabes si te preguntan la hora en algún país latinoamericano?

@random_internaut

3 ай бұрын

bue tmp para tanto, la conexión con la cultura puede heredarse aunque no se herede la habilidad de hablar el idioma, no es para tanto creo yo

@noelramirez1551

3 ай бұрын

​@@migueljaravasquez662 The problem is we never say we're Hispanic or Latino its people like you that constantly reminds us that we're not i dont care if you don't consider us Hispanic ima continue to live my life speaking both Spanish and English 😂

As a non-spanish speaker Latina, I just want to clarify that you can infact be latina without speaking speanish, like us Brazilians, for example. But the fact that Jenna keeps talking about hispanic culture, that makes her not speaking spanish really bad 😬 Edit: I think some people are not understanding my point lol. I'm not saying that if you were born in the US from immigrant parents are also Latinos, what I'm saying is that ACTUAL LATINOS can speak other languages in Latin America, like Portuguese and French, bcs it's LATIN AMERICA, not Hispanic America. Me for example, I'm Latina, I'm from Brazil, but I speak Portuguese, not Spanish.

@cienciasatuariais4954

6 ай бұрын

In Brazil we speak Brazilian! rsrsrsrs

@dreadcthulhu5

6 ай бұрын

@@cienciasatuariais4954 Brazilians speak Portuguese. I know that much.

@mariusmioc3045

6 ай бұрын

Portuguese IS A LATIN LANGUAGE! And guess where the words "latino" or "latina" came from?!

@isabelawiedemann4309

6 ай бұрын

I was just about to comment the same think ksksksks

@Vic-pg4rg

6 ай бұрын

Exactly, I'm a non-Spanish speaking Latino too. I never liked Jenna Ortega because I figured that she's part of the woke mob and support the same things as they do. As much I'm proud of our heritage, I never insert it into every conversation all time like her.

As a Puertorican and native Spanish speaker living in the US there hasn’t been many conversations where I feel the need to insert my culture and heritage. I also travel twice a year to PR, like it’s so easy, can’t imagine loving your country so much, being so proud and having the means to visit but not doing so 🤔

@Super.Aguacate

6 ай бұрын

🤔 Excellent points @Shevegan. Excellent!

@acappellacris2134

6 ай бұрын

PRs are technically American 🙄

@shevegan4302

6 ай бұрын

@@acappellacris2134 technically? Lol. We’re born American citizens, yes. Not sure what your point is.

@acappellacris2134

6 ай бұрын

@@shevegan4302 that Puerto Ricans should not be considered Latinos. Hispanic, yes 100% but Latinos I don’t know about that.

@BabyGirlInuyasha

6 ай бұрын

@@acappellacris2134porque? Porque somos colonia de los Estados Unidos de America y tenemos ciudadanía americana? Read a book dude even people from Spain call them self Latinos and they aren’t even close to latin America, but if we go by geography Puerto Rico is part of Central America not North America and if it is because our citizenship allowed me to say that all of “Latinos” wouldn’t be part of it since they all have different citizenship so please stop being baboso. quieres una chacletada para que veas si soy o no latina?

I'm Argentine and i are very proud of Anya

@haruno21

4 ай бұрын

Y eso que vienen a la patagonia! Pero nah, todo es desierto y tiene filtro amarillo LOL

@haruno21

4 ай бұрын

Bueno, la patagonia es deseetica pero fria, vo me entende

It’s crazy that as an Australian with no ancestry that wasn’t in Australia before 1860, I have a far better grasp of what Latin Americans are, they are simply people of the countries in the Americas that were founded by france, Portuguese, and Spanish settlers, aka speakers of Latin languages. Hispanic isn’t a race it is the people of those nations, or descendants of such people. They can be any colour as they had ethnic variance from German settlers in Patagonia to west African slaves of Haiti and native Americans of the Yucatan. Well that is my perception of it at least

Jenna's ability is what is sort of known in the American Latino community as "No Sabo" (name origins coming from an incorrect pronunciation of "I don't know" in Spanish) and it does make you pretty nervous because No Sabo kids are treated quite cruelly by other Latino's.

@yaya5tim

6 ай бұрын

why? She looks racial ambiguous to most of Latinos? I thought she'd be more accepted as white latina

@Kaybye555

6 ай бұрын

But then why is she trying to speak for latinos? The thing is, it's usually no sabo kids who actually don't know much about any latino culture. They are AMERICAN and should just be ok with that. It's fine just because they grew up eating latin food doesn't mean they NEED to over identify as latinos

@estuardo937

6 ай бұрын

I wouldn’t say cruelly, more so they don’t take you serious

@elettramia6380

6 ай бұрын

Can uneducated countries please learn REAL Latin history! Speaking the Spanish language does not magically make some one “Latino”. Just like speaking English does Not magically make people Anglo saxons despite of one’s actual cultural origin. 🙄THE CULTURA LATINA, THE LATIN PEOPLE, THE LATINO (Latini) TRIBES, THE LATIN ETHNICITY ALL COME FROM ITALY! LATINO IS THE SOLE IDENTITY OF SOUTHERN EUROPEAN LATIN MEDITERRANEAN DIASPORA. Latin europe was Latinized by ROME ITALY hence how Latina italy got the name Latina. & HISPANIC (Hispania) is literally the Latin language MEANING SPAIN NOT the NATIVE AMERICANS they Colonized. Latin America got its name SOLELY and ONLY to mean the part of the Americas CONQUERED by LATIN EUROPE and that is all it will EVER MEAN. Latin ORIGIN, HISTORY& people are NON INTERCHANGEABLE. STOP THE CULTURAL THEFT OF MY PEOPLE& OUR ANCESTRY. BRAINWASHED AMERICAN/ MOSTLY NORTH AMERICAN CULTURAL APPROPRIATION & CULTURAL THEFT FOR "PROFIT AND GAIN" WILL NEVER BE LATINO. CULTURAL APPROPRIATION EXIST BECAUSE THOSE LIKE YOU BELIEVE YOU HAVE AND WILL CONTINUE TO BENEFIT FROM THE CULTURAL THEFT TOWARDS US TRUE LATIN PEOPLE AND OUR HISTORICAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS! AND US TRUE LATINS ARE & HAVE ALWAYS BEEN MULTI GENETICALLY MIXED ETHNIC PEOPLE DUE TO OUR GENETIC CONTRIBUTORS FROM OUR MIDDLE EASTERN (ASIAN), NORTHERN AFRICAN, AND BALKAN GYPSIE DNA. THERE ARE NO "WHITE" LATINS. JUST MORE ASSIMILATION . SOUTH CENTRAL AMERICANS AND MEXICANS ARE NATIVE AMERICANS, MESTIZOS, CASTIZOS, PARDOS, ZAMBOS, AND PURE SUB SAHARAN AFRICANS. NOT LATINS, NOT LATIN BLOOD, THEREFORE NOT LATINO. IN SOUTH CENTRAL AMERICA AND MÉXICO THE ONLY PEOPLE CALLED LATINO AND HISPANIC ARE US SOUTHERN EUROPEANS OF LATIN MEDITERRANEAN ORIGIN. OBVIOUSLY THE SAME IN LATIN EUROPE. PUSHING AND CONTRIBUTING TO BRAINWASHED NORTH AMERICAN MISAPPROPRIATION OF FOREIGN TERMS SUCH AS LATIN/LATINO AS TRENDING PROPAGANDA FOR SOCIAL STATUS TO APPEAR MORE DESIRABLE DOES NOT JUSTIFY THE CONTINUING CONTRIBUTIONS OF CULTURAL THEFT. THE TERM LATINO DERIVES FROM THE TERM LATINI, THE LATINI WHERE THE VERY FIRST LATIN TRIBE TO EXIST FROM ITALY! LATINI IS PLURAL MEANING MORE THAN ONE LATINO! AND LATINO IS SINGULAR FOR LATINI MEANING ONE LATINO. THE SAME WITH LATINA AND LATINE. ALL TERMS CREATED BY THE TRUE LATIN PEOPLE OF ITALY. THE AMERICAN MUTILATION AND CULTURAL RAPE OF LATIN EUROPEAN TERMS NEEDS TO BE EXPOSED.

