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Latinidad is aspirational, it attempts to draw common experiences between Latinx people without excluding others and without losing meaning by being too general. Definitions are tricky!

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Understanding and appreciation of our differences, as well as shared experiences.  Representation of all, creating a community and understanding of each other. 

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Understanding and appreciation of our differences, as well as shared experiences.  Representation of all, creating a community and understanding of each other. 

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Latinidad in the U.S. (to me) means the fight to uplift the identities, culture, and history of all Latino people, that includes the experiences of different races, ethnicities, identities and works towards the deconstruction of marginilization and discrimination of Latinos in the U.S.

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Latinidad in the U.S. (to me) means the fight to uplift the identities, culture, and history of all Latino people, that includes the experiences of different races, ethnicities, identities and works towards the deconstruction of marginilization and discrimination of Latinos in the U.S.

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When I first heard the term latinidad I was met with confusion but quickly realized the word’s intention. To me latinifad in the United States means having a shared experience that derives from a similar culture. The important detail, however, is being Latino in the US. Given American policy, and culture this added experience creates a shared connection that words cannot not describe. Latinidad is diverse and in it we find unity as different as we are. Latindad is a diaspora, it is languages, it is small nuances that two people from different latino backgrounds can look at each other and identify with in their own ways. Latinidad is Black Lives, Afro-Latinos and Indigenous communities, it is immigration stories, it is family, it is religion and all its complexities, Latinidad even comes with colorism, racism, sexism and homophobia. Latinidad are the people in this country who live in the shadows as “undocumented” with limited rights and who are yet a crucial part of the economic engine of this country. Latinidad are the memes that we can identify with and the images of concentration camps at the border that bring us sadness. We live very different latino experiences and yet find ourselves under this same nation that promised so much yet has delivered so little to people like us. We cannot point at one thing and say THIS is LATINIDAD… however, what we do with the wealth of knowledge among our differences and as we learn to collectively organize, that unity and that united front is what we must work towards.

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My latinidad is grounded in California's Farm Laborer Movement.

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What Latinidad in the US means to me through my lens is not knowing that I have to push twice or three times harder than my counter part. Learning language, learning / assimilating to US culture plus merging Mexican culture. Looking back @ childhood and comparing it to my current life I realized that families do not know how important higher education can impact their children’s lives. I went to neighborhood schools all my life. Not until college I realized that my vocabulary is not up to par … a reason why I’m shy to publicly speak. I was not on the same critical thinking  level as my classmates. My family moved to apartments that were cheap because that is all they could afford and thus meaning that I grew up in lower socio economic communities. Spending much of my time alone … school was absolutely a safe haven …

If we are not hooked up with supportive/ growing opportunities for youth and young adults we continue these cycles “ignorance is bliss” mentality … I know I could have easily been a teen mom but my teachers and parents made sacrifices. Being a Latino in America means sacrifices and putting forth the effort of conscious decisions making for my future generations

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Still Struggling with an identity, a title, that still doesn’t encompass all of who I am. Latinidad in the US is still unfolding. It means we have to work still break down the idea that Latinos are a monotheistic group. We can come in many colors and shades. It’s a work in progress with a ways to still go.

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Well I feel like since the US is a melting pot, latinidad to me means being immersed in different cultures/practices from Latin American and appreciating the differences and similarities that we do have. I feel like a lot of American born Latinx people have similar experiences, but I feel like the term can be used loosely because we are all different and not every one is the same, you know Latin America is full of different ethnic groups/ race  and because we live in the states were ethnicity and race is such a big deal, I  feel as though it kind of generalizes all of us into a group and erases people’s  unique identity.

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Understanding the dynamic community we are, not just in this country but globally, while being committed to challenging patterns of white supremacy and addressing intracommunity anti-Blackness.

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Social construct to develop a sense of solidarity across Spanish speaking countries and cultures, often in contrast to the socioeconomic diversity between them, sometimes in a superficial way lol

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To me it’s being able to appreciate and uplift my raíces and cultura in a country that we have learned to call home but still feel like there’s something missing. It means having my Latinidad to connect with others, allowing us to build relationships and has helped guide us through decades of marginalization and historial exclusion but that makes us unique because our cultures within our Latinidad represent years of beautiful ancestry and traditions, each with a story of their own. Ex: we can both be from México but our different pueblitos carry diff traditions that we learn to love and cherish