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When language loss affects cultural authenticity

My Latino father never taught me Spanish and now when I try to connect with my heritage people assume I'm not really Latina because I can't speak the language.

Juana
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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The survival strategies of one generation become the authenticity burdens of the next, creating gaps that feel both inherited and chosen.

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