@elettramia6380

6 ай бұрын

@@Kaybye555and in places like brainwashed America especially North America it is people who FACTUALLY are NOT of Latin origin speaking for the Latino people such as those like you and the women in this video. Fyi America INCLUDES SOUTH CENTRAL AMERICA AND MEXICO. Can uneducated countries please learn REAL Latin history! Speaking the Spanish language does not magically make some one “Latino”. Just like speaking English does Not magically make people Anglo saxons despite of one’s actual cultural origin. 🙄THE CULTURA LATINA, THE LATIN PEOPLE, THE LATINO (Latini) TRIBES, THE LATIN ETHNICITY ALL COME FROM ITALY! LATINO IS THE SOLE IDENTITY OF SOUTHERN EUROPEAN LATIN MEDITERRANEAN DIASPORA. Latin europe was Latinized by ROME ITALY hence how Latina italy got the name Latina. & HISPANIC (Hispania) is literally the Latin language MEANING SPAIN NOT the NATIVE AMERICANS they Colonized. Latin America got its name SOLELY and ONLY to mean the part of the Americas CONQUERED by LATIN EUROPE and that is all it will EVER MEAN. Latin ORIGIN, HISTORY& people are NON INTERCHANGEABLE. STOP THE CULTURAL THEFT OF MY PEOPLE& OUR ANCESTRY. BRAINWASHED AMERICAN/ MOSTLY NORTH AMERICAN CULTURAL APPROPRIATION & CULTURAL THEFT FOR "PROFIT AND GAIN" WILL NEVER BE LATINO. CULTURAL APPROPRIATION EXIST BECAUSE THOSE LIKE YOU BELIEVE YOU HAVE AND WILL CONTINUE TO BENEFIT FROM THE CULTURAL THEFT TOWARDS US TRUE LATIN PEOPLE AND OUR HISTORICAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS! AND US TRUE LATINS ARE & HAVE ALWAYS BEEN MULTI GENETICALLY MIXED ETHNIC PEOPLE DUE TO OUR GENETIC CONTRIBUTORS FROM OUR MIDDLE EASTERN (ASIAN), NORTHERN AFRICAN, AND BALKAN GYPSIE DNA. THERE ARE NO "WHITE" LATINS. JUST MORE ASSIMILATION . SOUTH CENTRAL AMERICANS AND MEXICANS ARE NATIVE AMERICANS, MESTIZOS, CASTIZOS, PARDOS, ZAMBOS, AND PURE SUB SAHARAN AFRICANS. NOT LATINS, NOT LATIN BLOOD, THEREFORE NOT LATINO. IN SOUTH CENTRAL AMERICA AND MÉXICO THE ONLY PEOPLE CALLED LATINO AND HISPANIC ARE US SOUTHERN EUROPEANS OF LATIN MEDITERRANEAN ORIGIN. OBVIOUSLY THE SAME IN LATIN EUROPE. PUSHING AND CONTRIBUTING TO BRAINWASHED NORTH AMERICAN MISAPPROPRIATION OF FOREIGN TERMS SUCH AS LATIN/LATINO AS TRENDING PROPAGANDA FOR SOCIAL STATUS TO APPEAR MORE DESIRABLE DOES NOT JUSTIFY THE CONTINUING CONTRIBUTIONS OF CULTURAL THEFT. THE TERM LATINO DERIVES FROM THE TERM LATINI, THE LATINI WHERE THE VERY FIRST LATIN TRIBE TO EXIST FROM ITALY! LATINI IS PLURAL MEANING MORE THAN ONE LATINO! AND LATINO IS SINGULAR FOR LATINI MEANING ONE LATINO. THE SAME WITH LATINA AND LATINE. ALL TERMS CREATED BY THE TRUE LATIN PEOPLE OF ITALY. THE AMERICAN MUTILATION AND CULTURAL RAPE OF LATIN EUROPEAN TERMS NEEDS TO BE EXPOSED.

The only reason celebrities who belong to a minority community talk about the oppressions of their community is to boost their own opportunities and not because they care about their community 🤷

@rolandswift4311

6 ай бұрын

If you want to give them the benefit of the doubt; There is also a lot of pressure on a lot of them to champion that cause, whether they believe in it or not, and some of them might have a legitimate fear of letting people down. I'm not saying that's the case here, but it is a possibility that should be mentioned.

@felaciosuxonadik8517

6 ай бұрын

Can I get an "amen" from Reverend Al and Reverend Jesse? LOL

@Est-pw9ft

6 ай бұрын

Its such bullshit when she talks about latin representation especially when we all grew up with JLo, Salma Heyak, Sophia Vergara, Eva Longoria, Rosalina Sanchez, etc. She sounds dumb to everyone with a working brain

@MichaelVavor

6 ай бұрын

@@rolandswift4311 I'm in the same camp, that and Jenna being the massive progressive that she is, is probably due to her social environment being Hollywood ever since she was a pre-teen. I don't 120% blame her for her cringe, but damn, she's 21 and she can't wake tf up already? Maybe it really is hard to break out of that victimhood/woke mindset.

I honestly don't understand why this is so hard to understand. Nationality is different than race and ethnicity. Nationality is the place you were born, it's where you have your citizenship.. Ethnicity is your cultural background. Race is the color of your skin. I am American with Hispanic and Latino roots ( Mexican ). I speak spanish. It was literally my first language. It's not perfect but it's definitely something I am proud of. It's never too late for Jenna to learn spanish, it's not easy but possible.

