I;m Venezuelan. My first day working as a night auditor at a hotel a couple came to check in at like 2am and they started yelling asking for someone who spoke american to check them in. Saying they didn't understand me (they clearly could). I told them to sit in the lobby until 9am when the manager came to work but she was Mexican so they might have to wait even longer. Suddenly they were able to understand me and got checked in with no issue. Racist people be racist.
English isn't even an American language. It's a European language. Speaking American would be something like speaking Cherokee, Navajo, or any Inuit language. These languages originated in the Americas. So, does that means we should all be speaking native american languages only?
@@aBrownAmerican but that's what I am saying. The Native Americans were here first. They were here before the Europeans came over. Their languages existed for thousands of years before English, Spanish, French, German, and Dutch.
@@aBrownAmerican Also, there are different types of American English, not just the appalachian English, or Southern American English. And even in Southern American English, there are divisions, variations, and different dialects. Also, in the Midwest alone, there are so many different dialects and variations in the Inland North American accents, and the Midland accents. You've got the Chicago accent, Milwaukee, the Fargo accent in the upper Midwest, different accents in Missouri, and there's even the famous "Yooper" accent from Michigan. Oh, and let's not forget the beautiful Chicano accents, African American Vernacular, and also Native American English . Please educate yourself, mate.
The ironic thing is that Spanish was the first European Language that was ever spoken in what today is United States territory. When Ponce De Leon and his conquistadors came and founded Florida in 1512.
Seriedad? Por favor.... Es una locura que hay gente que dice esto. Mira donde trabajo el padre de esta mujer. Ricardo Haussman era un director para la IADB (inter-american development bank) que es un ente manejado por la EEUU y básicamente se pasa atacando los beneficios sociales de Latino América. www.foei.org/press/archive-by-subject/economic-justice-resisting-neoliberalism-press/inter-american-development-bank-celebrates-destruction-latin-americas-riches Te parece que una Venezolana pelirroja que vive en la EEUU con un padre que trabaja para el gobierno del mismo es represente del Venezolano típico? Pregúntate porque los Venezolanos que critican a la izquierda siempre hablan perfecto Ingles y parecen Europeos?
Joanna can be funny but she is too hateful, USA is the best country, that's why everyone wants to come here. Let's not ruin America and respect it's people. So algún gringo hablará así de los latinos y hasta con groserías, lo calificariaos como hate speach. No seamos hipócritas. Si tanto te molesta la cultura americana y el presidente Trump, regresa a tu país o vete a otro lugar. Nadie te lo impide.
I'm a Venezuelan living in Germany, and I can assure you that it's almost the same. To see things different, you have to be on the foreign part. A German in Germany won't get criticized, but a foreigner, that's another story.
@@danielsalas9351 I lived 2 years in Germany as a foreigner as well, and now I live in France without speaking French. No one has ever called me out for not speaking the official language.
Oh, god, don't be so oblivious. Stop portraying "Europe" as a beacon of immaculate progressiveness for everything. First of all because not all European countries are the same, there are some that are very conservative, way more than the US, and that includes being more racist and xenophobe. And second of all because even in the most progressive ones there is quite a big load of xenophobes and xenophobic attacks. Just look at the rise of the far-right in politics. And third of all because even in countries that have more than one native language, some people would call out others for speaking a minority language of thei own country.
@@deepdarkmidnight what can I tell you, good for you, but just by watching the interactions and news each and every day, it's way broader picture than just our particular cases. Most immigrants get this type of treatment, I'm glad that you're not on of them though.
Awsamazing Eden lmao!! This is what I always think when they mean American language. Some indigenous language, right? Oh, wait... they meant English? Well they can take their fucking English and Spanish back to Europe!
I am an American of Mexican heritage born and raised in Texas. I’m third generation and I don’t speak Spanish very well. I have the occasional encounter with ignorant white Americans who tell me to go back to “my country” because of my brown skin and Spanish name. But I have also encountered recent immigrants to the USA or Mexican citizens when I’ve visited family in Mexico who regard me with disgust and hatred and call me “pocho” because I don’t speak Spanish well. The hatred from both groups is just as bad as the other. I’ve had to defend myself from both groups. Not scuffles and rude remarks: actual fistfights with broken bones and lacerations. Apparently, I’m not American enough to be accepted by some Americans and not Mexican enough to be accepted by some Mexicans. It would be great if I could be accepted or at least not harassed or talked down to by either group. I’d be content with at least not being harassed and talked down to by other members of “la raza”. The very same people who are always saying we need to ban together but then tell me I don’t fit the mold.
Welcome to the club. I'm japanese brazilian, third generation. Went to japan and actually had security guards following me...not exactly a warm "welcome back".
@@izukawa8575 This is a problem not very discussed yet. After century of immigration, when someone visits his ancestors home not being accepted is really sad. Stay strong, pal!!!
Learning Spanish is not hard. And if you get an immersing course in Latinoamérica for a few months you will finally find a link to your roots and what's missing. I'm a 5th generation british that only knew how to speak Spanish and found my own last name so foreing...I learned English and It helped me understand the world better. Not for other to tell me I belong but for me to understand my essence. Good luck and stop feeling victimized, learning spanish is your duty to your roots, you have just been complaining and ignoring it.
I’m from Slovenia and I live in Buenos Aires, Argentina, since September. With my housband who is Argentinian. I am learning Spanish (it’s my 5th language, so I’m doing pretty well by now), but obviously after 5 months I’m not fluent yet. Since I live here, I’ve been attacked 3x already for speaking English to my housband on the street - it’s just how we speak, it’s his second language and my 4th so it’s not like it’s the most comfortable thing in the world for us to speak English, BUT it’s the only language we have in common. I’ve been called names, people shouted at me to go back to my country and stuff like that. So this happens EVERYWHERE. And it’s unacceptable.
narella amaya it’s for sure not as bad as spanish speaking people have it in the USA, that’s for sure. And there’s WAY more nice people than people like that so I just remind myself of that 😊
That's kinda more historical since UK took Argentina's islands ( Malvinas or Falklands) so they got a bit of hate in English speakers AND also because USA raised the dollar value and that made Argentina be broken as HELL (almost turning into a Venezuela economically and socially) Hugs and kisses from Brazil
Funny thing is that xenophobia is not only seen in the US but in Latin America as well. As a Venezuelan living in Argentina I've never been a target of xenophobic comments but I do know of other people that have, maybe not in Argentina but in Panama, Chile, Ecuador. Why is that? We speak the same language, we come from the same people, we have the same founding fathers. We did not ask to be pushed out of our homes because of a dictatorship, we're only looking for a better lifestyle.
Maybe because Venezuela is a mestizo country while Argentina is mostly of pure European descent. Many Argentines don't like hang around mestizos out of racism.
@@robiking011 actually Argentinians are very welcoming. This is also a country built by immigrants and they get that. But in Ecuador and Panama the level of targeted xenophobia towards Venezuelan is outrageous
Alexis R Castañeda En Ecuador a existido bastante problemas con los Venezolanos. En estas últimas semanas hubo el incidente de la chica que fue asesinada. Otro incidente de una chica venezolana hablando mal de los ecuatorianos en un videos. Inclusive Venezolano burlándose del físico de los Ecuatorianos. Sé que no es correcto generalizar, no todos los venezolanos son malos y no todos los ecuatorianos son buenos. La xenofobia ha crecido por esos motivos nombrado y por más. No son todos que piensan de esa manera.
