Latine Individuals, Share The Painful Microaggressions You've Faced

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In daily interactions, members of the Latine community often face microaggressions aimed at their identity, heritage, and socioeconomic and immigration status.

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Unsolicited comments that reduce the Latine community's identity to stereotypical or clichéd prejudices can have harmful effects and are hurtful to the individual and the community.

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We want to hear your stories involving microaggressions. For example, maybe you revealed your racial background to a coworker and they said, "But you speak English so well!"

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Or even if you were born in America, they could've said, "But where are you really from?"

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Maybe you were chatting with someone you just met, and they said, "But you don't look Latina."

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Or maybe someone asked for your help translating a document from Spanish to English, but they didn't even ask if you spoke Spanish...

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If you've faced microaggressions in the Latine community, we want to hear from you. Share them in the comments below, and your responses could be featured in a BuzzFeed Community post. Or, if you prefer anonymity, you can submit your story through this Google Form.

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