@facundomolli3089

3 ай бұрын

si sos latino literalmente sos americano, estamos en el mismo continente, toda persona desde alaska hasta ushuaia es americano

@Starlightsm0m444

3 ай бұрын

@@quindimzheltyy Yes being Latino is not a race. It means being a part of Latin America. People just relate it to race because they don't know the difference between them. Brazilians are considered Latinos. Because being Latino means being from Latin America. I fixed my comment so it would make more sense

@Negligente

2 ай бұрын

​@@Starlightsm0m444ser latino no es ser de latino america,ser latino es hablar un idioma derivado del latin,como frances,español,portugues,italiano,etc. No entiendo por que complican todo en estados unidos.

@ccroft

Ай бұрын

​@@quindimzheltyybc most latinos in the USA are brown so when americans hear 'latino' they immediately think of a brown person

@lellyparker

15 күн бұрын

Race is not the colour of your skin. Race is your "genetic stock" the genetic pool from which you were born.

as a alien, I feel more represented by Anya than Jenna, it's weird to me that Jenna is seen by everyone and herself as latina when she was born and raised in USA and never even learned Spanish... That's a very US-american mindset if you ask me. being an alien is pretty fun and i represent all races

My girlfriend is Latina and she grew up speaking Spanish and English. She’s lost some of her Spanish over the years since moving away from her family but can still hold a conversation in Spanish that’s slightly more advanced than the basics. She’s also visited Mexico once or twice where her father grew up. But she doesn’t go around preaching about how Latina people need more representation. Does she get excited when an original character is Latin based? Absolutely. Keyword ORIGINAL. From what she’s told me she finds it offensive when people take characters and just change their race instead of being creative enough to create new characters and stories about people of Latin origin.

@Stepharchives

6 ай бұрын

Bullshit, you can’t un-learn Spanish, specially if it was your first language as a kid

@lunar.mermaid

6 ай бұрын

Love this point. I don't understand why Hollywood doesn't expand their source material to fairy tales from other cultures and represent those characters with people of those cultural backgrounds. You don't even have to make an original character in that sense anyway. Why rehash Grimm's tales with new races? Makes no sense. Our world is too connected to use the argument that you only ever knew about the European stories. An internet search could probably pull up some cool central American stories.

@Haarba1

6 ай бұрын

@@lunar.mermaid Hollowwood is a business, you overestimate the audience for "fairy tales form other cultures", its going to demand alot of investment, why bother if you can use already recognizable names and brands and simple race swap characters? Not like white people protect their cultural heritage, at least not yet.

Language is a more important common denominator than ethnicity. If you move to another country and learn a language and speak it very well, people don't care as much about your ethnicity. They will accept you. If you don't speak the language but look like the locals, you won't be accepted. This is true for (almost) any country.

@cristianproust

5 ай бұрын

True, language is everything. If someone has other color but speaks like me I see them as part of my country. Foreigners are the ones who have accents regardless of how they look

@joseedil

5 ай бұрын

If we are talking about a western culture, yes. Eastern cultures not so much, ethnicity probably is the biggest common denominator

@CarlosGarcia-ze1mk

5 ай бұрын

That's why the United States tried by all means to destroy Spanish in Puerto Rico. Thankfully, they didn't succeed, although they did manage to achieve it, for example, in the Philippines.

@Bayzon08

5 ай бұрын

@@joseedilthat’s actually a good point, it depends on where you are and the local culture towards foreigners.

@kcirtapelyk6060

5 ай бұрын

@@joseedilWestern culture is too welcoming and individualistic for its own good. It’s a major factor in why the West is dying.

3:11 "I'm too white to speak spanish" The whole video is about a white person speaking spanish... kinda contradictory (Also, I'm a white argentinian that obviously speaks spannish... ¡Media pila, che!

It's because when you say latina in the usa, the first that you thing is a maxican, and Anya is argentina. In argentina we look very diferente than the others countrys of latino america

Jenna Ortega is actually known for putting a lot of effort in her acting and refusing to compromise when writers want to insert agendas into writing that won’t match the character… I haven’t seen a Latina line for her. She probably talks about being Latina a lot because of the reporters and her agents wanting her to talk about it. Diversity is a buzz word now a days and everyone is obsessed with it.

@MichaelVavor

6 ай бұрын

I was a former fan of hers, and even back then she pushed the whole Latina thing heavily. I don't think her agents are pushing it on her, I genuinely think she's this way. She also supports every far-left thing under the sun, she's like planned parenthood's number one cheerleader lmfao. And as for the script that got blown out of the water because she actually wanted the screenplay to be more progressive and feminist, the bad kind. The writers themselves are actually pretty normal. Idk where the myth came from that Jenna is "based" and "chill" when she's obviously not, again I used to simp for her years ago, so I know and seen some wack shit from her. Main reason why i can't stand her now.

@idkimjustafan

6 ай бұрын

@@MichaelVavorLiterally none of what you said is true at all. “former fan” my ass 😭

@spodoinklehorse

6 ай бұрын

This should be top comment

As a Dutchie, I say we would totally accept you, especially since 97% of us speak English (besides Nederlands/Dutch) anyways I recently toured the Mid-West and was surprised by how many people said they have Dutch heritage, which was rather wholesome. I think Americans tend to be more focused on heritage exactly because they're often so far from their roots, and that's fine. Making it your whole personality, frankly... is cringe. With that said groetjes uit Nederland, bedankt voor de interessante videos elke dag en blijf zo door gaan!

@Snow-Willow

6 ай бұрын

Hi, I'm one of those Midwesterners with Dutch roots. 👋 My great grandpa immigrated from the Netherlands, my grandpa still keeps in contact with some of his cousins from the motherland. You'll definitely find a lot more Dutch immigrant Pride in the West Michigan area. We even have a city called Holland with a Dutch village built into it as a tourist trap, lol.

@adminbob_

6 ай бұрын

jouw moeder heeft kanker

@carolynezell892

6 ай бұрын

@@Snow-Willow was looking for this comment! Us Mid-West Michiganders are still very proud of the culture even though 80% only knows three words Dutch. My grandma has a mug that maps out how all the families are connected (Oliebollen anyone?)

@MooiMeissje

6 ай бұрын

Yes in the Netherlands we have a beautiful mix of cultures I’m proud to be Dutch as well as African and my kids are Suriname 😅 and my husband American!!!

@MooiMeissje

6 ай бұрын

@@Snow-WillowIn Pennsylvania there are Dutch roots as well not sure the amish

The reason for Argentinians not crying for representation in hollywood as latinos is because most Argentinians do not feel represented by the idea of Latino hollywood has, in fact, most south americans do not identify with that idea because it's a stereotype based on mexican and central american culture which is extremely different from South America's.

Anya is so pretty and such a talented actress! She’s been amazing in everything I’ve seen her in so far. I actually didn’t know she was Latina though until this “controversy”. I actually haven’t followed Ortega so can’t comment on her acting skills.

