#chicana writing

[fl3shm4id3n]

Can you do a Mexican!reader x the Metkayina+sully kids?like her showing them about her culture.

Cᵤₗₜᵤᵣₑ

𝐒𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐲: 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐧𝐚'𝐯𝐢 𝐤𝐢𝐝𝐬 𝐝𝐢𝐝𝐧'𝐭 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐡𝐮𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐬 𝐚𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐬. 𝐓𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐬 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐲 𝐡𝐚𝐝 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐧 𝐣𝐮𝐬𝐭 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐢𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐨𝐧.

ᴛʜᴇ ꜱᴜʟʟʏ ᴋɪᴅꜱ x ʟᴀᴛɪɴᴀ/ᴄʜɪᴄᴀɴᴀ! ʜᴜᴍᴀɴ! ʀᴇᴀᴅᴇʀ (ᴘʟᴀᴛᴏɴɪᴄ), ᴍᴇᴛᴋᴀʏɪɴᴀ ᴋɪᴅꜱ x ʟᴀᴛɪɴᴀ/ᴄʜɪᴄᴀɴᴀ! ʜᴜᴍᴀɴ! ʀᴇᴀᴅᴇʀ (ᴘʟᴀᴛᴏɴɪᴄ)

Tw: None ♡

A/N: Hopefully this is to your liking ♡, sorry if I missed anything.

Masterlist

The Sully and Metkayina kids that humans didn't have culture, or their culture was just technology. That was until they met you. A girl that was apparently with a group who had been helping the Na'vi against the RDA. At first they were a bit skeptical towards you since they've never seen you before, but they decided to give you a chance. You seemed very on going and nice to them. You had a very nice aura and welcoming personality. The kids liked you instatly.

They were very curious to know about you, how you lived and whatever else they asked. When you had told them that you were from a different race, they grew more curious. They thought all humans were the same, but no. You had told them about your culture. That was when they had learned that you were completely different from the humans that they've known and heard. You had told them everything, from the beginning. They were almost fascinated. The humans were like the na'vi, they had their owns 'clans' and own cultural customs. They wanted to learn more. So you told them almost everything that you could.

The kids also noticed a few things about you. How you never put your purse anywhere near the ground. You carried a hippy bag over your shoulder, which held your belongings and other things you liked the carry. No matter where you were, your purse never touched the ground ever. They thought it was weird, when they asked you on why you did that. You told them that it was considered by luck to put your purse on the floor. That's when they understood on whenever you sat on the floor on the sand, your purse would be on your lap, nowhere near the ground.

One night that you were all hanging in the marui of the Sully's you decided to tell them scary stories. You told them the typical story of 'La Llorona' they seemed very interested and a bit scared, they asked a lot of questions on why a woman would do such actions. You explained to them that the story is to teach that your actions have consequences.

Another thing about you, was how you respected the elders. It was common for them to also show respect for the much older people in the clan, but you? You would show them as much respect. When you were asked to do something, you'd do it no questions asked. Even towards the adults. Normally they argue on why they had to do it, you wouldn't ask why you had to do what you were told. You'd just do it.

You've also told them how you valued family. You'd explain how family was the only that was close to you and the only people you can rely on when you need it. You've also told them that not all family is considered to be loyal, and how some can be very toxic. They understood where you came from, they too also thought as their family as valuable like you did.

[massiveladycat]

hello!! i'm planning to be a future writer, and i want to make more hispanic ocs in the future. but, i'm not hispanic. i'm a black woman, yes, but hispanic and black experiences may be very different. i'm trying to research the culture and i'm learning the spanish language already, but i'd love if some hispanic people on tumblr could tell me the do's and don't's of writing a hispanic character and a few tips. thank you very much, and please feel free to tell me if anything comes off as offensive because that's not my goal here

[himbo-in-limbo]

Cómo sería la reacción de Carla al ver que Ohma tiene a alguien común y corriente como pareja? En plan no forma parte de ningún clan, no lucha y además es extranjero. Un s/o que no se relaciona con el mundo de las luchas ni tampoco ser el más fuerte

