tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7500959830051956907.post1785745366928020856..comments2023-05-10T05:21:42.130-07:00Comments on MEChA de Yale Blog: Hosted by La CasaMEChA de Yalehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08006573194872303087noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7500959830051956907.post-42442610867142607372011-04-04T08:18:58.089-07:002011-04-04T08:18:58.089-07:00I've found in California and at Yale that Lati...I've found in California and at Yale that Latino, like all other identities, shifts in the way it is perceived. While people in the Latino community would ask me if I was any number of things; Filipino, half-asian, Lebanese,Persian, etc. at my school (where a large portion of the population was Asian and white, I was Mexican with a capital M. At Yale and in New Haven I've found the same to be true, my Latino identity, through no change of my own seems to show on my sleeve. <br />It really shows that there is no Latino look, no marker of identity that determines what we are. I identify as Latino because while I may hate beans and guacamole I was raised by a Latino community and owe a lot of who I am to that particular part of my upbringing.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01318413252224658094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7500959830051956907.post-59503865398075467232011-04-01T09:15:24.867-07:002011-04-01T09:15:24.867-07:00it is kinda weird isnt it? To me, you and most of ...it is kinda weird isnt it? To me, you and most of the other MEChistas were latino. It's also interesting to talk to different people from across the country and see what they think "latino" looks like. Doesnt it make you want to ask them if they are "white" or "midwestern" or "Bostonian" enough? Identity is so interesting to think about, because so much of it comes from the eyes of the beholder, no?DESCHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05371462817694946622noreply@blogger.com