I agree with TvBuff,. I do correct them as well,. And aboaut the food,..it s true,... hasta yo decia que todos los centro-americanos comen frejoles y tortillas ,. en cualquier variacion,.. pero si tienen gran variedad de platos,..IGNORANCIA es lo que nos hace crear estereotipos,..
I just correct people when they make comments like that. Obviously they are ignorant, so I just correct them and don't get mad...unless they know and ask stupid questions for the sake of it. I remember some Indian guy asked me why Spanish people like to eat beans so much, and I just started to laugh in his face. I then asked why Indian people liked to eat curry so much, then he laughed and relized how dumb his question was.
bistor wrote: Plenty of hispanics in Canada call themselves "spanish". It's a small step from there to say they speak ecuadorian. Not true. Non-hispanics call us "Spanish", but we always make sure we correct them. Spanish-speaking is a more correct term, but trust me, as far as I know, we ALL correct them when they call us Spanish. I know I do.
If someone asks me about my background I always say CHILEAN...if the person looks like a dummy I'll say South American to keep less confusing because to an idiot Chile could be anywhere
About food yes of course I get that all the time. Oh you are from Chile you must love hot food meanwhile my family would break into a sweat just looking at hot peppers. Chilean food is typically not very hot at all. Of course it would be true about me because growing up I had a lot of friends from Trinidad and Jamacia and I like my pepper sauce.
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bistor wrote: Plenty of hispanics in Canada call themselves "spanish". It's a small step from there to say they speak ecuadorian. Not true. Non-hispanics call us "Spanish", but we always make sure we correct them. Spanish-speaking is a more correct term, but trust me, as far as I know, we ALL correct them when they call us Spanish. I know I do.
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bistor wrote: Plenty of hispanics in Canada call themselves "spanish". It's a small step from there to say they speak ecuadorian. LOL It's also stereotypical to assume that all Indians eat CURRY 24/7 And that Jamaicans survive on Beef Patties
Plenty of hispanics in Canada call themselves "spanish". It's a small step from there to say they speak ecuadorian.
Not true. Non-hispanics call us "Spanish", but we always make sure we correct them. Spanish-speaking is a more correct term, but trust me, as far as I know, we ALL correct them when they call us Spanish. I know I do.
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Do people assume that just because you are spanish all you eat is nachos and tortillas? Or anyother type of so called stereotypical food?
I had this a few times in the office because we have Potluck every now and then, and the first two times I participated they asked me to bring Nacho's and dip and the other time Tacos or Burritos. They wanted to know how it would taste coming from someone who is spanish. So I'm guessing most people(white people) assume all spanish people are either or most likely Mexican.
Don't they? 