Omg thank you for bringing attention to this! I’ve seen it all my life lol. I’m a fairer skinned Latina, Venezuelan heritage and Spanish was my first language too. People are very quick to dismiss me embracing my culture because I don’t “look” it, including other Latinos. But most of the more-Latino-looking Latinos I encounter don’t speak Spanish at all 😅

@user-ir1lu1ei4n

6 ай бұрын

There’s millions of white Latinas

@dd-bf3ch

6 ай бұрын

It crazy people associate a "look" with a culture only proving that they have no clue about cultures. Also crazy that people would criticize you for your culture because you don't fit into their small little idea of what you "should" look like. It's difficult navigating the modern fools of society.

@insertlastname

6 ай бұрын

Dark skinned Latinos are super hateful towards white skinned Latinos

@moisesnavarro6051

6 ай бұрын

pretty sure the latinos who say you dont look latina didnt group in latinoamerica cuz there its not a "look" for latinos, there its black, white, asian, indian etc, im venezolano too, born and raised in venezuela, im white skin, my sister its what americans will call "lightskin black", same my older brother but the older of the 4 its white like me, my cousins are black for my mama side of the family, she its morena, we got asian family in the north of the country cuz a cousing of my grandmom marry an asian dud, latino its culture, i cant denied your roots as latino but i cant call you latino if you cant speak the lenguage, you dont know your country flavors or music, god alot dont even know what countries share border with the one their parents came from...

@martinfrench4583

6 ай бұрын

*anti-racist pulls out colour swatches* "Clearly this is a case of cultural appropriation. You are no longer allowed to speak Spanish"

Both my parents migrated here from Mexico. We Hispanics do not care about representation. Yes it can make us feel appreciated and seen, take a million miles away as an example, but a lot of the time we don’t care.

@manichispanic5234

6 ай бұрын

I grew up in Mexico, everyone in a telenovela is white lol. No one gives a crap, we got other s*** to worry about

@manichispanic5234

6 ай бұрын

I grew up in Mexico, everyone in a telenovela is white lol. No one gives a crap, we got other s*** to worry about

@charlessebastian9217

6 ай бұрын

Same!

@Kaybye555

6 ай бұрын

That's because we have our own shows, from our origin countries. These things are American, so we should stop asking them to represent everyone else. They speak English, do American things and grew up with the culture, even if their parents are latinos, they are American and that's ok

@elettramia6380

6 ай бұрын

😅 Mexicans are indigenous Americans and mestizo NOT Hispanics Not Latino. These types of people only call themselves Hispanic or Latino as trending propaganda for social status amongst culturally ignorant people such as North Americans of the USA/ Canada. Can uneducated countries please learn REAL Latin history! Speaking the Spanish language does not magically make some one “Latino”. Just like speaking English does Not magically make people Anglo saxons despite of one’s actual cultural origin. 🙄THE CULTURA LATINA, THE LATIN PEOPLE, THE LATINO (Latini) TRIBES, THE LATIN ETHNICITY ALL COME FROM ITALY! LATINO IS THE SOLE IDENTITY OF SOUTHERN EUROPEAN LATIN MEDITERRANEAN DIASPORA. Latin europe was Latinized by ROME ITALY hence how Latina italy got the name Latina. & HISPANIC (Hispania) is literally the Latin language MEANING SPAIN NOT the NATIVE AMERICANS they Colonized. Latin America got its name SOLELY and ONLY to mean the part of the Americas CONQUERED by LATIN EUROPE and that is all it will EVER MEAN. Latin ORIGIN, HISTORY& people are NON INTERCHANGEABLE. STOP THE CULTURAL THEFT OF MY PEOPLE& OUR ANCESTRY. BRAINWASHED AMERICAN/ MOSTLY NORTH AMERICAN CULTURAL APPROPRIATION & CULTURAL THEFT FOR "PROFIT AND GAIN" WILL NEVER BE LATINO. CULTURAL APPROPRIATION EXIST BECAUSE THOSE LIKE YOU BELIEVE YOU HAVE AND WILL CONTINUE TO BENEFIT FROM THE CULTURAL THEFT TOWARDS US TRUE LATIN PEOPLE AND OUR HISTORICAL ACCOMPLISHMENTS! AND US TRUE LATINS ARE & HAVE ALWAYS BEEN MULTI GENETICALLY MIXED ETHNIC PEOPLE DUE TO OUR GENETIC CONTRIBUTORS FROM OUR MIDDLE EASTERN (ASIAN), NORTHERN AFRICAN, AND BALKAN GYPSIE DNA. THERE ARE NO "WHITE" LATINS. JUST MORE ASSIMILATION . SOUTH CENTRAL AMERICANS AND MEXICANS ARE NATIVE AMERICANS, MESTIZOS, CASTIZOS, PARDOS, ZAMBOS, AND PURE SUB SAHARAN AFRICANS. NOT LATINS, NOT LATIN BLOOD, THEREFORE NOT LATINO. IN SOUTH CENTRAL AMERICA AND MÉXICO THE ONLY PEOPLE CALLED LATINO AND HISPANIC ARE US SOUTHERN EUROPEANS OF LATIN MEDITERRANEAN ORIGIN. OBVIOUSLY THE SAME IN LATIN EUROPE. PUSHING AND CONTRIBUTING TO BRAINWASHED NORTH AMERICAN MISAPPROPRIATION OF FOREIGN TERMS SUCH AS LATIN/LATINO AS TRENDING PROPAGANDA FOR SOCIAL STATUS TO APPEAR MORE DESIRABLE DOES NOT JUSTIFY THE CONTINUING CONTRIBUTIONS OF CULTURAL THEFT. THE TERM LATINO DERIVES FROM THE TERM LATINI, THE LATINI WHERE THE VERY FIRST LATIN TRIBE TO EXIST FROM ITALY! LATINI IS PLURAL MEANING MORE THAN ONE LATINO! AND LATINO IS SINGULAR FOR LATINI MEANING ONE LATINO. THE SAME WITH LATINA AND LATINE. ALL TERMS CREATED BY THE TRUE LATIN PEOPLE OF ITALY. THE AMERICAN MUTILATION AND CULTURAL RAPE OF LATIN EUROPEAN TERMS NEEDS TO BE EXPOSED.

I have british surname (Smith), and born in Argentina, I speak spanish and english... regardless that, I consider myself a Latino ... Agunte Anyaa carajo, la mejor ! y no curra con boludeces por el color de piel, lo latino es cultural, no racial. Hay latinos blancos, negros, amerindios, asiaticos, etc... So be at peace with God, may his light reach you all !!! Happy Chrismas !!!

I'm Mexican, I don't need representation by any Hollywood actor, I have real problems in my life D: I don't live in the US, so I don't know what Americans mean when they talk about "latinos", but Jenna Ortega is not latina by any mean.

