Latin American Identity Quotes

I'm extremely proud of being Latin; it's a big part of my life. It's not something I outwardly promote, just like I don't outwardly promote that I have green eyes and blonde hair. It's a part of who I am. I love the richness of the culture I grew up within.

Latin American culture is conservative, and the rural areas are tremendously conservative. I don't believe that's just a Chilean thing.

I wasn't born in Mexico - I was born in Nicaragua - but I know that, when somebody like Donald Trump says 'Mexicans,' he means all of us. He means anybody who comes from south of the border.

'Hispanic' is a reference to Hispania, the name by which Spain was known in the Roman period, and there has always been strong ambivalence toward Spain in its former colonies.

I definitely think it's cool being Puerto Rican and Dominican, but I feel it has no influence on my music.

Growing up in Caracas, Venezuela, the ubiquitous music is salsa, cumbia, merengue, a little bit of samba.

All Latins are volatile people.

I grew up around so many different people in so many different neighborhoods, but the Latino heritage, the neighborhoods, and people have always been a part of my life, ever since I was a kid.

I was the first person to come into New York with a Latin American point of view which was also very much influenced by political happenings in Latin America.

My mother's a Peruvian Indian from Lima who raised me and my four brothers and sisters as a single mom.

Latinos come from different countries, and they tend to segregate with only their country instead of embracing all the other countries, because in reality, all the Latinos are going through the same experiences of discrimination and racism.

Be proud to be Latino and never lose that pride!

Anytime you do something Latino, yeah, I love the color, the spice.

Two prominent terms, 'Latino' and 'Hispanic,' refer to people living in the United States who have roots in Latin America, Spain, Mexico, South America, or Spanish-speaking Caribbean countries.

For me, I love Marc Anthony a lot. He's one of my dad's favorite artists, and I listened to him a lot growing up.

What we have to do in Latin America is learn to raise our own national and regional banners so that our subcontinent doesn't become the ideological battleground of the two superpowers.

I am so proud of my heritage and of being Latina. I would most definitely consider roles in Latin America.

Latinos in America are still part of the Latin American experience. To understand the Latin American presence in America you must understand the American presence in Latin America.

The common denominator all Latinos have is that we want some respect. That's what we're all fighting for.

If you go around Colombia or Latin America, without doubt you will find that 80 per cent of the time, you're discussing the past and only 20 per cent about the future.

It's almost as if people think that in Latin America we're not hip to what's happening here.

My interested in Brazilian music stemmed from wanting to find a musical identity other than the salsa and meringue that I was inundated with in Venezuela as a child.

People in Latin America... love America from afar and emulate America in some ways but also hate a lot of things that America does to them.

I come from South America and it's part of our culture to speak out. It's a lot healthier.

I feel like people have stereotypes and notions about Latin America that aren't necessarily accurate or aren't particularly positive. For me, Latin America is a place that I personally really love and enjoy visiting and going to, and I wanted to be able to show it in a light that was very different to an Asian, Korean viewer.