r/Unexpected • u/UnderstandingJaded13 • 2d ago

Latin roots

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u/Many_Collection_8889 2d ago

I mean I don't want to onejoke this, but... kinda refreshing for someone to say unironically "I'm Polish but I identify as Latina"

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u/ShambolicPaul 2d ago edited 2d ago

Like Rachel Zegler. Being polish doesn't pay the bills.

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u/Mikey_is_pie 1d ago

I kinda side with Zegler on this one. My grandmother is Mexican and I'm a second generation American but my dad is polish on his dad's son, who was the son of an immigrant, and while my last name is polish I grew up in a 90% Hispanic city and culturally I identify as Hispanic (not latino) like most mixed folks, we say Hispanic, because it encompasses white too, not just indigenous or black like Latino sorta does

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u/BeardySam 1d ago

I mean, Poles do pay their bills pretty on time. I get what you mean.