I’m Mexican. Does that change your assumptions about me? | Vanessa Vancour | TEDxUniversityofNevada

We are really good at forming judgements of other people and jump to conclusions based on how they look, sound, by their last names and by the color of their skin. But imagine if you could...

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Translator: Maria Pericleous Reviewer: Denise RQI have lost count of the number of times someone asked me,"How come you speak such good Spanish?"Spanish speakers as well as non-Spanish speakersbecause I know I am not what they imagine when they think of a Latin American.My favorite way to reveal I speak the language thoughis by jumping into conversations happening near me.Because the other person will usually say, "Hablas español?"usually followed with, "I hope I wasn't saying anything inappropriate."We usually assume that we know a person's backgroundbut what I learnt at a very young ageis that I will never know a person's story unless I ask.I know that I'm not what most people pictur...