For us, if you were not born or raised in a Latin country, you are not Latin. Here no one perceives their nationality through blood because there is a lot of diversity and mixture of different ethnicities. We feel represented by the similarities of the countries, the culture and even the way of thinking and seeing life is different from an American, we feel proud of it and seeing Jenna Ortega in Hollywood supposedly representing it is ironic because she does in the most American way possible that makes us laugh, she wants to represent us. Latinos think the same, but there are too many supposedly Latino people who defend her and its because they are Americans too.

@veronicaana

5 ай бұрын

You are a white Latino arent you?

@askatuproductions

5 ай бұрын

It's just confusing because chicanos call themselves "latinos" all the time, but they are still gringos.

@Mr.Pop0

5 ай бұрын

THIS! I tried forever to fit in with my cousins in mexico. They were never cool with me claiming to be mexican. As soon as i stopped trying to fit in with them and start saying i was american and not mexican, theyd flip out and say QUE TE CRES GRINGO AHORA?! Which fucking is it then? You cant have it both ways. If you dont claim us then you must accept us as gringos!

@askatuproductions

5 ай бұрын

@@Mr.Pop0 If you were raised in the US then you're a gringo. Your cousins are wrong if they think you are mexican.

@Threeleebird

5 ай бұрын

@@Mr.Pop0 As a Latina, and I don't say this to brag but to give my point of view, I believe that anyone should answer only for their place of origin. If you were born in the USA and raised there, you are from there, it does not matter if your parents, grandparents or great-grandparents come from somewhere else, each person has the right to have their own cultural identity. You are not your parents, nor your grandparents, nor should you be responsible for another family member who has a different ethnic origin than yours, nor is it your obligation. My parents come from completely different places from where I am, they grew up in the fields (they are different provinces, which in the USA, would be like states) and I grew up in the city, yes it is a stupid example and it is not like they came from another country, but my point is that they have an origin that does not It has nothing to do with mine because they have a different culture and upbringing than mine and they chose for my life to be somewhere else and that is where my cultural identity was formed. Obviously the roots of our relatives deserve all the respect and recognition from us because we are part of the same legacy. My point is: Be proud of where you come from.

I kind of feel for Jenna Ortega. Her speaking about being insecure about claiming her heritage sounded very sincere and I believe that, had her PR team not pushed her down that road, she would have found a way to deal with it that isn't this dishonest. Obviously, she's an adult so I'm not trying to claim that she isn't responsible for this at all, but to me it seems like this is part of a "brainwashing" trend that can be seen on both extremes of the political spectrum. A lot of today's discourse could be described as "learned outrage". People get upset over nothing. People cry because their identities aren't respected, they cry because other people have identities they don't understand, they cry because there are too few black people in the media, they cry because there are too many, they cry because some women want to be stay at home mums, they cry because some women want careers. It's ridiculous. Most of it could be solved if people just minded their own business. I don't have to stop eating cake because my neighbour doesn't like cake, but I'm also not allowed to force-feed him cake. As easy as that. And this fake outrage is so ingrained in society now that it creates people like this who aren't allowed to take time to form their own opinions but are forced to adapt aggressive mindsets to the point where they think they're actually theirs.

@matchaeylle

6 ай бұрын

this is a very good point and needs more discussion in general

@Evabently1

6 ай бұрын

I 100% agree with this. That interview felt like she was letting her guard down a bit and that her PR team are very much pressuring her to focus on her heritage

@rickdeleon7386

6 ай бұрын

Point out your neighbor and I'll force-feed him the cake.

@Howaboutyes11

6 ай бұрын

EXACTLY

@courtneyr6645

6 ай бұрын

💯

I like you Brett. You are a sweetheart. You are coming from a view that doesn’t understand or see Latino culture in America and how it affects newer generations. There are a lot of people who are culturally Latinos but don’t speak Spanish. Jenna Ortega is one of them. For one reason or another it skipped their generation. It’s not their fault. Sometimes their parents didn’t pass that on to them because of the challenges they had as kids and didn’t want their kids to have them. I remember as a kid getting in trouble at school for speaking Spanish. At some point because I didn’t use Spanish I was starting to forget it. Luckily I didn’t all thanks to my mom. I have some family members that do speak Spanish and some that don’t. It doesn’t invalidate them as Latinos. As Latinos in the US we are already labeled “ni de aquí ni de allá” meaning “not from here or there.” Yes it would be nice for Jenna to speak Spanish but she is a product of the challenges that the Latino culture experiences today. Now I don’t understand the whole Hollywood culture - I’m sure you know that better than me. People are probably telling her what to say and such. Anyhow I really like watching your content and can’t wait to see your Snow White movie.

Being Latino doesn’t mean you HAVE to speak Spanish. It’s the “No Sabo Shame” people like to place on 2nd generation Hispanics and above that didn’t get to learn Spanish properly.

In my opinion as a Latina (Dominican) language is the biggest player in connecting to my heritage. I mean, the Latino culture is BIG on music which of course, you need to know Spanish to understand. Our foods have names that don’t even have translations. Also, we usually have big united families and having elders around, you need to speak Spanish cause most of them don’t speak English well or don’t even want to. So, language is not everything, you can still enjoy music and food without it, but I believe language is at least 50%.

@NightOwl0230

6 ай бұрын

When that language is different for all Latino countries, I wouldn’t say it’s the factor that makes someone Latino/ Latina nor what unites all Latin countries. My family is from Mexico and I grew up hearing their way of speaking Spanish. I’ve dated a Puerto Rican and Salvadoreño and met friends of other Latin countries and had to learn so many words because it’s not the same way that I say something. Words like popcorn are interpreted differently and has more than 10 ways of interpreting! And quite frankly, Dominicans don’t even speak Spanish, that’s a whole other language they created and the slang they use is very different from how I’ve heard Mexicans talk.

@hellosissi9482

6 ай бұрын

​@NightOwl0230 she didn't say it connects you to a whole continent but to a certain region or country. I am neither Latina nor Spanish but I am trying to learn Spanish first because I like the music, I like to understand whati listen to not just vibe along with the melody. So I don't see why Jenna Ortega doesn't make any efforts to learn Spanish if non Latinos are learning it.

@NightOwl0230

6 ай бұрын

@@hellosissi9482 that’s the thing, to be Latino is not just a region. It’s many countries. And when those countries don’t speak the language the same way, it’s not the connecting factor. It’s different to say Mexican culture vs. what it means to be Latina. Ortega is saying she’s proud to be Latina. As a Latina myself, it’s a shame if you minimize our entire beautiful culture into just language. Language is a factor in culture but not the entirety. To say she isn’t Latina or anyone else can’t be Latino because they can’t speak Spanish is like saying I’m not Latina because I don’t know how to dance Salsa. Clearly she was trying to say words in Spanish. This short little clip doesn’t mean this is all the practice that she did and can you confirm what she does in her daily routine? You don’t just become fluent in a language overnight. And even if she doesn’t want to learn Spanish, doesn’t make her any less Latina.