Alexis R Castañeda Hi, thats interesting. Especially when you realize that ecuador,panama,colombia and venezuela were all part of the same country once and thus have very similar cultures and peoples
Argentina has the 2nd largest population of immigrants in the world (right behind the U.S.!!!) It's super diverse, I'm glad they're being welcoming to you :)
Years ago I was walking in a South Florida mall with a friend of mine who was born in Czechoslovakia. She complained about these darn kids (about 5-10 years younger than us) speaking Spanish. "Why couldn't they learn English like her?". I promptly pointed out that they were just talking amongst themselves and it was likely they could speak English when conversing with anglophones. I reminded her that she often spoke Czech with her parents and asked how this was any different. And my last comment was to point out that they weren't even speaking Spanish; it sounded like Haitian French Creole to me! :) Ah well. Anyway, my point in recounting this story is that sometimes the xenophobes are themselves immigrants. P.S. It's extra ironic when talking about anti-immigrant sentiment to be using the term "Patty" (or "Paddy"), considering the experience of Irish-Americans.
Like when I used to work at the airport (full of foreigners!!!) with a bunch of Macedonian immigrants who used to go mental at customers speaking Chinese in the queue....
People from east Europe are quite racist. During the world match of football soccer in Russia was this kind of campaign about Russian woman to don’t have sex with foreigners in order to don’t lose the “purity of the blood” in case they got pregnant.
It's Savoy's flag, actually. The Danish flag isn't symmetrical. Which is worse because Savoy doesn't even officially exist right now. Like, how did she even find that flag by accident?
As an European living in South America, I can say that it is not better at all on this side of the world. First, when I arrived there was no day when I didn´t get a patronizing advice "You should learn Spanish" which with time changed to "You have to speak Spanish better if you want to live here". And once I spoke well enough to communicate in the professional situation people sill would openly mock my accent in the business meetings!!! ;(
Alexander Gonzalez don’t be so sure. In Mexico the biggest group of migrants are in deed Americans. Most of them are retired people living illegally, and without the will to learn spanish.
Me encantó la aclaración de que América es todo el continente! Odio que le digan América cuando hablan de EEUU! Y amé que hayas puesto un uruguayo!!! Uruguay noma! Jajaja
My ex roommate used to say this to me as a “joke” whenever I spoke spanish to my friends and she was around the house. Until one day she told me “I just want you to speak English because I’m insecure and I think you’re talking about me.” This answers your question Joanna.
Las Pattys solo son metidas, les enoja no saber qué está diciendo la gente que habla en otros idiomas y les da pánico que estemos hablando de ellas, como si no tuviéramos nada mejor que hacer
in India there are so many languages...first you learn the regional and the mother-tongue then you learn any language that is widely accepted and of course English too...and if you are interested in other languages that adds 3 to 4 more to the list...well i'm happy you mentioned India! lots of love from here.
Me encanta tu explicación!! Estás en lo correcto, America es un continente, no un país. Me molesta cuando los estadounidenses dicen: This is America !! Cuando se refieren a EUA, todos somos Americanos por estar en este continente!! Saludos desde Mexico 🇲🇽 👋
Joanna's not even consistent about the use of "America" in English-- she has a video called "It's already hard to immigrate to America". What we can definitively say is that América is a continent, but America sin tilde can sometimes be a country. I just don't want to hear people say "This is America!" in that kind of tone...
Whenever someone tells me that or something about how you should speak the language of the country you're living in, one of my go to responses is, "Oh then you must be fluent in Navajo, Cherokee, Maliseet or one of the many other languages spoken by members of the Great Native Nations.". Also it looks funny when they come up to me because I'm 6'5 (without my Afro). It's like a Chihuahua trying to take on a Mastiff.
I gain my freedom of speak in whatever language I want without feeling afraid of hateful people, and feel reassurance of being surrounded by respectful people. And of course, I feel very very proud of being latina and my language, as most of us are. I get if you don't understand my first statement, but I won't be sorry about it.
I'll do the same if I ever go to the States, if they address me I'll answer with my best English pronunciation possible and sounding like I feel pity for them 'How many languages do you speak? only one? I speak 3 (or 4)'
Gracias!!!! My biggest pet peeve is when people from USA saying this is America, only referring to the US like Canada and every country in South America is not part of America. Eso y el hecho de que no haya una palabra en inglés para estadounidense, ellos simplemente se apropian de “american” cómo si el resto no lo fueran
Ocasionalmente suelo llamar "unitedstateans" a familiares y amigos que viven o son originarios de los Estados Unidos, para ver cómo reaccionan. Algunos lo toman a bien e incluso les parece interesante, otros inmediatamente me corrigen.
Same!! I actually remember the moment I discovered that there was no English word for "estadounidense". I was wirting an essay for school and I thought that maybe my dictionary wasn't good enough, because there was no way that they used an entire continent as their own nationality. Oops.
There are many states with Spanish names.....California, Texas ( tejas, the red tiles of spanish colonial houses). Oregon, its a spanish last name; Colorado (a shade of red) And those cities that used to be part of Mexico 🇲🇽 and Spain🇪🇸
Plus probably dozens of saints: San Francisco Santa Monica San Antonio San Diego San Joaquin San Bernardino San Luis Obispo Santa Barbara San Jose and many more ....amen
I was born in the USA, first language is English but I am fluent in Spanish and functional in Portuguese. ( In fact I have an undergrad degree in Spanish). I have loved maps since I was little. I remember being 4 or 5 and after studying maps of North and South America, I was very bothered that "American" to most people meant from the USA. In my mind American should refer to anyone from Alaska to Tierra del Fuego. I wish there was something less cumbersome than "United States-ian" the Spanish "estadounidense" sounds okay. I really don't like "North American" because that is Canada, USA and Mexico. I have read articles on why it came to be that American meant US. For the first 100 years or so people thought of themselves as from their state. They were "New Yorkers" "Virginians" "Californian""Mainers" etc. People referred to the US in the plural they said "The United States ARE" not "The United States IS" .
I would really love a sketch with Patti, in which she would be your American cousin, and you would only see her once a year on Thanksgiving, so it's just you preparing mentally fiscally and spiritually for the moment you get to see her and deal with all her shit.
Vexilology. I didnt know this word. I looked it up. Thanks i guess i learned some new English today. I'm bilingual in english & spanish. I love to learn new words. The more languages i learn the more interested i have become in world history, geography, flags, nature & world culture.
Somebody made a weird video in "response" to your latest Venezuela video where he insinuates a lot about your Jewishness and about your dad to somehow "discredit" what you said. I'm not sure whether you've seen it already...
Hey Joanna, this was awesome! Actually, my parents once got told to speak 'white'! To be fair, we are Chilean and were living on Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada :) So guess what, if my mum was not crazy about the 'gringos' before, you can bet she never forgave them for that, oh and also the tellers at the bank laughing at her broken English when she was trying to open a bank account...Good times. I believe in Karma ;) So, Cheers from Québec(the French speaking Province of Canada)
Creo que tiene mucho que ver con la identidad, el grupo, y la tendencia de los gringos de ver todo en función de "nosotros vs ellos". Leí un artículo que decía que era la forma de mantener a todos los estados juntos cuando se formó el país, generando una amenaza invisible contra la cual todos los estados se podían unir (América contra Inglaterra, democracia contra monarquía, blanco contra negro, basketball contra béisbol, DC contra Marvel, puedo seguir insertando cosas pero creo que ya de entendió) Y ahora que llegamos los latinos las pattys del norte pueden sentir que les estamos robando su identidad. Porque ... Si nosotros también somos americanos, que carajos las hace especiales y únicas a ellas? Rompemos el molde de identidad si somos lo mismo pero no igual y eso las hace sentir amenazadas y reaccionar con ira. Pidiendo que nos volvamos cómo ellos o nos vayamos donde no puedan vernos.
