http://www.twirlit.com/2010/02/02/jessica-alba-is-determined-that-little-honor-will-speak-spanish/ Mon, 13 Feb 2012 03:43:22 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3 http://www.twirlit.com/2010/02/02/jessica-alba-is-determined-that-little-honor-will-speak-spanish/#comment-9637 Sherrie Gulmahamad Fri, 05 Feb 2010 23:55:23 +0000 http://www.twirlit.com/?p=36147#comment-9637 Ashley - thank you for your feedback. I too believe nothing "makes you" a particular ethnicity. It's simply who you are. I think the voices out there calling Alba "not a Latina" are very similar to folks who are angry with actors "who are quite possibly gay" and refuse to come out of the closet. Everything is personal, in the end really - it's just that these people in the end have their personal lives because the stuff of public consumption. Ashley – thank you for your feedback. I too believe nothing “makes you” a particular ethnicity. It’s simply who you are. I think the voices out there calling Alba “not a Latina” are very similar to folks who are angry with actors “who are quite possibly gay” and refuse to come out of the closet. Everything is personal, in the end really – it’s just that these people in the end have their personal lives because the stuff of public consumption.

]]> http://www.twirlit.com/2010/02/02/jessica-alba-is-determined-that-little-honor-will-speak-spanish/#comment-9485 Ashley Wed, 03 Feb 2010 23:29:49 +0000 http://www.twirlit.com/?p=36147#comment-9485 Good for Alba, it's never a bad idea to learn a new language, especially from one's own cultural heritage. But who cares if she is doing it for her career, her own personal reasons or for her child (in all likelihood, she's doing it for all three reasons, maybe more). There's no "wrong" reason to learn a language after all. Also, judging if someone is "latina" enough (or "black" enough) or whatever is decidedly stupid. Not all latina's are the same, and judging them all as such seems very narrow minded to me. Good for Alba, it’s never a bad idea to learn a new language, especially from one’s own cultural heritage. But who cares if she is doing it for her career, her own personal reasons or for her child (in all likelihood, she’s doing it for all three reasons, maybe more). There’s no “wrong” reason to learn a language after all. Also, judging if someone is “latina” enough (or “black” enough) or whatever is decidedly stupid. Not all latina’s are the same, and judging them all as such seems very narrow minded to me.

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