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by Mordisquitos
1875 days ago
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> That said, the latinx movement is kind of relevant in Argentina IIRC, but in most other latin american countries the idea will be met with a lot of resistance and rejection. I would go even further than that. The US-centric idea of Latino as a unified identity (let alone with the x), often based on North-American stereotypes of Mexican and Caribbean cultures, can be off-putting in Latin American countries. As an example, here's the comedy-rock song «No Somos Latinos» («We are not Latinos») from Uruguayan band El Cuarteto de Nos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=onQU3sp8_Jk |
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Generally speaking when you're in your country you'll sometimes have strong opinions about your neighbouring countries, Hondurans are this, Guatemalans are that, but when you're outside your country and you run into other latin american people, in my experience it was something really special we would greet each other as if we were long time friends, I think there's something more to it than language, I think most latin american people can relate to a certain kind of burden that comes with living in a latin american country, those burdens and the problems our societies have are pretty similar all around and I think when we meet in foreign countries we immediately relate in the way we perceive our societies and the things we've lived through.
Just as an anecdote, I went to Paris for a vacation and I went into a Five guys restaurant, usually you have to pay for a soda refill, but there was a dominican guy who was a waiter and he heard me and my SO speaking Spanish and he immediately smiled and came over and we had a nice conversation about our countries, and he let me refill our sodas for free, it's really nice and I don't know if other regions have something like this