I Am Hispanic But Don't Speak Spanish

I am so glad that there are other people out there that go through this.  See I am 1/2 Mexican, and 1/2 Irish.  And I look Irish.  So when I tell people that I am 1/2 Mexican, they are like, "So you speak Spanish? ...

My parents are both native speakers of Spanish, born in Cuba and Bolivia respectively.  For several stupid reasons, they stopped speaking Spanish at home, so I forgot it after about age 4 and never got it back (until now...

Growing up in a Anglo socority never really having my Hispanic nationality, freinds and of course boy freinds. and of course not specking fluently. Just to have moved in my late teen 1 out of so so many sibling went to Angelo why...

the sad and frustrating thing to be hispanic and not speak spanish is the feeling of alienation. my parents had good intentions but overlooked the
consequences. when i was 4 years old i did not know english and when i was 6 years old i...

Hey what up what's going on... I am proud yeah I said it proud 100% to
Blessed to read speak write and undastand spanish that's something I wouldn't trade for nothing en el mundo!
I'm not here tryin bragg but that's just something I am...

That was a common name I was called in middle school and grade school, along with "gringo," "White boy," "a disgrace (to Latinos)," and so on. And for what? Something that's not even my fault? How am I...

I am lost with Spanish.  Everyone assumes I am able to speak Spanish because my surname is Garcia.  It causes many problems/confusion.  I was chosen for some of my positions because people who chose me assumed they were...

My father is CostaRican n my mother is American...I was raised in CR until I was 7, but then my parent's divorced n my mom brought me back to the USA to live with her side of the family...I had spoken spanish only up until that point...

I grew up in a household that just spoke Spanish. Me and my sister started elementary school at the same time. We hardly knew any English but by the time I was in Second grade I was speaking English primarily and my Spanish turned to...

It weird. I was born in Rio Piedras, Puerto Rico to a Puerto Rican father and an American Mother. i lived the first 8 years on the island and i couldnt speak spanish very well because my dad thought it was easier to just teach me...

I say that I am an American Mexican instead of a Mexican American because I don't know Spanish. I wish that I did though. Then I think that I could meet more people that way. There are a lot of Mexicans who come up...

I Was Born in Tampa, but raised in the carribean. (Cayman islands) <--where my dad is from. My mom is from honduras which me haft latino and my dad is white. They both were living in Tampa until they had me and my lil sis and then...

I know this story exactly. I am the daughter of an American woman and a Cuban man. I was raised in America and never got taught Spanish because my father didn't think it was important for us to know. I am pale with red hair and most...