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Bilingual and Bicultural Latina | Micaela Olivares | TEDxYouth@ParkCity


being a bilingual person and having
grown up in a Hispanic household in the
United States I can say that there is a
great difference between the Latino and
American cultures so lady : American
Tina um Papa chilena I’m the daughter of
an Argentine mom and a Chilean dad yet I
have lived all my life here in the
United States as I was growing up I was
taught and purely spoken to in Spanish
however when I began preschool everyone
spoke English I can still vividly
remember my teachers and peers speaking
to me in English while i sat there
awkwardly and in silence because I
didn’t understand what they were saying
nor did I know how to tell them that I
didn’t speak English as time went on I
eventually caught on to the English
language
and now fluent in both and it has not
been until recently that I’ve begun to
notice the differences between the two
cultures other than language one of the
more obvious differences is the
difference between social approaches
with Hispanics they greet each other
gonna be so universal with a hug and a
friendly kiss on the cheek over the
years I’ve noticed that Hispanics speak
at a very fast pace and their voices are
filled with a lot of emotion on the
other hand when I walk in the household
of an American family I find that many
like to greet each other with a
handshake and maybe a hug that they know
each other well enough conversations
with Americans tend to be in a more
quiet monotone voice and move at a
slower pace and are shorter in general
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effect on Callie Alameda after 15 years
of my life I can tell I can most
definitely see how both the Hispanic and
American cultures have influenced me in
every day of my life in a way it’s kind
of like having your own personal on and
off switch in your brain when I’m with
Hispanics the switch flips one way and I
immediately changed my actions and how I
greet people to be my more loud latina
self yet when I am with other Amer
the switch flips the other way and my
actions on how I greet and address
people changed almost completely but I
wish there was some sort of intermediate
as opposed to just one way or another
many consider the United States a
melting pot due to its fusion widespread
amount of cultures the thing is no one
melts laquida lanford intercept and our
sake but only more important we see
about us the different cultures are all
here but at the same time they remain so
separate I think that we can all benefit
from learning and applying the
affectionate personalities of Latinos
and the ambition of Americans into our
everyday lives this way many can feel
more comfortable when around others that
belong to a different ethnicity all in
all throughout my life I have created a
habit of altering the way that I greet
and address people based on their
cultures and I hope that we can all find
a way to melt within our country because
this mix of cultures is so amazing and
has influenced me in many more ways
because for together listening get even
with that money shows us emanager
Debrecen occur so india because both are
incredibly wonderful and have made me
the person that I am today thank you
[Applause]
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