I personally think that we shouldn't force others to speak our language. Don't be jerks like the French, just if you notice that they speak English, speak English to them, if they speak Spanish, speak Spanish to them. If you can' understand, a simple "Sorry I don't understand you" or "Sorry I don't speak Spanish" is enough. You don't have to tell other people shit they probably already struggling with (learning English). I know that it's hard for older people to learn new languages because I used to translate for my parent as a child. The thing we should also realise is that the lingua franca of USA is English, wether it's official or not, so it's better if people use English. My parent don't expect everyone to speak Polish to us, and neither new Immigrant from the South should.
well tell that to all the banks, institutions and government agencies that do provide everything on Spanish already... there are cities that were made by Spain, were part of Mexico and probably due debt became part of USA, and guess what during all of those 3 hundred years people spoke Spanish in those places
"Don't be jerks like the French" lol that reminds me of this long haired German dude (I forgot his name) who created a funny skit about ordering in English in France and the waitress responded in French even though she understands English.
The irony is that this debate is all kind pointless because the U.S. is still the graveyard of languages and with immigration from Spanish speaking countries stalled or in decline, Spanish will join Italian, German, Polish and the many other languages that were forgotten in the U.S. as time went on. If you look at the the prevalence of speaking Spanish among hispanic families, there is a huge decline among generations born in the U.S., where by the 3rd generation English is the dominant language for 99% of them, and by the 4th generation only an small minority are even bilingual. America will become browner in the future, but the language will still be the same.
I live in México, but I have family in the US that has recieved that treatment from close-minded people. I feel like in a first world country like that, people is just starving for recognition. Like they want to be remembered or recognized for being influential or for making an important impact on society or whatever, but they don't want to actually put the effort in making a significant change. So the easiest solution they have is throwing these tantrums in hopes of getting their 5 minutes of fame. Make a problem up and then Yell a lot to try to fool people into thinking I'm a hero fighting the good fight or something.
And that we have no respect for personal space and will greet you with two kisses on the cheeks. It doesn't matter that this is the first time we meet.
I am a calmed peaceful person, who is never in trouble, avoids confrontation and believes in dialogue to solve grievances. I ended up in a fight with a “Patty” who said those exact words to me while in Miami. This is what happened... She was my friend’s roommate and somehow I ended up stuck with her for the night. She was hitting on a Cuban guy, so all of a sudden I became a wing woman. His friend was also Cuban and felt more comfortable speaking Spanish and I don’t mind using one or the other (I am Guatemalan born and raised). She’s on the front seat buttering up her guy, while I’m asking questions about Cuba and talking about our cultures and cuisine. She turns to us and says “This is America, speak English”. We just looked at each other in disbelief and just went back to talking like nothing. A few seconds later she abruptly stops her own conversation and tells us that we are “talking shit about her”. On the third disruption I told her to shut the fuck up and it went up from there. I still find it so strange that speaking Spanish can be so triggering to some individuals. The conversation doesn’t involve you, so we don’t need to speak in a language you understand, because it doesn’t involve you. I don’t think anyone is obligated to speak someone else’s language so they can eavesdrop. That behavior it’s disgusting and deeply disturbing. Woman, you need Jesus ... Heh-soos! 😂
Lol I love this so much because it’s just SOOOO true! (P.S. I truly think if the US did have an official language there would be two, English and Spanish, since they’re the two most commonly spoken.)
It's really ignorant that American children do not grow up speaking French and Spanish. Since it's bordered by countries that speak those languages, America has territories and protectorates that speak those languages, have large areas of states that were owned by France, Spain, and Mexico who STILL have Creole populations that speak those languages, and have a pretty good sized portion of citizens and visitors who speak them as well. But, you know, why bother when you can be completely ethnocentric and chant USA really loud?
Unfortunately, it's something that can happen anywhere. I was with other exchangers walking in the streets of Mexico City, speaking Portuguese, when this guy turn to us and screamed "You are in Mexico, you have to speak mexicanly".
Thank you pal Joanna this is the very first time I’m watching your video and I liked how you explain our American brothers and sisters about our culture and remove ignorance from their minds
I'm from Spain and I was at the airport of USA for a stopover to Colombia and they told me a word I didn't understand, because my English is not that good, but then they said: Why these people don't learn English. And I was like, I'm here since I have a stopover, I am not even going to stay in the USA for more than 3 hours. :(
I know the whole continent is America in Spanish, yo hablo español pero es que los estadounidenses no tienen otro nombre además de "American". What are they going to call themselves? Usonians? I like it, but no.
Unfortunately, there's really no use being analytical and logical with bigotted people because prejudice is illogical by nature I didn't know this kind of attitude was that common in the US, though. That's sad :(
I was waiting for the Venezuelan guy to say "we will make you eat the real arepas, and you will never go back" or something like that xD (Venezuelan arepas are so good! Or at least the one that my venezuelan friend Jesus make!)
I was born & raised in America, I learned Spanish from home and school, and Russian while in college. I still remember being told I need to speak English while I was speaking in either language. In California mind you :/
Swiss es el gentilicio de Switzerland. Es como decir bandera "brasileña" o "española". Y no, no es la bandera de Suiza, Suiza es toda roja con un símbolo + en el medio (no llega hasta los bordes, que yo sepa)
I don't think these people are afraid of anything personally yo creo que lo que tienen es rabia por no poder entender lo que decimos and so it makes them unable to chismear como las viejas chismosas que son que en todo quieren estar, todo quieren saber de la gente. I honestly think that's the only reason why they get so damn mad, that and also because they're super fucking racist. I'm sorry pero esque tambien me da coraje esa gente ignorante!
Tal vez tienes razón. Lo que pasa conmigo cuando escucho idiomas distintos de mi idioma materno es que me da mucha curiosidad. Quiero saber que idioma es, quiero saber si es un idioma que estoy estudiando y, si si lo es, hasta que punto puedo entender la conversación. Pero ojo, que no es el contenido de la conversación en si mismo que me interesa sino poner a prueba mi capacidad de entender un idioma que, pese a que no me sea totalmente "ajeno", me sigue siendo menos familiar, menos obvio, que mi idioma materno. El español es uno de aquellos idiomas "extranjeros" que me dan mucha curiosidad.
@@gillescailot4666 exacto eso no es problema y entiendo esa curiosidad pero yo me refiero a las personas que quieren saber absolutamente todo lo que habla la gente o peor aun las que creen que por estar hablando otro idioma significa que la conversacion y sobre ellos.
@@carlosmunoz7118 it's simple my friend. I do it porque puedo y por que se me da mi regalada gana. Joanna mixes English and Spanish too porque haci es como hablamos!
AMERICA MEANS DIFFERENT THINGS IN DIFFERENT CULTURES. I’m not sticking up for patty but if you’re going to talk about embracing other cultures, then embrace that in the US (and most English speaking countries) America is the country, and the continents have the names of North America and South America
OH MYG OD! JOANNA! I WAS SO HAPPY WHEN I SAW YOU HOSTING CONFETTI LAST NIGHT. I'VE BEEN SUBSCRIBED FOR SO LONG AND I'VE BEEN PLAYING CONFETTI SINCE IT STARTED SO I SCREAMED WHEN IT WAS YOU.
My father was a deputy sheriff in the desert in Southern California in the 1940s and 50s. One of the other deputies was raised in a Yaqui village in Mexico. His father was an American helping build a railroad in northern Mexico and his mother died in childbirth. So Charlie grew up speaking Yaqui, Spanish and English in that order. Charlie was sitting outside the only gas station for 50 miles when a tourist came up very upset and yelling at him because his car had been stolen. Charlie didn't like being yelled at so he answered the guy in Spanish. When that set him off even more, Charlie switched to Yaqui. The guy went totally berserk! The Sheriff loved it. The pendejo wasn't a voter in the county anyway.
Back when I worked in a service job I wore a name tag which had my surname on it. One time a coworker was helping a customer and they were both conversing back and forth in Spanish. When she (my colleague) went off to get part of the order there were no other customers around needing help so I stepped up to that customer and asked, in Spanish, if there was anything else I could get for him: “¿Hay algo más para usted hoy?” The guy did a double take- looked down at my name tag then back up at me and (In fluent English) with full-on indignation in his voice said “What on earth is someone with a name like ‘Weatherup’ doing speaking Spanish?” How do you respond to something like that?