@AgCharmsStudios

6 ай бұрын

I know. As a Dominican and Haitian, Haitian culture is more accepted in my family; although we have family in Dominican Republic. And it doesn’t help I’m from America. I know 0% Spanish but I’m taking Spanish 1 in school because I also understand it’s a big part in culture.

@Rita-Ceballos

6 ай бұрын

Yo creo que lo que realmente se crítica, es que algunas actrices hacen gala (presumen) de una cultura de la que carecen, con el fin de atraer más público.

As a child of the USA and of a father that is native Mexican I never learned Spanish and I ALWAYS felt I never properly represented Mexican American. Not my fault my dad didn’t teach me 🤷🏽‍♀️it reminds me of this time I was called in for a job interview and I was with all latinas. Later I was told they specifically wanted to hire more latinas because there was a growing Spanish speaking community. I was there with my yankee accent like “yup, I only speak English.” But don’t get it twisted: I still work as hard as a Mexican 😂

@Hextin

6 ай бұрын

You're white washed ese. You not one of us no more

@Sonicstillpoint83

6 ай бұрын

There are actually neurological benefits to learning it as an adult, since you would have a ready supply of family members to practice with periodically. our brains prefer things that are easy, so when we take up things that are not alone or a challenge it’s a great workout for the gray matter, not to mention that people trying to work on languages as adults are the coolest.😎 sigue practicando de vez en cuando en cualquiera oportunidad lo que haya parecido.

@robertmadison1205

6 ай бұрын

You can learn Spanish if you want. Its not that hard.

@testebiiidama4129

6 ай бұрын

As long as you don't go around saying that you should be in more places to represent your culture more, or try to teach others what it's like to live immersed in Spanish culture. You won't be bothered, at most they will ask you if you speak Spanish, or know this or that, and some people will be a little surprised. The point is that you are no longer Latina, Latina. You are a descendant. The culture you grew up in is different.

@ChrisCarlos64

6 ай бұрын

I feel growing up, I related to the line of Selena's father in the bio pic Selena where he says "Mexican Americans have it tough. We have to be more Mexican than the Mexicans and more American than the Americans for them to accept us" I'm paraphrasing I think because it has been a while but it spoke to me and I felt rang true for forever lol

I am a proud Latina. First generation EVERYTHING in the US. My parents and I migrated from Colombia in 2000. I could not imagine letting our culture, roots, language fade away. It is so important to us that we continue to teach our future generations about our history and of course our language. My children will be fluent in spanish and I will teach them the importance of being Latin, but also the importance of being bilingual.

I am Chilean. However, I have green eyes, white skin and blonde hair. Both my parents were also born and raised in chile until my mother migrated with me and my sister to Canada. While my sister (who is actually haft but we don’t call each other that ever) has black hair, dark brown eyes and sunkiss skin. She was welcome by the Latino community I wasn’t. In fact it was kind of annoying sometimes to always have to say “hey I’m not gringa, I’m latina too”. Or even my sister had to let people know; “hey she is my sister. She can speak Spanish too” I begin building relationships first with white Canadians and even African and Asian migrants before my own community. But now I just embraced it. I have been in Canada for many years. Grew up in it, but I love that now people do see Latina in me as I’m warm, friendly and loud 😂 I love my roots and it took me a while to feel Latina even when I was all along. So sometimes even your own community doesn’t know what represents and what doesn’t.

As a latina born in Latin America, speaking spanish as my first language, IVE BEEN SAYING THIS. Im often so annoyed by people that push this rhetoric when they don’t even know about the culture they come from. They use it for their benefit as to give themselves some sort of credibility when in reality you will never be like the people born in those countries. Even if you did speak the language. You will have never gone through the same experiences or the hardships, so why use my experience (that you’ve probably only heard of and don’t have the right perspective on) to make urself famous and advocate for the wrong (usually more lib) fixes? Its so upsetting.. The same way, American communists say to ME, a cuban that lived under Castro, that we don’t understand communism… America is filled with entitled teenagers (being 21 myself lol) that think they have some perspective on political topics only because they look a certain way. When in my opinion, you’re privileged by default on the global scale because u were lucky to he born in a free country. So WHY BRING THAT COUNTRY DOWN

@xiii000

6 ай бұрын

The communism part omg. I hate seeing them talk about how great a concept it is. I actually saw a comment on Twitter the other day calling Castro 🤮 a hero to the cuban people. I’m not going to sit here and pretend I know what Cuba is like to live in. I’m first generation cuban American, I was born in Miami… but I always hear the stories of my family coming to the US and what they went through. Some of them can’t even talk about it 30+ years later. To those people who have such a desire to live in a communist regime, I say go for it. Move to that country but do not bring that crap here. They’ll learn what it’s actually like and only then will they understand what immigrants of communist countries are talking about. Hearing what my family went through, there is genuine fear in me of ever having to live under a dictatorship. Those people are 100% crazy.

@justinherrera3722

6 ай бұрын

Damn preach hermanaaaa!

@flowstateentertainment8395

6 ай бұрын

What the fuck are you saying? I’m Latino, don’t speak Spanish, was born in America (acknowledge the privilege although I was born poor), and I love our people. I’m highly educated and representing well. I WANT more representation in Hollywood for our people. Don’t fucking tell me I can’t have this opinion because I don’t speak Spanish. I don’t love our people any less than you. I want every Latino to be doing well. We might not share the same country experience but we share the same core of family first.

@tomoyo6162

6 ай бұрын

Qué basada

@Howaboutyes11

6 ай бұрын

NO ONE CARESSS💀💀💀

I'm American, born and raised in the USA. I used to consider myself Latino, and i thought Latinos of other countries embraced us Americans as such. But clearly not. According to most on this comment thread, i am not Latino. Which is cool. I am comfortable in my ethnicity, and i love my nationality. I don't need anyone else's. My culture is the culture i grew up in. My descendency may be Mexican, but my culture is Southwestern USA. I can speak Spanish, but my primary language is American English. If young Ms Jenna wants to represent me, that's fantastic. I love her acting. I can be represented by any American of any skin tone, as well. I'm not picky. And i don't give a baboon's red ass if she can speak Spanish or not. She speaks English, she's a wobderful actor, and that's enough for me. And to you from LATAM who don't consider Americans from the USA Latinos, because we didn't grow up in your LATAM countries, that's perfectly fine. I don't recognize you as my people, either, because you're right - i was born into my country's culture. It's what i know and love. So i'm glad we agree - my countrymen - of all ethnicities - are my people, my culture - from every corner of the USA. Latinos are not. Thanks for helping me reach that very important conclusion.

My cousin’s daughter, also Argentinian of Northern Italian background, is blond and blue eyes, and frankly looks Northern European, she works in NYC at a large corporation, they brought a WOKE minority person to speak about cultural expropriation and other woke things , and she was reprimanded for speaking Spanish , because she looks white. WTF, that is her native language! She didn’t argue , she likes her job.

