There was a gringo at my work that would just walk up to me and say " enchiladas!". When I asked him why, he said told me it was because of my Spanish accent. So I waited till the next time he said it and responded very enthusiastically "hamburgers!", which very effectively helped him realize the absurdity the enchilada thing. Some people just forget to think before talking.

Hate hate the term Mami, that’s not sexy. I call my mother that ... not a good pick up line guys STOP IT !

him: Heyy mamiiiiii Me: Son? you lost

This hit home. I’ve always felt like I wasn’t “Latina” enough.

what about the Latin stereotype of your either a good virginal girl aka good for wife type or a bad girl that is just a toy a puta, a play thing ,that you don't bring home to mama.. I have seen that stereotype on Latin tv and in real life.

That's why I love Jane the Virgin so much, I think it's one of the better representation of Latinos in media, it manages to capture various elements that are a big part of a lot of latino culture, Faith, Tradition and yes... Telenovelas! Plus it also subverts a lot of common latino stereotypes.

A group of Latinas that always get misrepresented are the Afro-Latinas. A lot of Spanish and English media when then want to cast Latinas they always cast the ones that look like Sophia Vegara or Jennifer Lopez. Never the dark skinned Latinas. You turn on Univision or Telemundo and it looks more like an American tv channel than a Latin t.v. channel. Currently the only major t.v. show with an Afro-Latina in it is Love and Hip-hop Miami and her name is Amara La Negra. I hope that I'm the near future both Spanish and English media start to change and start showing a wider variety of Latinas and Latinos.

because i’m brazilian a lot of the pick-up lines i get have something to do with my “big butt”. i can never say anything back because i work at disney world and we’re strictly forbidden from being rude to the guests so the most i can say is “sir, this is very inappropriate” 🙄

Im a black latina and literally the minute people learn this they try to over sexualize everything.

As a latina women myself I find it extremely cringy and weird how many videos there are on KZfaq labeled "dating a latina". And considering that there are latina women in those videos willingly participating, proves my point that they give in to the whole fetish idea. They seem to enjoy it almost. I cant seem to figure out why nobody else is bothered by it. All I'm saying is we're not some weird exotic pet to which their should be "what to expect" videos for...

We Latino brother's and sisters need to get together and scream out for equal rights on us being foreigners and stop being bashed because we speak different languages. We are humans with feelings.

Bro, I live in this neighborhood filled with black people and Latinos. And I always get cat called by older black men, and I'm just 13 🤦🏽‍♀️. Like this one time he said "damn mamacita ,you're so beautiful "

the funniest thing is that I go trough the same thoughts but bc im black. its so annoying to not know when are you an object or as a woman

when some dude automatically says 'Hi Maria' because all latina women are named Maria. Just no.

💯 agree women we (Latinas) are put in this box that says that we need to be like Sofia Vergada curvy sexy etc. I wear my granny clothes and sneakers that make me feel comfortable

The Spicy Latina stereotype is way older than Carmen Miranda. It goes back to silent films and even before. It is so insidious.

I am Mexican-American, I used to work at a Mexican panaderia and once this pig told me, "y cuando me vas a dar tu pastelito?" In the most vulgar and nasty manner. I litteraly just said "que?" And he had the nerve to say it again, I was so super offended but I was working and I'm a very polite person and we were the only people in the store because my boss had gone home already. What if I had put him in his place like I should have and he attacked me? I was alone! Luckily another guy walked in and they actually knew each other so the pig immediately stopped acting like a perv. Thank god I actually never saw him again.

I'm only half mexican and the other half of me is black. Which don't get me wrong I love being black but that's all people see in me is black. I constantly have to remind people I'm also mexican but little to no people will say I am. I'm just considered black. And I'd like to be noticed as a mexican more often but that doesn't happen. It probably never will happen. I really like these videos cause even though I may not be dealing with this a lot of others do have and I want to be there for those who have to deal with this.

Yea... if the “hey Mami” comments could stop that would be GREATTT 🤐

One time someone said I looked really latina because my butt looked really big in a pair pants, I didn't know wether to feel flattered or insecure. The second time a guy passing in the hall called me mami and I just glared. The third time was when a girl said I looked really latina in my graduation picture because I wore a lot of makeup... what the hell 🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️

Worst pickup line definitely had to be the “Where are you from?” trash. I say a city, then he proceeds with “No, but where are you from?” Then I say the state, he looked down on me and said again “no no I mean where are you from!” After begrudgingly tell him my lineage, I ask him “where are you from... no WHERE ARE YOU FROM” and then the dumb guy finally gets what he did wrong 🙃 he didn’t apologize of course

