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23 stereotypical signs that indicate you’re Latino

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Camila Fernandez
Aug 29, 2016
University of Tampa
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23 stereotypical signs that indicate you’re Latino
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  1. You fear the chancleta
  2. You were most likely raised catholic and make the sign of a cross when you go past a church
  3. You know you should never, ever doubt the authority that is your mother
  4. Your greatest fear is checking your phone and having a missed call from your mother
  5. You’re really, really loud and people tell you to stop screaming when you’re talking normally
  6. Your mother is the loudest person in the audience when she cheers for you during a competition or event
  7. You’re the best daughter or son on earth and your parents will go completely out of their way to prove it and debate it with the world if anyone says otherwise
  8. You clean whilst simultaneously dancing to some music
  9. Everyone asks why you’re always so emotional about everything
  10. You have a very big family and are close with every member of it
  11. You spend half of the day with your family and the other half talking on the phone with them
  12. Your entire family gets together on Sundays at abuela’s house
  13. Everyone in your family has a nick name
  14. You call your parents close friends “aunt” and “uncle” because although they’re not family by blood, when you’re Latino everyone is family at heart
  15. You greet everyone with a kiss on the cheek and again as goodbye
  16. Your parents are not fund of piercings and tattoos, it’s like every time a needle goes through your skin, a needle goes through their hearts
  17. There are one too many condiments in your kitchen because food must always taste heavenly
  18. You have tortillas or rice with almost every meal
  19. You probably like coffee but you like dipping your pastries into your coffee even more
  20. If the TV is on, someone is probably watching telenovelas
  21. Vicks VapoRub has saved your life about a million times because “it cures everything”
  22. Everyone asks if you’re Mexican
  23. You speak fluid Spanglish
  24. You absolutely love and embrace every aspect of being Latino
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