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Being Half Latina Pros And Cons

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Being half Latina and half white who looks mainly white has a pretty good life. I get the “benefits” of not having anyone look at me differently or discriminated. I am also a young, 22-year-old bisexual. My new identity that will be for this class is a Hispanic/Latina elderly lesbian. When I looked up my new identity, the first page shows negative articles about the health of Latinas, especially if they are bisexual or a lesbian and social inequalities they face. On the same page, I did see this demographic speaking out about their experiences and tips for people who are similar. What I wonder the most is why this demographic is unhealthy both physically and mentally. Looking further to find any stereotypes, I click on the next page of the …show more content…

I first looked up 50 and older group. What came up first was the wellbeing of people this age. They are described as fragile or unable to do normal tasks. My parents and friend’s parents are in this age group. I do not find any of them to fit this description. When I looked up lesbians, I found myself finding sexual content. This was not surprising. In the media, I notice lesbians are depicted to be having sex all the time and nothing else. I also found many articles about the fight they endure in the workforce as well as social places. They are being discriminated because they are “different”. The first two pages about Latinas have mainly been magazines made for Latinas. What I did find interesting was the searches related to Latinas. There were definitions of Latinas. I find it weird that this demographic, being a big population, is being searched to find the meaning of what is to be a Latina. The demographic is being wrongly misidentified that the internet is trying to …show more content…

They are misidentified sometimes, being called a Hispanic. Technically this is right, but doesn’t really identify them. Having the last name of Sanchez, people usually correlate the last name with a Hispanic person who fits the “look” of a Hispanic. I am half white and come from a part of Mexico that is naturally lighter skinned than the typical Hispanic. Many people find it hard to believe that I am of this decent because of my thick Chicago accent. When I do speak the little Spanish I know, a Mexican accent emerges. I am also not fluent in Spanish, which is frowned upon when you grew up with a father who is fluent in both languages. I find myself being judge for not being a “true Mexican”. But, I have been raised as a Mexican, have a Mexican father, and know the history of Mexico. Regardless of my knowledge, I am still

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