But...Many from Degrassi wasn't a Latina, her character was from the Philippines

OH MY GOD THIS HIT HOME HARD!! I feel like I should start this with the fact that I am 17 and men do not care AT ALL and they always act like I'm some feisty sex toy and throw awful pick up lines about the fact that I'm Latina. At work once (I'm a cashier) a male customer overheard me speaking Spanish and when he came up to the register was like "so you speaking Spanish to me today?" Already annoyed I just said "I speak Spanish everyday" he asks if I'll be speaking Spanish to him and I was like "uh not unless you want me to but something tells me you don't speak Spanish" he responds with "nah you can't speak Spanish to me unless you're my girlfriend". I was SO PISSED!! Who was he to think he could dictate how I speak and put down my language, culture and me down like that. I was so upset I wished I would've told him off, reminded him I will speak however I damn well please, and sent him to Hell but I just told him I'm 17 and to be bitter wouldn't let him get cigarettes because I needed to see an ID (even though I could tell he was legal lol). Pendejo :/

the one thing i hate the most is being told that my skin is too white for a latina. We come in all the colors of the rainbow, the fact that i have less melanin in my skin doesn't mean im any less latina, any less boricua!

Thank you so much for this video! Once I went on a date with this guy and after the date, we kissed and he said "damn you're so hot, I've never kissed a brown girl before" 😒 I never talked to him again.

I think some of the view of Latinas as "spicy" also comes from the archetypal matriarchal role Latinas play in the family dynamic compared to their Western, gringa counterparts. Generally, it feels like mothers and abuelas take a more authoritative or partnered role in families than a purely submissive one in traditional Western cultures. For example, my abuelita and my Tías are way less likely to hold their objections back when speaking to men than many older white women I know are. I can see that resulting in someone calling their demeanor or character spicy, and not necessarily being meant to address sexuality.

omg yes thank you! im latina but im very sweet and cute, and i hate when someone is like let me see your spicy side. im just like ok no thanks

Being called "exotic" and "spicy" is literally one of the most irritating things that's happened to me throughout my life. Also how dare men say that like a compliment and expect me to be grateful for the comment

I was on a dating app and i usually got hit on cause i was a latina and small. Im like 4'11. Once a korean guy was hitting on me like big time. But thing was that he wanted to have something sexual with me but in secret. But he was like, i want to have a latina girlfriend, latinas are so sexy. You can be my latina and so on. He always use the latina on a sentence. So i had it to stop him and never when on a date with him. I dont want to be a secret like we where in a novela.

YES!!! Round of applause for this vid, Kat! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻. I’m so sick of this generalization . I am target if these stereotype A LOT! I am a scientist and work with 98% males. I feel uncomfortable wearing tight fitting clothing due to the fear of looking unintentionally sexy.. I can’t help exuding confidence and sass. As Latinas I think we value our sexual assertiveness- spiciness, and in my opinion that is what makes us attractive and enticing. That being said, being stereotyped for this attribute is disheartening because we have so much more to offer.

well, for me, it was a youth with geeky and punk Latinas..so I never really got the whole "spicy" thing...we were too busy talking comics, music, or RPGs

One of the white guys in my school told my friend “ Hola mamasita “ and we just started laughing our butts off😂

first date, he doesn't stop mentioning that he wants to learn spanish, the proceeds to ask me how to say "i want to watch a movie" in spanish. when i told him he said "that sounds so hot". I knew something felt off, but it wasn't until after the date and I reflected on it that I realized that he was objectifying me. wish i told him quiero comer mierda instead of quiero ver una pelicula...

I'm a Latino (a guy) and the worse assumptions I have gotten from girls are that my lips taste literaly spicy, my farts smell like a taco bowl, that my skin taste literaly spicy, that they expected me to smell like "spicy cologne", and that I must love spicy food and hot sauce and to douse hot sauce on everything.

Actually, when an unknown guy starts a conversation, notices my accent and asks where I'm from, I just say Portugal. I'm just tired of everything that comes after I say the trhee words: I am Brazilian.

Creo que los “latinos” en EUA también se esfuerzan por repetir esos clichés. Conozco a alguien quien vivio en EUA y es prácticamente un personaje de telenovela, híper dramático, y se la pasa diciendo “I am a latin” lo mismo que con Sofia Vergara. No ves este tipo de personalidad en México por ejemplo.

Manny on Degrassi was filipino lmao

Como clasifican latinos en un grupo generalizado. Es un divague el término latino. Todas Nuestras culturas no tienen nada en común pra generalizar tanto.

I was so pissed this one time I was walking to my car from my apartment and a construction worker that was up in some balcony working shouted to me as I walked to my car " Ayy mami, que rica!" I looked up at him and just said "tengame respeto por favor!". I KNOW for a fact that if it was a white woman walking to her car he wouldn't DARE say anything. It pisses me off because I have worked so hard for my education and accomplishments and to be spoken to like that made me feel like some piece of meat. Ugh!

