Claudia Delatorre
Louisville, KY
So much too say. I am Hispanic, white and grew up middle class. I have had Hispanics say I am not Hispanic enough because of the way I look and because I did not grow up in a ‘bario. I have gone shopping with my mother and spoken Spanish; store associates will follow us because they believe we will steal. “Your white, how can you speak Spanish”” is your mother a house keeper” “Is anyone in your family in the cartel?”” you speak Spanish with an American accent””your Spanish is too proper” “your English is very good, where did you learn it?” “are your parents illegal” “did they cross through Texas”” funny, you don’t have an accent when you speak English”