I have had Spanish speakers( and others) shocked that I actually DO speak Spanish. Especially given that I don't have a mom from Latin America, a Spanish speaking spouse/BF/GF, have never been out of the USA, I'm not some kind of missionary. I just learned Spanish because I wanted to and I don't sound like Peggy Hill. I have had it happen a few times when a friend has an Hispanic parent or grandparents and I speak Spanish way better than they do. A few years ago the office in which I worked had large percentage of Hispanic clients and a good percentage of those Hispanic people were More comfortable speaking Spanish. I would greet pretty much everyone in English,. Don't assume the Spanish last name means Spanish fluency. My grandaddy's good friend has the last name Alvarez. He is from North Florida , near Jacksonville. His family was early settlers of St Augustine ( San Augustine). North Florida is very Southern culturally. - even more so when they were growing up in the 1920s and 30s-- so Mr Alvarez had a very typical North Florida Southern accent and no one in his family spoke Spanish in over 300 years. ( my last name is German. It is not automatically assumed I speak German.) At that office I had a lady come in and she looked like she didn't understand when I addressed her in English. So I spoke in Spanish. That went on for weeks until one of the associates was going to have to wait for a Spanish speaker. She said in a stereotypical English Long Island accent( think LI Medium). " I speak English. I was born and raised in New York" These anecdotes should remind us not to make assumptions about others based on preconceived notions about that person. Oh and as an aside. Although I believe Joanna based this on a real video. So this isn't necessarily a criticism of this video but a more general question Why is it that in movies the white ignorant villain/ uneducated dolt/central casting racist/ general moron have a Southern accent even if the character is from Maine, Minnesota, Manitoba or Manhattan. I even do this myself when I am mocking backward thinking I give my character a heavier Southern accent. Even though I have a lot of Southern ancestry
I am a Spanish speaking immigrant living in the US for 30 years and I often speak Spanish with my husband everywhere and I have never, ever had something like that happened to me or my husband or my children since we all speak Spanish. I guess is a minority of racists but since it’s in the media everywhere people outside the country thinks that happens all the time. It happens in Europe too. My sister lives in Switzerland and it happened to her over there.
I was talking in English in Miami (that one very odd time I needed it really) and this man I was talking to kept saying how well I spoke English until I spelled something with z and I said the letter the British way and I got a whole 3 min lecture of “in America we say zit, not zet” as if I needed English in miami in the first place
I;m Venezuelan. My first day working as a night auditor at a hotel a couple came to check in at like 2am and they started yelling asking for someone who spoke american to check them in. Saying they didn't understand me (they clearly could). I told them to sit in the lobby until 9am when the manager came to work but she was Mexican so they might have to wait even longer. Suddenly they were able to understand me and got checked in with no issue. Racist people be racist.
Jaja, ¡épica réplica! but what a sad bunch of people.
Racists pricks! I’m so sorry!
George osorio no todos los mexicanos somos impuntuales!! (Yelling in Mexican >:V )
Que vaina vale jajajaja
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Que gente tan idiota
English isn't even an American language. It's a European language. Speaking American would be something like speaking Cherokee, Navajo, or any Inuit language. These languages originated in the Americas. So, does that means we should all be speaking native american languages only?
And nahuat if you go down to Central America and many many MANY other native (the whole continent) american languages. ..
@@aBrownAmerican but that's what I am saying. The Native Americans were here first. They were here before the Europeans came over. Their languages existed for thousands of years before English, Spanish, French, German, and Dutch.
@@aBrownAmerican Also, there are different types of American English, not just the appalachian English, or Southern American English. And even in Southern American English, there are divisions, variations, and different dialects. Also, in the Midwest alone, there are so many different dialects and variations in the Inland North American accents, and the Midland accents. You've got the Chicago accent, Milwaukee, the Fargo accent in the upper Midwest, different accents in Missouri, and there's even the famous "Yooper" accent from Michigan. Oh, and let's not forget the beautiful Chicano accents, African American Vernacular, and also Native American English . Please educate yourself, mate.
@@is_just_diana that too. America encompasses North, Central, and South American.
So goes for Spanish. It was imported to the Americas and imposed on the indigenous people.
The ironic thing is that Spanish was the first European Language that was ever spoken in what today is United States territory. When Ponce De Leon and his conquistadors came and founded Florida in 1512.
i get your point, but wouldn't Old Norse have been the first European language to be spoken in the Americas?
@@AmatureChicanoking indeed it was.
It would be Norse tho
@@AmatureChicanoking you guys are still making the same point
Enrique Shadovia no not really since that didn’t really settled in the Americas
Joanna deserves more subscribers for her perfect balance of humor and seriousness
Agree! But she needs to upload more frequently for that :)
Seriedad? Por favor.... Es una locura que hay gente que dice esto. Mira donde trabajo el padre de esta mujer.
Ricardo Haussman era un director para la IADB (inter-american development bank) que es un ente manejado por la EEUU y básicamente se pasa atacando los beneficios sociales de Latino América.
www.foei.org/press/archive-by-subject/economic-justice-resisting-neoliberalism-press/inter-american-development-bank-celebrates-destruction-latin-americas-riches
Te parece que una Venezolana pelirroja que vive en la EEUU con un padre que trabaja para el gobierno del mismo es represente del Venezolano típico?
Pregúntate porque los Venezolanos que critican a la izquierda siempre hablan perfecto Ingles y parecen Europeos?
Queen Reina yes yes yes!!!
Why?
Joanna can be funny but she is too hateful, USA is the best country, that's why everyone wants to come here. Let's not ruin America and respect it's people. So algún gringo hablará así de los latinos y hasta con groserías, lo calificariaos como hate speach. No seamos hipócritas. Si tanto te molesta la cultura americana y el presidente Trump, regresa a tu país o vete a otro lugar. Nadie te lo impide.
Living in Europe , by thinking of someone criticising anyone because the language they speak is just laughable.
Don't we do that too? (Sometimes as a joke but still)
Slavic language-> thieve/janitor
Nordic language-> probably gay
French-> definitely gay
Etc.
I'm a Venezuelan living in Germany, and I can assure you that it's almost the same. To see things different, you have to be on the foreign part. A German in Germany won't get criticized, but a foreigner, that's another story.
@@danielsalas9351 I lived 2 years in Germany as a foreigner as well, and now I live in France without speaking French. No one has ever called me out for not speaking the official language.
Oh, god, don't be so oblivious. Stop portraying "Europe" as a beacon of immaculate progressiveness for everything. First of all because not all European countries are the same, there are some that are very conservative, way more than the US, and that includes being more racist and xenophobe. And second of all because even in the most progressive ones there is quite a big load of xenophobes and xenophobic attacks. Just look at the rise of the far-right in politics. And third of all because even in countries that have more than one native language, some people would call out others for speaking a minority language of thei own country.
@@deepdarkmidnight what can I tell you, good for you, but just by watching the interactions and news each and every day, it's way broader picture than just our particular cases. Most immigrants get this type of treatment, I'm glad that you're not on of them though.
"Speak American!!"
"I am!, Central and South American!!"
Ameirca will always be called ameirca and no one has the right to change it 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸.
Who said anything about changing America's name? Es un broma sobre los nombres de la región y los idiomas
@@oXPhillyXo ameirca will always be called ameirca 😎😎🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸.
@@robloxrx2994 yeah, why would we change the name of the entire continent?
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My response: “sori, sori, me no es piqui gringo.”
I'm going to try that if that happens to me 😂😂
You have to add an accent to read it properly and it's great
OMG! I almost pee myself. I will definitely try that next time. Because of course there will be a next time, unfortunately.
MELHOR COMENTÁRIO
But technically Spanish is also a gringo language since it originated from Latin in Europe lol
"Speak American"
Right, okay let me just work on my Dinè Bizaad, Nahuatl, Cree, Ojibwe, and Apache.
My apologies they're a bit rusty.