Once had a guy serenade my booty. Made up a song on the spot. I was surprised and disturbed all at the same time.

People in Latino/Black community struggle with the same issues. (colorism,mental health issues,sexism).

I just discovered you! You have successfully blended hysterically funny with profound social insights. Keep up the great work!

I feel it not just the female Latinas but Latino males have to deal with the "Latin Lover" stereotype. I don't find cute being called Dad.

I hate when guys try to say mamacita 😒😤

When I worked at best buy I was told that I was hired because they were looking for that spicy Latina sassy attitude.... that I don't have

I’m not spicy at all, I’m awkward, slightly emo and slightly hippie. I can’t dance and i don’t like spicy food but. I’m not whitewashed, I’m just me. I’m Latina because I love my culture, the jokes, the people, the celebration and the food.

4:39 I can agree to that! I dislike beans and tend to avoid spicy food because it annoys me. And ive been told since I can remember, "You are not a real Mexican if you dont eat (beans/spicy foods)" it really put me into a quandrary of "who am I?" Until I thought to myself "who cares what they think I should be, I am who I am and proud of it"

I hate when white girls say papi or when any girls say papi it’s just gross like translate that and your calling someone daddy just because it’s in Spanish doesn’t make it any different. I call my dad papi, so why would you call someone thats not your Hispanic dad that

a guy i was dating found out durning a convo that i was latina (i don’t look conventional latina so he had no clue) and the first thing he says is “oh did your dad abuse you”? i wish i would have slapped him lmao but i just sat there shocked and said a simple no

0:11 Latino is not only Mexican. It’s Puerto Rican also. It’s Mexico, central and South America and the Caribbean. The Latin races are important to know

I am constantly being asked by men "where are you from ?" And when I say I'm Dominican, they immediately launch into the 3 words they learned in their high school spanish class. Demanding I speak spanish for them, like I'm a dog doing a trick 😤

No disrespect. I like latinas too. They think and they feel that too deeply. They are so ALIVE. And physically mid part of their upper body means just upper portion of stomach and exactly below breast is so wide and big compared to body. Love that. And they are very brave too mostly. And being the man i can say when we see latina, not all but most we unconsciously knew that damn this lady can make our every wild fantasy come true IF she will be in relationship with me. We knew it just by looking at you.

This should be on Netflix am I right

I hear you. Back in high school I wrote a one act play for a theatre class. I wrote myself as the Latina mother and as me and my buddy were rehearsing, my teacher said the act was funny but also had depth, which is great. His only critique was that I had to be louder. So I said cool, project more. And he said no, be louder and angrier...LIKE SOFIA VERGARA. I love that woman but now everyone thinks that's how we have to sound. I'm Peruvian, my accent isn't the same as hers, nor are we as "fiery" like that all the time. It really hurt that someone I looked up to would say something so ridiculous.

You missed the part where the stereotype dismisses latinas who aren't light skinned

Awesome video!!

“Are you a pepper cuz your hot” my response ( yea cuz I’ll make you cry)

I don't look Latina, but I'm more likely to get harassed when I speak spanish or when folks realize I am Latina. I once had a drunk dude tell me he "needed to put 9 kids in me"😤. I was with my folks at the time speaking spanish.

Love this!!

Thank you for the video!!

Another awesome episode 😊

Well said. Strong words and Strong work.

Stale white guy- “Hey Mami ;)” A Latina- *OH MY GOSH!! SHUT YOUR MOUTH!*

This was so relatable. I hate the "spicy Latina" stereotype, I'm not a chili. & dont even get me started on the "crazy Latina" stereotype! #CallItOutGirl

I love your videos Kay!!! Also I had experience many of this out of a night club restaurant and many other places no only because I’m a Latina, also for my body and yes my accent which makes me feel so uncomfortable and many times I ignore them and other times I just look at them with a nasty look!

This was very helpful information. I don’t have many Latina friends and couldn’t get the insight how women were treated especially in the entertainment industry.

The stains on your tank distracted me the entire time 😂 And the worst pick up is "mamacita" 🙄

Amaría que pongan subtítulos en español.. me encantan estos videos. 🖤 saludos desde Argentina

Manny from Degrassi and the actress that played her are filipina. But I do agree with your main point.

Growing up my family would visit El Salvador almost every year so coming from the states you were seemed “exotic” and “beautiful” 🙄 so this one kid comes up to me and tells me “ hola mamacita!” We are like 12/13 yes old, I look at him and I’m like tf this guy said to my cousin and response “ tu mamacita es la esposa de Santa Claus!”( he was on the heavy side) In front of his boys and they all burst out laughing. Yea I just 💁🏽‍♀️ and walked away with my cousin, once he got to the states as a grown man we saw each other at a party and I told him of what he said and he remembered and he apologized for acting so stupid at a young age and I really did embarrass him in front of his boys 😂

Could you do a video on why being Latino: Hispanic is an ethnicity instead of a race. It’d be educational and cool.