Is it just me or does it seem like Jenna genuinely wants to be more in touch with her Latina culture, but wants to be quiet about it. Her PR team wants her to be public about it all.

@o_._o123

6 ай бұрын

Yeah that sounds pretty likely. Netflix has been trying to appeal to Hispanic people for years because it is a HUGE potential audience. Wouldn't surprise me if they ask actors of Hispanic heritage to advertise it in interviews.

@EpicChickens1916

6 ай бұрын

I genuinely believe that Jenna is a good person with good intentions. Unfortunately PR teams pretty much decide what they are supposed to say at all times.

@cngotham4111

6 ай бұрын

I feel like people are being a bit harsh on the girl. I understand saying diversity all the time can get annoying but it does seem like she liked her culture and I'm gonna assume she knows some things like food,activities and her parents probably acting like your stereotype latin family. Hard to say but to call her a hypocrite is a bit of judgement

@ponysoldier6770

6 ай бұрын

Im from Puerto Rico and I cannot wrap my head around a rich person that talks about being hispanic that has never taken a 4 hour flight for about $250 to visit the island, it shows lack of interest in the culture.

@MichaelVavor

6 ай бұрын

Idk, I fell for the whole "Jenna might be a cool gal" too until you see what she actually strives for politically and socially. She's pretty much another lunatic.

You missed with this one. The thing is that Argentina has a strong hard sense of belonging. People who are somehow related to Argentina (even a little) always feel some kind of immense pride about it. There are some celebrities like Viggo Mortensen who is very involved (very crazily) with a popular soccer team called San Lorenzo (St. Lawrence) and also has a very strong standpoint, although privately, in Argentina's politics.

@TonyDracon

6 ай бұрын

liar

@holii2483

5 ай бұрын

? @@TonyDracon

@cazaresjulian14

4 ай бұрын

almost all if not all countries used to have this sentiment but now some have lost it however i know that mexico and spain still have this sentiment, a sentiment many americans seem to have forgotten

@gouki_da

4 ай бұрын

😂

@haruno21

4 ай бұрын

the pope is also cuervooooo

It also could be that Anya doesnt have to lean on the 'representation' crutch because she is actually talented.

Viva Anya Taylor!!! I hope some day she stars in an Argentinian film like Viggo Mortensen did in 2012 Todos tenemos un plan, both of them were raised in my country and speak in the Buenos Aires accent

What about celebs like Selena Gomez, Demi Lovato, Sophia Vergara, Penelope Cruz, or even Christina Aguilera? There are and have been plenty of Latina women representing in music, movies and TV from the 90’s onwards and probably a lot more that I am missing. It’s not like she and Rachel are the first or doing the most.. I agree that it’s great to be proud of your heritage and upbringing, but like Brett said you don’t need to make it your whole personality.

@moon66487

6 ай бұрын

Sophia is not part of this list. She IS Latinamerican. She was born in Colombia. Neither is Penelope. She was born in Spain, making her latina.

@ChristianFrates1997

6 ай бұрын

Don’t forget Grey DeLisle and Jessica Alba.

@ngndnd

6 ай бұрын

selena and demi crack me up bro. I used to be a huge fan of them when i was 10-12 years old and had no idea they were even half hispanic until out of nowhere they started talking about how proud they are to be latina.

@blusheid2273

6 ай бұрын

@@moon66487 Penelope is not Latina Americana, which is what we're talking. She's hispanic and latin because of the language. You can refer as latin countries even Italy and French for example, because their languages come from Latin. Now, again, she's not the latina we're talking about. She's hispanic, at most.

@moon66487

6 ай бұрын

@@blusheid2273 she's Latina, not Latin American. Exactly Italy, France, Portugal, etc. Are Latin countries. However, the term Latino/a is commonly used in reference to Latin Americans, but that doesn't make Spanish less Latinos. They're, just, not American.

I could somewhat relate to Jenna because my mom never taught me Spanish growing up. I know a little from school, but I'm not yet fluent. But I'm still really proud of my Peruvian Heritage, and I am familiar with most of it other than the language. Ritchie Valens, the guy who recorded the original La Bamba, actually did not speak Spanish, but he did a lot for Latinos in rock and roll. He probably would have done more if it weren't for the plane crash that killed him.

@davedaley9093

6 ай бұрын

Richard Valenzuela, The record company insisted he us a stage name because they thought the white audience wouldn't accept an ethnic musician. Apparently, they never noticed the Anglo teenage girls go crazy every time he stepped on stage.

@andreaxleste

6 ай бұрын

Im from Venezuela and all latinas are welcome to feel that way! The ones born in the US and the Ones that didn’t. Why are we trying to gatekeep our culture!? Lmao

Thank you for this Video!! Always say this to my friends. Lele Pons is a “latina” tiktok influencer and 10 years back she refused to speak spanish in an LA event crazy to think she got invited to the Latin Grammy in 2018.

I may not know too much but i do know its very important to know the culture and your roots of where you come from. I'm 100% white and worked at an almost entirely Chinese speaking restaurant for a long time. They loved talking about how important that kind of thing is and about their culture. I loved listening too. I'm doing a study abroad program in Japan my junior or senior year of uni. I'm pretty stoked to learn more about the culture. I love learning about new languages and cultures that are so different from my southern roots.

Anya speaks with a perfect Argentine accent. She speaks like someone from upper class, which makes sense as her family is wealthy. You would not notice she is not from here. Fun fact: Viggo Mortensen also speaks Spanish with an Argentinean accent.

@JavierChiappa

4 ай бұрын

Tiene acento de cheta porteña, digamosló como es. Super sexy tho.

@haruno21

4 ай бұрын

@@JavierChiappa de donde son uds?

@lakchorrafernandez7335

4 ай бұрын

Acento de rica?😂😂😂 Ah entonces yo tbn soy rica jajajaaja tiene acento tío platense de Argentina!!!

@agustinpo6436

4 ай бұрын

@@lakchorrafernandez7335 Para mi tiene acento de San Isidro. No habla como alguien de la Matanza.

@JavierChiappa

4 ай бұрын

@@haruno21 Del Interior de Argentina, a los habitantes de la ciudad de BsAs les decimos "Porteños"

i’m a brazilian living in europe and portuguese is my first language because i was raised in brazil. i have a half brazilian friend who was born in europe and didn’t grow up learning portuguese, but still visited brazil and put in the effort to learn portuguese after he was already a teenager. if those latinas really cared, they would learn spanish. there’s so many free resources online, that if you don’t learn at least the basics you can’t really use any sort of excuse like “my parents didn’t teach me young”. if they wanted to, they would 💁‍♂️

@HarryJohnson69

6 ай бұрын

American here with a French immigrant mom. I speak both English and French fluently. I’m currently learning Spanish as a third language. It’s been a year and I’ve been doing Duolingo every day. Where I live, there are way fewer Hispanics to practice Spanish with and I still speak 10x better Spanish than Ortega does. My French might help me big time, but it’s still pathetic AF and I have no sympathy

@cienciasatuariais4954

6 ай бұрын

in Brazil, we speak Spanish... in the city of Rio de Janeiro, our national capital, even our pet mokeys speak Spanish.