¡Me imagino que Karla estaría furiosa y frustrada por no ser la esposa de Ohma!

incluso si Karla se llama súcubo, no es como si pudiera seducir a Ohma de ninguna manera. pero me pregunto si ese duro rechazo que recibiría la volvería loca. Aun así, no importa qué pareja de Ohma sea, Karla podría odiarlos simplemente porque tienen que estar con Ohma. o la de ellos es una buena posibilidad de que a ella no le importe??? ¿¿¿¿¿¿Y aún así intentas seducirlo de todos modos??? Realmente no hemos visto a Karla reaccionar ante otra mujer seduciendo a Ohma correctamente. así que, ¡quién sabe cómo reaccionará ella cuando él tenga una pareja!

(perdón si esto está mal traducido soy un mexicano vergonzoso que no sabe hablar mi propia lengua materna 💀)

[fepearl19]

While making my business PowerPoint, I created a quote of perfection.

-A.F

[starry-milk-tea]

i can acutely feel the thrum between my temples and the ache of my fingers picked apart. my eyes carry the weight of my affliction, my mouth trembling and serving as a lock and key. 

the ache in all of my muscles renders me almost lifeless but does not commit to killing my anxieties, my torments, or my shame. 

[soyfrijolesblog]

Broken Tongue

Her tongue is broken

I can hear their Judgmental whispers

¿No eres Mexicana?

Yes, I am Mexican! I want to shout.

However, I reply Sí one of the few Spanish words I know

Unsure of my own identity.

Am I Mexican if I lost my native language?

I understand  only simple Spanish sentences

The Women then began to burst out words that seemed twisted, almost like Brujas spewing curses so quickly,

I felt lost, like when playing the game of Lotería with older Señoras; I could not keep up. I wanted to say wait, but I was ashamed and embarrassed about not knowing my people's language.

I say loudly No hablo español

The Women give me an evil eye.

I have no The mal de ojo bracelet (The red bracelet around my wrist to protect me from their harsh glares)

¿Por qué no? ¡Estás hablando español ahora!

Yo ahora muy poco

Necesitas aprender espanol

I want to scream out that you need to learn English!

However, that would make me racist against my people

although they are racists against me;

I reply Sí

They laugh and mock me; I smile and play along,

they will continue to talk to me only in Spanish even if one knows some English because, to them, I am not white; however, I am not Mexican

I was not one of them, until I learned Spanish

I am a sin, a black sheep. I am a Chicana with a broken tongue

[lil-olme3]

Que-ubo!?

Hola, my name is Lesly & I am a Phoenix-based artist, non-profit worker. Not much to my name right now, but I am working on that. On this blog you will find super random topics varying from my Chicana identity, witchcraft, imposter syndrome, and random blurbs or stories.

If you every wanna chat, please hit me up on instagram: lesly_p.figueroa_.

"Que-ubo" translates to "What's up?" in Spanish.

[spiderqueenfriday]

Habitual NPC Attempts to Become Human(ish)!

Oh hi, Tumblr. I’m Friday (she/her/ella), queerdo Chicana tea witch chef ballerina fandom dweeb, aspiring death doula and brand new baby writer of horror & surrealist melancholia. I’ve been here a long time, off and on, but like, not really BEEN here, you know?

You may already know me as the founder and synesthete blend crafter behind the gross majority of the teas at Friday Afternoon Tea. I LOVE IT. Talk about jobs you have to pinch yourself over. My whole life revolves around brewing love and blending empathy and crafting space for folks to feel Seen and Safe and Welcome. The thing about building a life in fae-adjacent service to one’s community is this: it tends to disappear a person’s other facets. Kinda lonely an experience, and I end up feeling a bit like a mosquito net a good majority of the time.

There are other sides to this human Care Bear, and those sides are toothy and twisted and gleefully morbid. They’re daydreamy and wandering and liminal. They’re big slabs of shale with glacial melt sluicing around and about. Know what I mean?

I’m trying to learn to grow my bravery and individuality back, both of which I think I set down somewhere around my second pregnancy, which in my world looks like stealing a speck of time now and again to write creep-ass nonsense, geek about witchcraft, books I’m reading, spooky fashion and death care work.

