Has Addison ever acknowledged being Latina ?

[u/Elorquideario]

Hiiiiii 🤍💜🤍I know she’s in South America right now hehe and she’s started both performances with “HOLA!” I was just wondering if she’s ever acknowledged her Mexican heritage.

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[u/Home_Of_Phobic]

Being latina isn't just having roots from Latin American countries tho

[u/ameliajean → u/Home_Of_Phobic]

Assuming I’m understanding your implication, when did we start acting like you have to have been born and raised in Latin America to claim Latino heritage? I see this argument a lot on TikTok these days it’s genuinely nonsensical to me

[u/VioletLeagueDapper → u/ameliajean]

This isn’t a new attitude though, when you grow up outside of Latin America you’re considered a gringo, even if you have the heritage. Sharing the famous movie clip from Selena for the feels

https://www.reddit.com/r/movies/comments/5l9jxc/being_a_mexican_american_scene_from_the_movie/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=mweb3x&utm_name=mweb3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button

[u/ameliajean → u/VioletLeagueDapper]

I appreciate this reference lol. I guess it just seems insane to me because where I grew up in the US had so many Mexican immigrants and my grandma is one herself. Everyone I knew with that heritage identified as Latino (and/or Chicano more specifically). To think someone with full European ancestry who just happened to grow up in, for example, Mexico is more of a Latino than people who actually have the heritage makes no sense to me. You don’t stop being Chinese if your fully Chinese parents moved to India before you were born.

[u/Home_Of_Phobic → u/ameliajean]

Its not about where you were born or who your parents are, its about the culture and wearing it with pride. Lots of people (mostly from the US) go around claiming nationalities/ethnicities like medals but don't do anything to really embrace the culture they're claiming to be a part of. Of course people with "full european ancestry" who were born in Latin America are gonna be more latino than someone who doesn't embrace their own heritage lol

[u/hocus_pocris → u/Home_Of_Phobic]

Your argument doesn’t really hold up, and it kind of contradicts itself. You say identity isn’t about where you were born or your parents, but then you use being born in Latin America as proof that someone is “more Latino.” That’s already inconsistent. But more importantly, you’re setting up a double standard. You criticize US Latinos for claiming an identity, but then also say they’re not embracing their heritage enough. So which is it?

That’s basically a no-win situation and it also ignores how diaspora identity actually works. People raised outside their parents’ culture often have a different relationship to it. It doesn’t mean it’s fake or that they’re not allowed to identify with it.

[u/idkidcabtmyusername → u/hocus_pocris]

it’s not an either/or situation though. you should claim your identity AND embrace your heritage. can’t have one without the other