.@rosaliavt discusses her experience of #GrowingUpLatino, as she reveals her favorite dance move, the best Spanish street foods, and much more! pic.twitter.com/Xv8KbeAlfF
— billboard latin (@billboardlatin) 30 de enero de 2019
The people in Billboard latin don't seem to know what "latino" means because they interviewed Barcelonian Singer for their new "growing up latino" episode, in that interview she says she "feels a hundred percent Latina" and every time she visits countries like Panama and Mexico she is at home, and her flamenco sound is a combination of Colombian rhythms, guajira and rumba.
Some people, actual latinos and some europeans reacted to that:
Growing up QUE??? pic.twitter.com/dmh1MoeSKL
— Paularaya de la Mora (@paularaya_) 31 de enero de 2019
She is NOT latina. She is welcomed here, but she is European and white and does not share our culture. Latinos are now "trendy" and everyone is trying to look latino, but it has been a struggle, too. So now you don't get to "identify" latino at your convenience. Stop it.
— Elbs (@Elbaporlacresta) 31 de enero de 2019
Colonizers are at it again
— jo ♡ (@crystaIsjin) 31 de enero de 2019
You thought right. I'm a Spanish person and every single time someone from my country pretends it's ok to call ourselves Latino, my blood boils. You want to pretend you're the same as those that are constantly called panchitos, sudacas or other racial slurs here, in our country?
— carmen 💖 (@NoSonChinosOk) 31 de enero de 2019
Exactly my thought! Us Europeans have absolutely no right to try and claim this term considering all the history behind it and my impression is that whoever tries to only does so in hopes of seeming "trendy" or sth without considering the actual context of it
— irina 💜 (@aiwainaah) 31 de enero de 2019
But not everyone agrees with the definition of latino and are playing semantics with it, mentioning the RAE (Real Academia Española) to say that she is latina because she is from Spain and speaks a latin based language, even if everyone and their mothers know that when people in the US and other english speaking countries say "latino" they are talking about people from latinoamerica and/or people who were born in the US but their parents are from there.
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ONTD , have you ever used semantics to jump on the latino bandwagon?