Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Growing up Latino in the US, it can often feel like you're being pulled in two separate directions at all times. On one end, there ...
What do Sen. Ted Cruz, Oscar-winning actor Ariana DeBose and a puzzled kid stumbling to answer questions on live TV have in common? They’re all Latinos who’ve been shamed for the way they speak ...
Like many Latinos, Micaela Muro’s relationship with Spanish is complicated. She grew up in Northern California occasionally hearing her Mexican father speak the language, and trying her best to ...
Priscilla Blossom, a Nicaraguan- and Mexican-American, grew up speaking Spanish but felt pressured to assimilate and would sometimes only communicate in English. Now as a mom, she worries that her son ...
When José Medina was a kid growing up in Texas, teachers stopped him from speaking Spanish in their classrooms. And his parents stopped him from speaking English at home. Medina never felt like he ...
While language can connect people to their culture and be a source of pride, it can also bring about embarrassment and anxiety. According to the Pew Research Center, 78 percent of U.S. Hispanics say ...
About half of US Latinos who don’t speak Spanish well have been shamed by other Latinos for it, according to a new study from the Pew Research Center. They’re all Latinos who’ve been shamed for the ...