If you want to follow a wannabe end of life midwife and author of spooky bummers, wassup! Let’s get weird!

[cljocean]

Not knowing if you have someone else is killing me because I’m not seeking anyone else but you

No saber si tienes a alguien más me está matando porque no busco a nadie más que a ti

& yet I have to act like I don’t care!

Y aún así tengo que actuar como si no me importara!

[poetrybypoc]

When I think of America, my body aches / for something more protective than skin.

- from "Oh Say Can You See" by Viktoria Valenzuela

[creatingblackcharacters]

“Across cultures, darker people suffer most. Why?” Multiethnic and Multicultural Blackness

“Across cultures, darker people suffer most. Why?”- Andre 3000

Tell me what's wrong with this picture.

Hint: This is Miles Morales- from the video game depiction- canonically an Afro-Puerto Rican. Jefferson is Black American; Rio is Puerto Rican.

So why is the Cuban flag on their wall?

This is what happens when no one (with any saying power) in the board room is representative of the group being depicted! And mind you, this was produced under SONY and MARVEL, for the PS5, a product under two brands that combined churn out hundreds of millions in profit! And… No one on any level corrected them until the beta came out and fans saw it. That's how pervasive this sort of ignorance of other cultures can be. How are you writing a story about a character, and you don't even know how he identifies?

Multiethnic & Multicultural Blackness

Realistically, you’ve probably walked past many a biracial, multicultural, or multiethnic Black person before and assumed they were “just Black”. One example: Rae Dawn Chong- known as Mama du Pointe du Lac- is Afro-Chinese, but that Chinese background did not play into the role she played. A more personal example: my recent loctician was also Afro-Chinese, with very dark skin (she made jokes about how her eyes reveal it, but we can’t make those jokes here). I would have never known.

Point is, we reacted to what we saw, and that’s not an accident. Blackness is treated as a monolith, and an indicator of social level whether you realize it or not. You see a ‘Black’ person, and without wondering any further about their identity, you will treat them as you’ve been socialized to treat ‘Black’ people! But every Black person is not the same!

You don't have to write an entire essay with citations mid-story about how you learned so much about the Afro-Chicana or Afro-Iraqi experience for your main character. We didn't ask. But, slipping natural things here and there into the story of a character’s culture helps cement that yes, this character has this multicultural identity and it matters to them; it is who they are, it has an effect on their life and character in some way. It is how you deepen the character and show respect for the culture you are depicting!

I love using Miles as an example, so here’s a good example. In Across The Spiderverse, he goes to a party to celebrate Jefferson’s new position. In that scene, Rio walks through a mix of all his family members. Even when he speaks with his parents in this scene, they managed to incorporate his Afro-Puerto Rican identity without shouting to the rooftops “HEY! HE’S BLACK AND LATINO! SEE HOW I’M TELLING YOU?”

Race vs Ethnicity

The Black experience stretches as far as the African diaspora- worldwide! It's why it's frustrating when people assume "Black people" means "United States" and the West's perception of "Third World Africa" (especially when it comes to existing in media that people have strongly claimed is just White). Latin and Central America? West Europe? East Europe? Southwest Asia and North Africa? The Mediterranean? East Asia? Australia? You will find Black people!! Just because we aren't the majority doesn't mean we aren't there!

But just because we're Black doesn't mean we're all "African-American". Ethnicity is "the quality or fact of belonging to a population group or subgroup made up of people who share a common cultural background or descent." Race is "a categorization of humans based on shared physical or social qualities into groups generally viewed as distinct within a given society."

"But I thought you said Black is an identity!"

It is! Black does not only mean “Black American”. The reason Black Americans identify as just Black (which is why I demand that you show respect by capitalizing it) is due to the loss of our specific heritages from the enslavement meant to scourge us of them, to make us property. To call us by our actual names would be acknowledging our equivalent humanity and culture. In order to enforce slavery without qualm, they had to be violently removed. Black Africans of numerous ethnic groups, now violently forced into this amalgamation, had to come together and forge something new. We had to find a common connection- our Blackness (and that experience as defined by whiteness in this society) was it. It also functions as a reclamation of our identity, of our presence in this world. We are a culture, we are an entire group of people, and we should be acknowledged as such.