Awsamazing Eden not sure if you just playing or you’re just stupid fam 🤣🤣
also american native languages are Guaraní, Mapuche, Tehuelche, Charrua, etc.. from SouthAmérica natives.
Awsamazing Eden lmao!! This is what I always think when they mean American language. Some indigenous language, right? Oh, wait... they meant English? Well they can take their fucking English and Spanish back to Europe!
@@texanboiii562 😂😂😂😂 I support you 👍👍👍
You can try Gullah, maybe they get it
I am an American of Mexican heritage born and raised in Texas. I’m third generation and I don’t speak Spanish very well. I have the occasional encounter with ignorant white Americans who tell me to go back to “my country” because of my brown skin and Spanish name. But I have also encountered recent immigrants to the USA or Mexican citizens when I’ve visited family in Mexico who regard me with disgust and hatred and call me “pocho” because I don’t speak Spanish well. The hatred from both groups is just as bad as the other. I’ve had to defend myself from both groups. Not scuffles and rude remarks: actual fistfights with broken bones and lacerations.
Apparently, I’m not American enough to be accepted by some Americans and not Mexican enough to be accepted by some Mexicans. It would be great if I could be accepted or at least not harassed or talked down to by either group. I’d be content with at least not being harassed and talked down to by other members of “la raza”. The very same people who are always saying we need to ban together but then tell me I don’t fit the mold.
Duuuude same af.
Leandro Ramirez so you’re like Salinaaaas father ;)
Welcome to the club. I'm japanese brazilian, third generation.
Went to japan and actually had security guards following me...not exactly a warm "welcome back".
@@izukawa8575 This is a problem not very discussed yet. After century of immigration, when someone visits his ancestors home not being accepted is really sad. Stay strong, pal!!!
Learning Spanish is not hard. And if you get an immersing course in Latinoamérica for a few months you will finally find a link to your roots and what's missing. I'm a 5th generation british that only knew how to speak Spanish and found my own last name so foreing...I learned English and It helped me understand the world better. Not for other to tell me I belong but for me to understand my essence. Good luck and stop feeling victimized, learning spanish is your duty to your roots, you have just been complaining and ignoring it.
I’m from Slovenia and I live in Buenos Aires, Argentina, since September. With my housband who is Argentinian. I am learning Spanish (it’s my 5th language, so I’m doing pretty well by now), but obviously after 5 months I’m not fluent yet. Since I live here, I’ve been attacked 3x already for speaking English to my housband on the street - it’s just how we speak, it’s his second language and my 4th so it’s not like it’s the most comfortable thing in the world for us to speak English, BUT it’s the only language we have in common. I’ve been called names, people shouted at me to go back to my country and stuff like that. So this happens EVERYWHERE. And it’s unacceptable.
Oh my God, I'm so sorry for you. I really hope people in here learn how to treat you respectfully. It is not acceptable
narella amaya it’s for sure not as bad as spanish speaking people have it in the USA, that’s for sure. And there’s WAY more nice people than people like that so I just remind myself of that 😊
Unfortunately there is tons of idiots in Buenos Aires too, so sorry this happened to you, have a nice stay!
come to uruguay you wont have that problem
That's kinda more historical since UK took Argentina's islands ( Malvinas or Falklands) so they got a bit of hate in English speakers AND also because USA raised the dollar value and that made Argentina be broken as HELL (almost turning into a Venezuela economically and socially)
Hugs and kisses from Brazil
Funny thing is that xenophobia is not only seen in the US but in Latin America as well. As a Venezuelan living in Argentina I've never been a target of xenophobic comments but I do know of other people that have, maybe not in Argentina but in Panama, Chile, Ecuador. Why is that? We speak the same language, we come from the same people, we have the same founding fathers. We did not ask to be pushed out of our homes because of a dictatorship, we're only looking for a better lifestyle.
Maybe because Venezuela is a mestizo country while Argentina is mostly of pure European descent. Many Argentines don't like hang around mestizos out of racism.
@@robiking011 actually Argentinians are very welcoming. This is also a country built by immigrants and they get that. But in Ecuador and Panama the level of targeted xenophobia towards Venezuelan is outrageous
Alexis R Castañeda En Ecuador a existido bastante problemas con los Venezolanos. En estas últimas semanas hubo el incidente de la chica que fue asesinada. Otro incidente de una chica venezolana hablando mal de los ecuatorianos en un videos. Inclusive Venezolano burlándose del físico de los Ecuatorianos. Sé que no es correcto generalizar, no todos los venezolanos son malos y no todos los ecuatorianos son buenos. La xenofobia ha crecido por esos motivos nombrado y por más. No son todos que piensan de esa manera.
Alexis R Castañeda Hi, thats interesting. Especially when you realize that ecuador,panama,colombia and venezuela were all part of the same country once and thus have very similar cultures and peoples
Argentina has the 2nd largest population of immigrants in the world (right behind the U.S.!!!) It's super diverse, I'm glad they're being welcoming to you :)
Years ago I was walking in a South Florida mall with a friend of mine who was born in Czechoslovakia. She complained about these darn kids (about 5-10 years younger than us) speaking Spanish. "Why couldn't they learn English like her?". I promptly pointed out that they were just talking amongst themselves and it was likely they could speak English when conversing with anglophones. I reminded her that she often spoke Czech with her parents and asked how this was any different. And my last comment was to point out that they weren't even speaking Spanish; it sounded like Haitian French Creole to me! :) Ah well.
Anyway, my point in recounting this story is that sometimes the xenophobes are themselves immigrants.
P.S. It's extra ironic when talking about anti-immigrant sentiment to be using the term "Patty" (or "Paddy"), considering the experience of Irish-Americans.
Your friend is a patty
Like when I used to work at the airport (full of foreigners!!!) with a bunch of Macedonian immigrants who used to go mental at customers speaking Chinese in the queue....
People from east Europe are quite racist. During the world match of football soccer in Russia was this kind of campaign about Russian woman to don’t have sex with foreigners in order to don’t lose the “purity of the blood” in case they got pregnant.
James Albright she learned English
and the worst xenophobes for Spanish speakers are descendants of Latino parents
Do I see a Patty Rants in the near future?😱😂😂
What a great idea! Joanna could certainly get in the head of Patty. Oh, and Chris Rants don't count.
Patty rants bout MuricUh!
Joanna trying to be educational and start a discourse but having to contain her anger and cursing is me always
You used Denmark’s flag for Switzerland. And South Africa has 11 official languages.
It's Savoy's flag, actually. The Danish flag isn't symmetrical. Which is worse because Savoy doesn't even officially exist right now. Like, how did she even find that flag by accident?
Denmark has the nordic cross in it's flag (Y)
Cruxador Does she edit the videos?
I also noticed that hahaha. Probably Chris's fautl. DAMN IT CHRIS YOU HAD ONE JOB! :v
@@quieness hahahahahahahahahahhah u got me on that one lmao
As an European living in South America, I can say that it is not better at all on this side of the world. First, when I arrived there was no day when I didn´t get a patronizing advice "You should learn Spanish" which with time changed to "You have to speak Spanish better if you want to live here". And once I spoke well enough to communicate in the professional situation people sill would openly mock my accent in the business meetings!!! ;(
That's really sad! Which country/countries did you go if I may ask?
I'm sorry u had to go through that. That's unacceptable
Es inaceptable :(
You come into our countries for the nature and expect everything to be in English, you don’t see us screaming at you in the isles of price smart
Me encantaría gritarles: ESTAS EN A ME RI CA jajaja
sería genial gritar "habla español!! pedí pan en español!!"
That's so true
No No
Well usually Hispanics come to the US to settle permanently, unlike Americans touring LATAM countries.
Alexander Gonzalez don’t be so sure. In Mexico the biggest group of migrants are in deed Americans. Most of them are retired people living illegally, and without the will to learn spanish.
