{"id":40235,"date":"2015-03-03T19:26:47","date_gmt":"2015-03-03T19:26:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mixedracestudies.org\/wordpress\/?p=40235"},"modified":"2015-03-09T01:43:03","modified_gmt":"2015-03-09T01:43:03","slug":"yo-no-se-que-hablar-i-dont-know-what-to-say","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mixedracestudies.org\/wp\/?p=40235","title":{"rendered":"Yo No S\u00e9 Que Hablar \u2014 I Don\u2019t Know What To Say"},"content":{"rendered":"

Yo No S\u00e9 Que Hablar \u2014 I Don\u2019t Know What To Say<\/strong><\/em><\/a><\/p>\n

Teach. Run. Write. English Teacher Running from One Adventure to the Next<\/a>
\n2015-03-02<\/p>\n

Christina Torres<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n

The man sitting behind me at the restaurant last month was speaking Spanish.<\/p>\n

So was the park worker the other day, which was a surprise.<\/p>\n

There was the couple wearing \u201cGreat Aloha Run<\/a>\u201d shirts, asking each other about rain, parece que va a llover<\/em><\/a>. Their accents were wonderfully soft, elongated, melodic and tripping. Dominican, I think, like my friend Carolina\u2019s.<\/p>\n

When I lived in LA<\/a>, hearing Spanish was a given. It was everywhere\u2013on buses, at the bank, on signs and on my radio in the car. Even though I lacked fluency when I moved there, it was omnipresent.<\/p>\n

Now, living in a state with under 10% of a Latino population<\/a> (a huge increase from before), hearing Spanish is a rare treat, something that immediately makes my ears perk up. I remember each time like a small gem, holding it close as a reminder of home.<\/p>\n

I love living in Hawai\u2018i<\/a>\u2013I really do. People see me and know<\/em> I\u2019m part Filipina<\/a>, which almost never happened before. It\u2019s an exciting rush\u2013\u201cyes! You see this part of me! You get me!\u201d<\/p>\n

Like I\u2019m sure lots of mixed kids deal with, though, I always have a hard time trying to navigate both cultures. I love living here and being seen as Filipina, but now I miss part of my Latina culture. I miss speaking Spanish with people. I missing hearing mariachi on the radio when I would scroll through channels. I spent all of McFarland U.S.A<\/em><\/a> crying. Not just crying, really, but sobbing<\/em>. From the quince<\/em> scene on, I was a mess. The hand-painted signs selling aguas de fruta<\/a> and the casual mix of Spanglish<\/a> made my heart ache for something that I still don\u2019t know how to fill..<\/p>\n

Read the entire article here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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