I’m Latino. I’m Hispanic. And they’re different, so I drew a comic to explain (ref: https://www.vox.com/2015/8/19/9173457/hispanic-latino-comic)
Latino is geographic.
Hispanic is a language.
You are Hispanic if you come from a country that speaks Spanish like Spain (in Europe) or Mexico (in North America) or Costa Rica and Panama (Central America) or Columbia and Argentina (South America).
You are Latino or Latina if you come from Latin America (a geographic location) such as Caribbean islands (Puerto Rico, Cuba, etc.), South America (Bolivia, Peru, etc.), or Central America (Honduras, Nicaragua, etc.)
Brazil is located in South America, but speaks Portuguese and is the largest South American country.
"Latinx": is a gender-neutral term that replaces Latino and Latina. The plural is "Latinxs." (ref: https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/why-people-are-using-the-term-latinx_us_57753328e4b0cc0fa136a159 )
Stereotypes?
10 Latino Stereotypes We've Heard All Our Lives That Are Completely False (ref: http://www.latina.com/lifestyle/our-issues/latino-stereotypes)
This article presents common stereotypes:
big families,
fiery and ill-tempered
speaking Spanish,
olive skin and long black hair,
maid,
gardeners,
busboys,
immigrants,
great cooks,
Mexicans,
lazy
Portrayal of Latinos in Young Adult Fiction (ref: https://scholarworks.uni.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1020&context=grp)
Perceptions of Stereotypes in Hispanic Children’s Literature (ref: https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=4773&context=gradschool_dissertations)
Wikipedia has a great list of stereotypes from where to start your research (ref: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stereotypes_of_Hispanic_and_Latino_Americans_in_the_United_States#The_cholo)
Wikipedia mentions:the gang member,
the illegal alien,
the homogenous origin,
the hard labor worker and the lazy one,
the hot-sexy woman and the virginal type.
This thesis explores the stereotypes perpetuated by Latino authors (ref: http://ria.utn.edu.ar/bitstream/handle/123456789/1381/TESINA%20MATIAS%20ZITTERKOPF.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y)
Practical Advice to Write Latino Characters?
Authors to read/ TV Shows, films to Watch?
23 Books By Latinos That Might Just Change Your Life (ref: https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/23-books-by-latinos-that-might-just-change-your-life_us_564c11e0e4b045bf3df1b939 )
8 YA Books With Latino Protagonists We Wish We Had As Teenagers (ref: http://remezcla.com/lists/culture/latino-ya-books/ )
Latino is geographic.
Hispanic is a language.
You are Hispanic if you come from a country that speaks Spanish like Spain (in Europe) or Mexico (in North America) or Costa Rica and Panama (Central America) or Columbia and Argentina (South America).
You are Latino or Latina if you come from Latin America (a geographic location) such as Caribbean islands (Puerto Rico, Cuba, etc.), South America (Bolivia, Peru, etc.), or Central America (Honduras, Nicaragua, etc.)
Brazil is located in South America, but speaks Portuguese and is the largest South American country.
"Latinx": is a gender-neutral term that replaces Latino and Latina. The plural is "Latinxs." (ref: https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/why-people-are-using-the-term-latinx_us_57753328e4b0cc0fa136a159 )
Stereotypes?
10 Latino Stereotypes We've Heard All Our Lives That Are Completely False (ref: http://www.latina.com/lifestyle/our-issues/latino-stereotypes)
This article presents common stereotypes:
big families,
fiery and ill-tempered
speaking Spanish,
olive skin and long black hair,
maid,
gardeners,
busboys,
immigrants,
great cooks,
Mexicans,
lazy
Portrayal of Latinos in Young Adult Fiction (ref: https://scholarworks.uni.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1020&context=grp)
Perceptions of Stereotypes in Hispanic Children’s Literature (ref: https://digitalcommons.lsu.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=4773&context=gradschool_dissertations)
Wikipedia has a great list of stereotypes from where to start your research (ref: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stereotypes_of_Hispanic_and_Latino_Americans_in_the_United_States#The_cholo)
Wikipedia mentions:the gang member,
the illegal alien,
the homogenous origin,
the hard labor worker and the lazy one,
the hot-sexy woman and the virginal type.
This thesis explores the stereotypes perpetuated by Latino authors (ref: http://ria.utn.edu.ar/bitstream/handle/123456789/1381/TESINA%20MATIAS%20ZITTERKOPF.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y)
Practical Advice to Write Latino Characters?
- On writing non-stereotypical Latinxs (ref: https://medium.com/@puentera/on-writing-non-stereotypical-latinxs-7386e65d58ce) This article explains how to write a mix of stereotypical characters with non-stereotypical characters and how to give them a distinct personality that do not always fit with the image we have of those groups.
- How Not to Write “Ethnic” Characters (ref: http://teenlitrocks.com/2012/12/03/how-not-to-write-ethnic-characters/)
- I love this quote: “So while the sentences “Que pasa, girls” or “What’s up, mi amor?” both sound fine (that’s a specific phrase or term of endearment), saying “I need to brush my pelo with this cepillo, dude!” or “Yo, you need to fix your carro. But first let’s buy gasolina” sound inauthentic, because bilingual characters would have no reason to use them.”
Authors to read/ TV Shows, films to Watch?
23 Books By Latinos That Might Just Change Your Life (ref: https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/23-books-by-latinos-that-might-just-change-your-life_us_564c11e0e4b045bf3df1b939 )
8 YA Books With Latino Protagonists We Wish We Had As Teenagers (ref: http://remezcla.com/lists/culture/latino-ya-books/ )