@randomcamus9445

6 ай бұрын

You're right, they're just excuses. I still remember that many people of Latin origin in the United States were ashamed and denied being Latin. Now they say that they were always proud to be Latin.

@jesclifford88

6 ай бұрын

Agreed. I’ve only ever spoken English but learned a bit of German in school and now at 34 I’m learning Dutch 😅 I’d love to know multiple languages and wish I’d have started as a child but you’re right, there really is no excuse not to learn and if you want to represent a certain culture but don’t put in the effort, as a celebrity no less, it will definitely be called out 😂

@byubyun1219

6 ай бұрын

if it proves my point any further, i myself learned english fluently, intermediate spanish and french, and i'm currently learning polish and japanese... it's all about whether the person truly wants to be part of the culture or not.

Gracias Brett! I love your videos, and specially this video as a Latina myself. For me, watching your videos and hear your rational opinions is like taking a deep and fresh breath among this whole toxic "woke" madness. So thank you and excuse my english is not good enough. I watch you from Colombia, Latin America.

I think the "not speaking spanish" thing is so talked about because a lot of shows that had latin representation has a sapnish peaking cast, like Jane the Virgin and One day at a Time, where the spanish is part of those families because they are imigrants. And is just while to imagine that Jenna, for instance, would have to learn a lot of the language to play a role like that

I live in latin america, and Anya represents our culture better than anyone, the other girls are US born and raised

@victoriavs_.

6 ай бұрын

she represents a lot of latin america, but specifically Argentina, she is like a typical Porteña from Buenos Aires

Jenna Ortega isn’t a loud “woke” person. Shes a young actress and loves her work. That’s it. She’s nervous to claim it because of this. Videos that pick at the smallest thing. And yes this is her definitely being pushed by her PR team.

@teastrainer3604

6 ай бұрын

Eva Longoria talks all the time now about being "Mexican," even though she and her parents were born in Texas.

@opinionsandfaxc

6 ай бұрын

@@teastrainer3604 same thing with Selena Gomez. Common misconception is that her dad was born in Mexico but he as well as her mom were both born in Texas and she can't even say more than 5 words but everyone defends her but Jenna receives hate?

@j.r.3945

6 ай бұрын

@@teastrainer3604that’s kind of how heritage works g Texas borders Mexico

@FerreiraFarm

6 ай бұрын

The only thing I don’t like is that her instagram bio was literally a link for abortion clinics 😵‍💫

@arunamukherjee7405

6 ай бұрын

Absolutely True

Bueno, vamos a aclarar unos tantos. Está MAL llamar "latinos" al resto del continente. Como dijo otro usuario abajo el termino latino es para US. Lo correcto es decir _IBEROamerica_. Esto paises son los que lo componen: (Andorra), Argentina, Bolivia, Brasil, Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba Chile, República Dominicana, Ecuador, El Salvador, España, Guatemala, Honduras, México, Nicaragua, Panamá, Paraguay, Perú, Portugal, Uruguay y Venezuela. OJO: en todos estos paises hablamos con un acento DISTINTO al resto. Por ejemplo, en Argentina y Uruguay, hablamos un castellano mas particular y "limpio" tipico del rioplatense que se distingue mucho del resto de paises iberamericanos. Anya por ejemplo tiene el acento y tono argentino marcado. Sonaria igual si hubiera vivido en Uruguay. Distinto al tono Chileno, Peruano, Paraguayo, Ecuatoriano, etc. Y Brasil es obviamente portugues sin dejarlo afuera ya que pertenece al resto de paises con raices similares al hablado en la peninsula Iberica. Por eso a los extranjeros de habla anglosajona, se les hace dificil entender ciertas cosas o "tonos", palabras y significados. Ahi es donde se les patina la lengua. En fin, aguante el Rio de la Plata.

As a latinamerican hispanic (Argentinian) I'm loving this so much

Anya speaking about Argentina so beautifully warms my heart ❤

From a Latin American perspective, the way "Latino" is used in North America (USA) is curious. It often refers to a nationality or skin color that seems unfamiliar to us. In Latin America, "Latino" denotes the Romance languages spoken in the Americas, such as Spanish, Portuguese, and French. Our primary means of identification is by our state, region, province, or department, depending on the country or nationality. Given these differences, the use of "Latino" in the United States seems perplexing.

@lucianougolini1798

2 ай бұрын

Lo usan para diferenciar todo lo que está al sur de ellos como ciudadanos de segunda clase. Yo soy Argentino, no latino. Los que usan el termino latino son los países más cercanos a USA en los que el peso cultural de ese país es más fuerte.

@IlustraLilian

2 ай бұрын

Totally agree. That’s why as a Brazilian I never thought of me being Latina since I don’t speak Spanish and I don’t know the first thing about the Spanish speaking countries in Latin / Central or North America. I just don’t get it. 🤷🏻‍♀️

@jwill5892

2 ай бұрын

Latino means Latin American so anywhere Mexico and below. You can claim that ethnicity if you have heritage anywhere there, but people actually from those countries are going to be more comfortable identifying as such.

@cintiaferreira4950

Ай бұрын

Ah coisas que nem vale a pena comentar. E os Latinos são os povos do Lácio em Itália (história de roma).

@VictoriaInamorati

Ай бұрын

It's not perplexing. People want to be victims in the USA. Latino/Hispanic is one more box they get to check off.

In a training class for a job they asked if any of us could speak Spanish. I'm trilingual and speak both English and Spanish fluently (and Romanian somewhat). While I'm technically biracial (Native American and Caucasian) and Mexican-American by nationality, I'm quite white. Literally none of the second generation Hispanics in my training spoke Spanish. I was was the one 'white' person in the class and the only one who could speak Spanish. I can speak Spanish due to being born and raised in Latin America. Looking like a POC person isn't everything. And being white/light skinned doesn't mean someone isn't Latino/Latina.

Speaking of "checking boxes", for many years I have refrained from filling out demographic forms, and always "prefer not to answer" or "decline to say" when a check is 'required' with a red/black asterisk. I despise the players, not the game, because games don't emerge without players. And games are abstract until players put them into practice.

Is not only about speaking spanish (Brazil is a part of Latin America, and we speak portuguese here!) but it's about not only SELLING the image of being latino, but actually LIVING as one. I AM more represented by Anya because by speaking one of the languages spoken in Latin America, she can be MUCH MORE connected to us, she can communicate even with me since portuguese and spanish have similar words. You can't be out there talking about how you want to represent a community you can't even PROPERLY COMMUNICATE with.