“This is Ameri-CUH!!! This isn’t Spanish-UH!!!”
OMG I died!! XDD
I love that Kris is interrupting every five seconds to say "heeey hey Joaanna" 😂
Me encantó la aclaración de que América es todo el continente! Odio que le digan América cuando hablan de EEUU!
Y amé que hayas puesto un uruguayo!!! Uruguay noma! Jajaja
My ex roommate used to say this to me as a “joke” whenever I spoke spanish to my friends and she was around the house. Until one day she told me “I just want you to speak English because I’m insecure and I think you’re talking about me.”
This answers your question Joanna.
Kris calming Joanna down is the kind of friend I need in my life
Las Pattys solo son metidas, les enoja no saber qué está diciendo la gente que habla en otros idiomas y les da pánico que estemos hablando de ellas, como si no tuviéramos nada mejor que hacer
É.
Yo les llamo Patubelas porque solo son buenas para meter la pata 😂🤣
Yo les llamo Patubelas porque solo son buenas para meter la pata 😂🤣
jajajaja sí, metidas e inseguras
Hay una xenofobia aun peor, cuando las patty son patricias y odian a otras patricias por que son de otro país de latinoamerica y tienen otro acento.
I think patty is the type of person that will tell you to stop filming or she will sue you, your mother and your grandma
in India there are so many languages...first you learn the regional and the mother-tongue then you learn any language that is widely accepted and of course English too...and if you are interested in other languages that adds 3 to 4 more to the list...well i'm happy you mentioned India! lots of love from here.
Me encanta tu explicación!! Estás en lo correcto, America es un continente, no un país. Me molesta cuando los estadounidenses dicen: This is America !! Cuando se refieren a EUA, todos somos Americanos por estar en este continente!!
Saludos desde Mexico 🇲🇽 👋
Estoy de acuerdo 😁
América é um país e um continente. Não força a barra.
Se estadounidenses se chamam de americanos, quem são estrangeiros pra ensinar a eles como chamar seu próprio país?
"Somos más americanos" de Los tigres del norte, versionada por la banda Argentina 2 Minutos.
Joanna's not even consistent about the use of "America" in English-- she has a video called "It's already hard to immigrate to America". What we can definitively say is that América is a continent, but America sin tilde can sometimes be a country. I just don't want to hear people say "This is America!" in that kind of tone...
Whenever someone tells me that or something about how you should speak the language of the country you're living in, one of my go to responses is, "Oh then you must be fluent in Navajo, Cherokee, Maliseet or one of the many other languages spoken by members of the Great Native Nations.".
Also it looks funny when they come up to me because I'm 6'5 (without my Afro). It's like a Chihuahua trying to take on a Mastiff.
When I travel to the US, and go to a public place, I speak spanish decently loud on purpose to see if someone pulls a "Patty" on me
What do you gain with that? More ego?
I gain my freedom of speak in whatever language I want without feeling afraid of hateful people, and feel reassurance of being surrounded by respectful people. And of course, I feel very very proud of being latina and my language, as most of us are. I get if you don't understand my first statement, but I won't be sorry about it.
I'll do the same if I ever go to the States, if they address me I'll answer with my best English pronunciation possible and sounding like I feel pity for them 'How many languages do you speak? only one? I speak 3 (or 4)'
Andrea C.I.C. SAME!!!
So proud of you mija
"America is all of this, like, all of it"
THANK YOU
THE RETURN OF JUAN 🎉🇺🇾🇺🇾
Go Uruguay
Qué buen botija, aunque soy igual de inútil en el fútbol jajaja
U r gay
Juan noma que no ni no!!!!
"America is all of this" aaaaahhh finally
Gracias!!!! My biggest pet peeve is when people from USA saying this is America, only referring to the US like Canada and every country in South America is not part of America. Eso y el hecho de que no haya una palabra en inglés para estadounidense, ellos simplemente se apropian de “american” cómo si el resto no lo fueran
Be honest, muchacha, no one from Mexico, Venezuela, Chile, Argentina, Canada etc. wants to be called American.
Ocasionalmente suelo llamar "unitedstateans" a familiares y amigos que viven o son originarios de los Estados Unidos, para ver cómo reaccionan. Algunos lo toman a bien e incluso les parece interesante, otros inmediatamente me corrigen.
@@andrescampos2382 to begin with, "unitedstateans" is not a word, so yes, people will tend to correct you
@@saxcoltrane touche
Same!! I actually remember the moment I discovered that there was no English word for "estadounidense". I was wirting an essay for school and I thought that maybe my dictionary wasn't good enough, because there was no way that they used an entire continent as their own nationality. Oops.
Aporofobia, miedo o rechazo a los pobres. Dudo que Patty le tenga asquito a un jeque árabe. Sino al inmigrante que va a trabajar.
When you translated the names of states my mind was actually blown
drslinkyblue1 I knew most of those but the Florida one shook me
This is just sad
There are many states with Spanish names.....California, Texas ( tejas, the red tiles of spanish colonial houses). Oregon, its a spanish last name; Colorado (a shade of red) And those cities that used to be part of Mexico 🇲🇽 and Spain🇪🇸
Then, check these ones:
"Los Angeles" -> "The angels"
"Las Vegas" -> "The meadows"
Plus probably dozens of saints:
San Francisco
Santa Monica
San Antonio
San Diego
San Joaquin
San Bernardino
San Luis Obispo
Santa Barbara
San Jose
and many more
....amen
I don't understand when people insist English is spoken in their present. Like, were you trying to eavesdrop?
Exactly! They honestly think they're important enough for complete strangers to be talking about them.
OMG!! you got me screaming "yessssss!!!" when you showed America, like omg!! America is a continent, not a country!
After watching this I just want to go to Tulio's house so he can cook for me hahaha
Loved the part when you mentioned that America is the whole continent 💜
I was born in the USA, first language is English but I am fluent in Spanish and functional in Portuguese. ( In fact I have an undergrad degree in Spanish). I have loved maps since I was little. I remember being 4 or 5 and after studying maps of North and South America, I was very bothered that "American" to most people meant from the USA. In my mind American should refer to anyone from Alaska to Tierra del Fuego.
I wish there was something less cumbersome than "United States-ian" the Spanish "estadounidense" sounds okay. I really don't like "North American" because that is Canada, USA and Mexico.
I have read articles on why it came to be that American meant US. For the first 100 years or so people thought of themselves as from their state. They were "New Yorkers" "Virginians" "Californian""Mainers" etc. People referred to the US in the plural they said "The United States ARE" not "The United States IS" .
I think what she's really afraid of, is that we say "ajá" instead of yes or si. That's just terrifying
"go back to spanisha" had me dying
I would really love a sketch with Patti, in which she would be your American cousin, and you would only see her once a year on Thanksgiving, so it's just you preparing mentally fiscally and spiritually for the moment you get to see her and deal with all her shit.
Everybody! Get this comment to the top so Joanna sees it.
2:42 - Hey, I don't know how the Switzerland's flag looks.
- Just pick the first red flag with a white cross you find.
- Got it. Easy.
If these people were patriots they would know that the whole reason the US doesn't have an official language is to PROMOTE linguistic diversity.
Kris sounds like those two crabs from Finding Nemo "HEY HEY HEY" 😂😂
Joanna is one of those ladies who can be a comedian and actually be funny.
2:44 That's the flag of the Sovereign Military Order of Malta, not Switzerland. My useless hobby is vexilology.
Vexilology. I didnt know this word. I looked it up. Thanks i guess i learned some new English today. I'm bilingual in english & spanish. I love to learn new words. The more languages i learn the more interested i have become in world history, geography, flags, nature & world culture.
"I know we are next a cinnabon, but this is a place with class" , OMG I died.
XD
Somebody made a weird video in "response" to your latest Venezuela video where he insinuates a lot about your Jewishness and about your dad to somehow "discredit" what you said. I'm not sure whether you've seen it already...
whaaaaaaaat??
