Kids: Today, some kid asked me if I was Mexican. After I explained...

By Rinelric1998 - 31/10/2013 02:59 - United States - Greensboro

Today, some kid asked me if I was Mexican. After I explained to him that I was actually Venezuelan, he simply snorted and said, "That's the same f*cking thing. If you speak Spanish then you're Mexican." FML

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By Venezuelan - 06/05/2022 08:00

Today, a classmate wished me a “Happy Cinco De Mayo” and bought me a Mexican sombrero to wear, and little paper Mexican flags to wave around. I’m Venezuelan. FML

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By Anon - 26/05/2009 17:45 - United Kingdom

Today, I was at a mall. A woman stopped by me, said slowly and loudly, in Spanish "baño?" Knowing a bit of Spanish, I nodded and pointed the restrooms out for her. She then mutters about "dang Mexicans and their inability to speak English". I'm not even Latina. I'm Irish-American. FML

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By Anonymous - 31/07/2023 06:00

Today, I was talking to a smokin' hot Cuban sorority girl. She told me her mom only speaks Spanish, so she translates for her. Without thinking I said, "Oh like Chewbacca and Han Solo?" FML

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By Anonymous - 12/03/2019 20:00

Today, my friend was complaining about how she did not like Mexican food. Confused, I asked her whether she had even had Mexican food, to which she replied, “Yeah, I mean I’ve had Taco Bell.” FML

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By Anonymous - 03/09/2021 02:01

Today, my mom hit me in the face after an argument she didn't win. According to her, Mexican and American are languages, and not dialects or nationalities. She even argued with my teachers, and threatened to remove me "from a school full of uneducated people" after they told her I was correct. FML

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By MexicanMe - 14/09/2012 14:13 - United States

Today, my boyfriend and I had breakfast with his grandmother. She told him how I'm prettier than "that Mexican" he'd brought home for dinner last week. We had dinner with her last week, and I'm that same Mexican. She then went on to how Mexicans are what's wrong with the economy. FML

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By Anonymous - 13/02/2022 11:59 - United States - Marquette

Today, my mother met a new member of my band. He's a piano player from Mexico City. She introduced herself as my mother, then asked him if he spoke Spanish or Mexican. This lead to a long talk about how they speak Spanish in Mexico too. She didn’t believe him. FML

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Some people don't belong in education

By Panagiotis - 01/10/2022 18:01 - United States

Today, we had a substitute teacher. She was taking attendance and had trouble pronouncing my last name. When I corrected her, I heard her mutter under her breath about, “Goddamn Mexican immigrants…” I’m from Greek ancestry, born in the USA. FML

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By sickdisney - 21/05/2012 18:42 - United States - Riverside

Today, I watched a movie with my little sister. I couldn't understand a word that was said during one scene, but I figured it was in some kind of made-up language. When I commented on it later, she called me a moron and said it was Spanish. FML

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Asshats are everywhere

By hardtotell - 22/01/2010 00:45 - United States

Today, a man I don't know came up to me and started screaming about how "all you damn Mexicans were stealing American's jobs" and he stormed off. I'm Native American, and I'm pretty sure we've been here longer. FML

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ktiskool 18

Thursday 31 October 2013 11:42

I feel like this kid just summed up most of today's society... unfortunately...

dramaelf 37

Thursday 31 October 2013 11:42

Tell him if he speaks English he must be British.

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Vnzlan_girl 10

Thursday 31 October 2013 13:15

OMG I'm Venezuelan too!! and yeah I get that all the freaking time. People can be so ignorant. Sorry op brush it off (:

ViviMage 38

Thursday 31 October 2013 13:24

I took 6 years in Spanish. I'm Native American (Powhatan Indian)!

SamCat 21

Thursday 31 October 2013 14:15

That's awesome, I took Spanish one semester and failed it. I am full mexican (smh).

amisenho 11

Thursday 31 October 2013 17:12

It's also amazing how stereotyped Spanish is for anyone from (or not from) a South American country. It reminds me of the time I went into a perfume shop, where the shopkeeper looked Hispanic. A woman walked into the store, asking her if she spoke Spanish. The shopkeeper just glanced over at me, and I happened to know a bit of Spanish (although I look as white as anyone from a southern state). I talked to the customer, and she wanted to know how much a bottle of lotion was. I told the shopkeeper what was going on, and the lady eventually purchased a bottle of lotion, happily walking out and muttering something to the effect of, "Well, I wasn't expecting HER to know Spanish."

JhovannyA 7

Thursday 31 October 2013 13:25

Smh. Ask him if he spoke English and then tell him he must British. Ignorant people are so annoying.

Emiler98 11

Thursday 31 October 2013 13:25

What a little asshole

ishah 9

Thursday 31 October 2013 13:28

He's the idiot, not you.

janibt 13

Thursday 31 October 2013 13:30

I hate when that happens to me. Do people not realize that Spanish is spoken in more than one country?

SoulSair 11

Thursday 31 October 2013 13:46

I told a kid that,but he said he was Porterican

squidgy787 22

Thursday 31 October 2013 14:54

*Puerto Rican

Raykyogrou03 12

Thursday 31 October 2013 13:56

Most americans recognize these as the only 13 countries in the world: USA= America, Canada, Mexico, Central and South America=Mexico, Africa, Europe, France, UK=England, Ireland, Russia, Asia, Australia, Middle east=Muslims and India.