[Nelson-A20201]

I sympathize with you, even though my situation is not the same. I once thought that Latinos (any race) who didn’t speak Spanish were wanna be’s. I was wrong. I just didn’t know the whole story. In every case, it was your exact story. American society of the past practically forced you to forget your culture and language and adopt American culture, though they would never consider you ‘American’ in the end (except white Hispanics), and people ended up in a social limbo, so it was no good, anyway. I intuit that you must be racially mestizo (brown), so you ‘look’ Hispanic by stereotype standards. That’s why people expect you to not only look the part, but also to PLAY it, which includes speaking Spanish. What your parents made was a well-intended mistake that today’s Hispanic parents don’t make. We now know that you could have learned both languages perfectly. It’s not their fault, it’s not yours, they thought they were making the right decision. When someone asks why you don’t speak Spanish, just say nicely that you didn’t learn as a child and that you’re studying it now. That will simply make people say, ‘Oh, very good’ and encourage you more. Continua adelante amigo, recupera tu verdadera cultura, asi serás bilingue y bicultural!!! Buena Suerte!!!

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Name : Nelson-A20201, Gender : M, Race : Hispanic/Latino (may be any race), Age : 33, City : Caracas, State : NA, Country : Venezuela, Occupation : Lawyer/Business, Education level : Over 4 Years of College, Social class : Middle class, 

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