Aaand enter antisemitism
I think I found the video... and Im honestly lost for words.
It appeared on my recommendations too but I decided not to watch it. Seriously those people don't deserve the views
Yeah i saw It, it's very retarded i dont recomend anyone to watch It.
I think this is my favorite rant so far, literalmente cagandome de la risa 😂 gracias Joanna, desde HND 🇭🇳
Patty is hella wild
she cray
Fun fact: Technically, you can file something in either English and French in court in Louisiana.
Switzerland??? That was the flag of Denmark!!!
Savoy actually
@@nebraska22 why not SMOM then?
Hey Joanna, this was awesome! Actually, my parents once got told to speak 'white'! To be fair, we are Chilean and were living on Vancouver Island in British Columbia, Canada :) So guess what, if my mum was not crazy about the 'gringos' before, you can bet she never forgave them for that, oh and also the tellers at the bank laughing at her broken English when she was trying to open a bank account...Good times. I believe in Karma ;) So, Cheers from Québec(the French speaking Province of Canada)
I'm going to start using “Newsflash” from now one!
As always, you bring us an excellent portrait of a topic that needs to be addressed. Thanks Joanna for keeping it real.
Creo que tiene mucho que ver con la identidad, el grupo, y la tendencia de los gringos de ver todo en función de "nosotros vs ellos". Leí un artículo que decía que era la forma de mantener a todos los estados juntos cuando se formó el país, generando una amenaza invisible contra la cual todos los estados se podían unir (América contra Inglaterra, democracia contra monarquía, blanco contra negro, basketball contra béisbol, DC contra Marvel, puedo seguir insertando cosas pero creo que ya de entendió) Y ahora que llegamos los latinos las pattys del norte pueden sentir que les estamos robando su identidad. Porque ... Si nosotros también somos americanos, que carajos las hace especiales y únicas a ellas? Rompemos el molde de identidad si somos lo mismo pero no igual y eso las hace sentir amenazadas y reaccionar con ira. Pidiendo que nos volvamos cómo ellos o nos vayamos donde no puedan vernos.
I personally think that we shouldn't force others to speak our language. Don't be jerks like the French, just if you notice that they speak English, speak English to them, if they speak Spanish, speak Spanish to them. If you can' understand, a simple "Sorry I don't understand you" or "Sorry I don't speak Spanish" is enough. You don't have to tell other people shit they probably already struggling with (learning English). I know that it's hard for older people to learn new languages because I used to translate for my parent as a child. The thing we should also realise is that the lingua franca of USA is English, wether it's official or not, so it's better if people use English. My parent don't expect everyone to speak Polish to us, and neither new Immigrant from the South should.
well tell that to all the banks, institutions and government agencies that do provide everything on Spanish already... there are cities that were made by Spain, were part of Mexico and probably due debt became part of USA, and guess what during all of those 3 hundred years people spoke Spanish in those places
"Don't be jerks like the French" lol that reminds me of this long haired German dude (I forgot his name) who created a funny skit about ordering in English in France and the waitress responded in French even though she understands English.
Don’t be jerks like the French
Thank you…. I’m French, but thank you
Ig..
that’s what i felt about that video of the english woman yelling at brazilians because they were being freaking brazilians. that got me mad
I see a brazialian mate here? Aqui é ZL krl (SP hihi)
Pedro de Carvalho hahaha but what were they doing. You know y’all stay at restaurants for like 10 hours 😂😂😂
Were they trying to buy por parcela?
AAAnt M vi no twitter
Nadius89 lol no actually
This video should be updated, these are not Pattys, they are Karens!
The irony is that this debate is all kind pointless because the U.S. is still the graveyard of languages and with immigration from Spanish speaking countries stalled or in decline, Spanish will join Italian, German, Polish and the many other languages that were forgotten in the U.S. as time went on. If you look at the the prevalence of speaking Spanish among hispanic families, there is a huge decline among generations born in the U.S., where by the 3rd generation English is the dominant language for 99% of them, and by the 4th generation only an small minority are even bilingual. America will become browner in the future, but the language will still be the same.
Joanna, Just discovered you. I'll have to say, I am very glad you and your friends are here, love you take on things.
Wait, that wasn't the Swiss flag!
Ella dijo Switzerland si es la bandera correcta
@@djsmack1 no , eso era la bandera de dinamarca, no de suiza
I live in México, but I have family in the US that has recieved that treatment from close-minded people. I feel like in a first world country like that, people is just starving for recognition. Like they want to be remembered or recognized for being influential or for making an important impact on society or whatever, but they don't want to actually put the effort in making a significant change. So the easiest solution they have is throwing these tantrums in hopes of getting their 5 minutes of fame. Make a problem up and then Yell a lot to try to fool people into thinking I'm a hero fighting the good fight or something.
I don't live in the usa, but as a spaniard the two most scary thing about me are that I cook a lot for the people that I love and that I hug a lot.
And that we have no respect for personal space and will greet you with two kisses on the cheeks. It doesn't matter that this is the first time we meet.
Joanna, you are very relatable.
I am not even in the United States and this ticks me off like a mofo.
amo tus videos y eres demasiada inspiración Joanna!!!
I am a calmed peaceful person, who is never in trouble, avoids confrontation and believes in dialogue to solve grievances. I ended up in a fight with a “Patty” who said those exact words to me while in Miami. This is what happened...
She was my friend’s roommate and somehow I ended up stuck with her for the night. She was hitting on a Cuban guy, so all of a sudden I became a wing woman. His friend was also Cuban and felt more comfortable speaking Spanish and I don’t mind using one or the other (I am Guatemalan born and raised). She’s on the front seat buttering up her guy, while I’m asking questions about Cuba and talking about our cultures and cuisine. She turns to us and says “This is America, speak English”. We just looked at each other in disbelief and just went back to talking like nothing. A few seconds later she abruptly stops her own conversation and tells us that we are “talking shit about her”. On the third disruption I told her to shut the fuck up and it went up from there.
I still find it so strange that speaking Spanish can be so triggering to some individuals. The conversation doesn’t involve you, so we don’t need to speak in a language you understand, because it doesn’t involve you. I don’t think anyone is obligated to speak someone else’s language so they can eavesdrop. That behavior it’s disgusting and deeply disturbing. Woman, you need Jesus ... Heh-soos! 😂
Lol that wasn't the Swiss flag 🇨🇭
Ella dijo Switzerland
@@djsmack1 Switzerland es el país (Suiza), Swiss es el adjetivo (suiza) pero se refieren a lo mismo: la bandera no corresponde.
Lol I love this so much because it’s just SOOOO true! (P.S. I truly think if the US did have an official language there would be two, English and Spanish, since they’re the two most commonly spoken.)
It's really ignorant that American children do not grow up speaking French and Spanish. Since it's bordered by countries that speak those languages, America has territories and protectorates that speak those languages, have large areas of states that were owned by France, Spain, and Mexico who STILL have Creole populations that speak those languages, and have a pretty good sized portion of citizens and visitors who speak them as well. But, you know, why bother when you can be completely ethnocentric and chant USA really loud?
I’m from Denmark. Glad that my country was a part of your rant.... just not as Switzerland’s flag😂😂
* “flag”
Unfortunately, it's something that can happen anywhere. I was with other exchangers walking in the streets of Mexico City, speaking Portuguese, when this guy turn to us and screamed "You are in Mexico, you have to speak mexicanly".
I think they are afraid of “losing what they stole” or they are subconsciously afraid of being outnumbered.
“Speak American”
Thank you pal
Joanna this is the very first time I’m watching your video and I liked how you explain our American brothers and sisters about our culture and remove ignorance from their minds
Jesus Patty, chill out!
