Growing up Latino in the US, it can often feel like you're being pulled in two separate directions at all times. On one end, there's this pressure to be "Latino enough" — to keep traditions alive, ...

“Unfortunately, [third generation] heritage speakers often receive criticism of their language abilities from all sides, which they internalize as a personal failing,” said Amelia Tseng, an assistant ...

What do Sen. Ted Cruz, Oscar-winning actor Ariana DeBose and a puzzled kid stumbling to answer questions on live TV have in common? They’re all Latinos who’ve been shamed for the way they speak ...

For many diasporic Latines, an inevitable argument arises around identity and language. If you don’t speak the primary language of your home country, whether that’s Spanish, French or Portuguese, the ...

SAN ANTONIO — Many people question those Latinos who do not speak Spanish. Joshua Amparan and Michelle Mireles both of the Hispanic ethnicity do not speak Spanish. Mireles says she's been questioned ...

I was waiting for my winter tires to be put on my car in a Discount Tire outlet in Denver. The top line on the sign in the waiting room read “Conozca Sus Medias.” I, of course, had no idea what it ...

Ana Gore grew up learning English and Spanish simultaneously. At home, her Peruvian mother would primarily talk to her in Spanish, while her American father spoke to her in English. But early on in ...

List of Countries that speak Spanish: Spanish, or Castellano, is one of the most spoken languages in the world. The Instituto Cervantes says that there are more than 600 million people who speak ...

About half of US Latinos who don’t speak Spanish well have been shamed by other Latinos for it, according to a new study from the Pew Research Center. They’re all Latinos who’ve been shamed for the ...