@ItsKatLazo I thought your video was empowering, but also inspiring coming from being Latino American myself. I def learned a lot about the certain latino stereotypes that how the United States adjectives our culture.

I don’t mind if I’m flirted with pick up lines that involve my background. It depends on the person and the context to me, especially if it’s from my boyfriend, not an asshole creepy customer.

Yes, call that shit out! This stereotype is so pervasive and ingrained into our perception of Latina identity that I don’t doubt we have all been exposed to it.o grew up being the only Hispanic/Latina in my school until high school. So the only reference I had for Hispanic women outside my family were the women from Univision. Have you ever seen how the women are dressed? I’m not criticizing them, I understand sex sells and they do what they have to do in order to move ahead in their careers. More power to them! Recently there was a video where American men were commenting on those women, saying things like Latino’s are so lucky, or how those were the women you fucked, but never took home to mom, etc. I know that example has to do more with the portrayal with women in media as a whole, but no one can say that it isn’t more pervasive in the latin community.

“oye mami, if you’re so latina how come you won’t eat this spicy taco ayyy” and i said “me being latina doesn’t make you worth my time”

Bro one of my friends just calls me the spicy Latina and it bothers me like I have a name you know

I'm half latino, however when it comes to stereotypes I'm about as latino as swiss fondue

Being spicy is good. Lol

Why this video has not millions of views? This is important! Pick up lines “cocina como caminas,” “arroz que carne hay,” “mami, to’ eso es tuyo?,” the list goes on and on and also tell me about always saying “Ah your partner/girlfriend/wife is latina? Good luck!” I’m like ☝️ wait a second, as you said it here loud and clear we are different but we are not an ingredient for you satisfaction, Have a good day Mr./Mrs./Ms.!

Great video!

Hi Kat and thank you for yet another great video. I think that latinas in the entertainment industry are responsible for the image they project in say, movies, tv shows, etc. This actually goes for everyone. No job is so important that we have to leave our values behind and represent something we disagree with. So the responsibility is shared.

Brings me back to that time coworkers gave superlatives to everyone at work, and mine was "Lil Spice"......

Worst pick up line I ever received : "Ayo mami ..MAMI! I GOT TELEMUNDO ON DEMAND WASSUP!" 😭 Also; "Yo you look so exotic like I need to put a flower in your hair and you call me papi" 🤦🏽‍♀️

Omg I barely realized devious maids used Beautiful dirty rich by Lady Gaga as it’s intro

thank you for putting out the truth! the worst thing I've ever heard was actually said to a classmate as we were going to the subway station, he said "mami yo con hambre y sin cuchara" (mami I'm hungry and have no spoon - spoon can be used as a way to say vagina) and we were probably just 15 at the moment that happened. Here abroad I haven't heard any bad cat calling, just nice compliments on my hair or people absolutely confused of where I come from. In the end we're human beings, not an etnicity or a skin tone and people needs to see through this but also, We're latinas and we got this.

Clever, creative, funny - comment for the algorithm.

Adrienne from The Secret Life is another example

I'm only 13 and one day I was looking real GOOD and a dude walks past me and says "ayyy mami" like um NO

This was good. Lol.

I had a white boyfriend in collage who would "flirt" by telling me I was a "sexy latina" it never felt right and I would just smile politely. Eventually I broke up with him heartlessly and without any regrets but I never understood why I didn't like it. This video explained it so well!

Manny Santos was Philipina Im pretty sure

Bro I hate meeting anyone new ever, so many times they wait or push me to show an accent, move my hands more, speak spanish, move my hips so they can watch, talk about my "exotic culture, waiting or tries to push me into getting loud, litterally ive heard i shouldnt be shy bc im latina. Im *quiet, bc you disgust me and Im afraid to turn around as you'll check me out cause you think its ok considering my body even though we're vastly apart in age. Ive gone through all of this from all sides, family, strangers, friends, best friends, coworkers, teachers anyway...

Wasn't Manny from the Phillipines

Yes call this out!

1:04 your welcome...🤣🤣🤣

Totally off subject, but that necklace looks beautiful.

She looks like a young Alexa Vega, I'm getting Spy Kids vibes lol

Oh, I had a dude tell me once, "can you speak to me in Spanish but make it seem like you don't know English" ... he was then entirely ghosted and blocked

When I was little I tried out for a play at my school and got put as the queen of night because of my skin color it was really embarrassing

Manny Santos was Filipino and her actress was to