I'm from Spain and I was at the airport of USA for a stopover to Colombia and they told me a word I didn't understand, because my English is not that good, but then they said: Why these people don't learn English. And I was like, I'm here since I have a stopover, I am not even going to stay in the USA for more than 3 hours. :(
I know the whole continent is America in Spanish, yo hablo español pero es que los estadounidenses no tienen otro nombre además de "American". What are they going to call themselves? Usonians? I like it, but no.
Pero muchos lo llaman a los estadounidenses, gringos!!
@@luisangelaguilarluna791 Sí, pero no en inglés. Ellos no tienen una palabra para nombrarse
Edit: Además de "American"
Yeah, this is a hard problem to solve, unfortunately. I actually say "estadounidenses" to my Latinx friends, but "Americans" to everyone else
Unitedstateans of course.
US citizens
Unfortunately, there's really no use being analytical and logical with bigotted people because prejudice is illogical by nature
I didn't know this kind of attitude was that common in the US, though. That's sad :(
I was waiting for the Venezuelan guy to say "we will make you eat the real arepas, and you will never go back" or something like that xD (Venezuelan arepas are so good! Or at least the one that my venezuelan friend Jesus make!)
I was born & raised in America, I learned Spanish from home and school, and Russian while in college. I still remember being told I need to speak English while I was speaking in either language. In California mind you :/
2:45 that's not the Swiss flag haha
Ella dijo Switzerland
Swiss es el gentilicio de Switzerland. Es como decir bandera "brasileña" o "española". Y no, no es la bandera de Suiza, Suiza es toda roja con un símbolo + en el medio (no llega hasta los bordes, que yo sepa)
haha it's the Danish flag
Love Joanna's sense of humour! This had me dieing!
patty, needs to feel the latin american love, jejejejeje
I don't think these people are afraid of anything personally yo creo que lo que tienen es rabia por no poder entender lo que decimos and so it makes them unable to chismear como las viejas chismosas que son que en todo quieren estar, todo quieren saber de la gente. I honestly think that's the only reason why they get so damn mad, that and also because they're super fucking racist. I'm sorry pero esque tambien me da coraje esa gente ignorante!
Tal vez tienes razón. Lo que pasa conmigo cuando escucho idiomas distintos de mi idioma materno es que me da mucha curiosidad. Quiero saber que idioma es, quiero saber si es un idioma que estoy estudiando y, si si lo es, hasta que punto puedo entender la conversación. Pero ojo, que no es el contenido de la conversación en si mismo que me interesa sino poner a prueba mi capacidad de entender un idioma que, pese a que no me sea totalmente "ajeno", me sigue siendo menos familiar, menos obvio, que mi idioma materno. El español es uno de aquellos idiomas "extranjeros" que me dan mucha curiosidad.
Whyyy do have to mix Spanish and English? Do one or the other, but not both at the same time, please. It's very confusing. :(
@@gillescailot4666 exacto eso no es problema y entiendo esa curiosidad pero yo me refiero a las personas que quieren saber absolutamente todo lo que habla la gente o peor aun las que creen que por estar hablando otro idioma significa que la conversacion y sobre ellos.
@@carlosmunoz7118 it's simple my friend. I do it porque puedo y por que se me da mi regalada gana. Joanna mixes English and Spanish too porque haci es como hablamos!
As a Mexican I've waited soo long for someone to actually point out that America is actually the entire continent not only the United States
Jajaja esa Patty es una loquilla
One year later and we start calling these people “Karen” 👍🏼
NEWSFLASH !!! thts so true bout venezuelans
NEWSFLASH !!! Patty relax gurl !!!
As soon as that guy said venezuelan my immediate thought was he was going to feed people. Before he even said it.
@@nfcapps lol ikr?
AMERICA MEANS DIFFERENT THINGS IN DIFFERENT CULTURES. I’m not sticking up for patty but if you’re going to talk about embracing other cultures, then embrace that in the US (and most English speaking countries) America is the country, and the continents have the names of North America and South America
Soy el primero!
oskrbull nah fam
OH MYG OD! JOANNA! I WAS SO HAPPY WHEN I SAW YOU HOSTING CONFETTI LAST NIGHT. I'VE BEEN SUBSCRIBED FOR SO LONG AND I'VE BEEN PLAYING CONFETTI SINCE IT STARTED SO I SCREAMED WHEN IT WAS YOU.
My father was a deputy sheriff in the desert in Southern California in the 1940s and 50s. One of the other deputies was raised in a Yaqui village in Mexico. His father was an American helping build a railroad in northern Mexico and his mother died in childbirth. So Charlie grew up speaking Yaqui, Spanish and English in that order. Charlie was sitting outside the only gas station for 50 miles when a tourist came up very upset and yelling at him because his car had been stolen. Charlie didn't like being yelled at so he answered the guy in Spanish. When that set him off even more, Charlie switched to Yaqui. The guy went totally berserk! The Sheriff loved it. The pendejo wasn't a voter in the county anyway.
Back when I worked in a service job I wore a name tag which had my surname on it. One time a coworker was helping a customer and they were both conversing back and forth in Spanish. When she (my colleague) went off to get part of the order there were no other customers around needing help so I stepped up to that customer and asked, in Spanish, if there was anything else I could get for him: “¿Hay algo más para usted hoy?” The guy did a double take- looked down at my name tag then back up at me and (In fluent English) with full-on indignation in his voice said “What on earth is someone with a name like ‘Weatherup’ doing speaking Spanish?” How do you respond to something like that?
I have had Spanish speakers( and others) shocked that I actually DO speak Spanish. Especially given that I don't have a mom from Latin America, a Spanish speaking spouse/BF/GF, have never been out of the USA, I'm not some kind of missionary.
I just learned Spanish because I wanted to and I don't sound like Peggy Hill. I have had it happen a few times when a friend has an Hispanic parent or grandparents and I speak Spanish way better than they do.
A few years ago the office in which I worked had large percentage of Hispanic clients and a good percentage of those Hispanic people were
More comfortable speaking Spanish.
I would greet pretty much everyone in English,. Don't assume the Spanish last name means Spanish fluency. My grandaddy's good friend has the last name Alvarez. He is from North Florida , near Jacksonville. His family was early settlers of St Augustine ( San Augustine). North Florida is very Southern culturally. - even more so when they were growing up in the 1920s and 30s-- so Mr Alvarez had a very typical North Florida Southern accent and no one in his family spoke Spanish in over 300 years. ( my last name is German. It is not automatically assumed I speak German.)
At that office I had a lady come in and she looked like she didn't understand when I addressed her in English. So I spoke in Spanish. That went on for weeks until one of the associates was going to have to wait for a Spanish speaker. She said in a stereotypical English Long Island accent( think LI Medium). " I speak English. I was born and raised in New York"
These anecdotes should remind us not to make assumptions about others based on preconceived notions about that person.
Oh and as an aside. Although I believe Joanna based this on a real video. So this isn't necessarily a criticism of this video but a more general question
Why is it that in movies the white ignorant villain/ uneducated dolt/central casting racist/ general moron have a Southern accent even if the character is from Maine, Minnesota, Manitoba or Manhattan.
I even do this myself when I am mocking backward thinking I give my character a heavier Southern accent. Even though I have a lot of Southern ancestry
To be fair to patty, even us Canadians refer to the USA as America. All of North and South America are never referred to as America.
I can't express how much I freaking love your videos
I am a Spanish speaking immigrant living in the US for 30 years and I often speak Spanish with my husband everywhere and I have never, ever had something like that happened to me or my husband or my children since we all speak Spanish. I guess is a minority of racists but since it’s in the media everywhere people outside the country thinks that happens all the time. It happens in Europe too. My sister lives in Switzerland and it happened to her over there.
I was talking in English in Miami (that one very odd time I needed it really) and this man I was talking to kept saying how well I spoke English until I spelled something with z and I said the letter the British way and I got a whole 3 min lecture of “in America we say zit, not zet” as if I needed English in miami in the first place
As a Venezuelan, yes, we will make you all our favourite Venezuelan dishes and bully you into liking them.