Again: all Black people are NOT the same!!! This is like… anti-racism 101, but so many people continue to fall for it, even those ‘well-meaning’. You cannot ask one Black person to represent the ENTIRETY of the world's Black experience. Many other factors will come into play, and this includes their culture.

Keep in mind how being multicultural and/or biracial and Black will put many people at a crossroads that is complex and difficult to traverse. There will always be parts of incomplete acceptance, an extra layer of code-switching based on where you are and who you're with. A Black Kenyan is not a Black American, who is not a Black Greek, who is not a Black Colombian, who is not a Black Filipino. They're different cultures, that will treat each other differently. Society- from strangers to your own family- may try to pull multiethnic Black people one direction or another- are you ‘Black’ enough, are you ‘technically Black’, are you ‘technically’ something else, are you that ethnicity enough?

(I will discuss Black biracial people with whiteness in the next lesson, because I felt like the interracial and biracial White & Black topic needed its own talk, but this is relevant there as well.)

Where- In the world- Is-

Coming back from the opening of this lesson: keep in mind that you need to know specifically WHERE your character is from! For example, just saying they're "Afro-Latino" reveals very little- there's an entire chunk of the planet that falls under the "Latin America" category (as defined by U.S. standards).

A follower of mine- they identify as Caribbean Latine- sent me this in discussion about the topic:

"I wish people actually thought about where their Afro-Latino characters are from. It’s always very vague and it’s so reductive because an Argentinian Afro-Latino is very different from a Puerto Rican Afro-Latino. This is very subjective but I think this issue is pretty blatant in The Owl House. They flash the Dominican flag a couple of times, but when it comes to actually making her Afro-Latino…I don’t think they did a very good job. They barely made her Black in the first place. I don’t want to dog on the voice actors too much because there are a million factors that might have affected this but. When they make a point to have the characters speak Spanish, it’s really noticeable when the accent/dialect doesn’t align with their ethnicity. Dominicans have a really identifiable dialect in Spanish. When the Afro-Latino characters speak in Spanish, it’s the most neutral accent I’ve ever heard. This is such a me-issue, but this is to say that people should actually research where their characters are from instead of vaguely painting them as Afro-Latino. We are all SOOO different. Our dialects vary so much that sometimes an Afro-Mexican and an Afro-Puerto Rican won’t understand each other even though we speak the same language.”

WHO are we talking about? How does that factor into their identity, and the way the world- both in story, and how readers from around the world- will perceive them? Will an Afro-Dominican know that they're supposed to relate to your character if they're vaguely Latino?

Note:

While I was doing my research, I noticed that searching for “Afro-_” doesn’t always offer much, as it does the ubiquitous antiblack experience and roles in politics and resistance. And while I think that’s super cool and mandatory, I think another way to approach this would be to focus on the culture as a whole, and then go from there. So for example, if I wanted my character to be Afro-Mexican- maybe even from a specific location in Mexico, or their family is from that area- it would be easier to look up the cultures and activities of that area itself, and then inform with my knowledge of how Blackness is treated there.

As I am not a member of these groups, I thought it would be better for me to find resources that better explain, than to try to speak for them myself. Hell, just from doing this research, I learned that I have far more to educate myself on. There are so many good resources out there! People speak on these topics that y’all want to know about, and there are so many books and videos- find them and educate yourselves! This is a long section filled with links, so I'm going to put them under a readmore.

I also could not possibly sit here and name every single ethnic combo because that would be endless. So what I'm going to do is give some broad strokes of a few major groupings, that will hopefully start you on the path of how to conduct your own research!

The African Diaspora

This is such a good resource. There are short chapters going into the details and history of Black people in many regions, all around the globe. I’m honestly in love with how this is set up. It's a good starting point!

Black Africans

This one isn't specifically an example of multiethnicity; I just want to emphasize that there are many ethnicities and cultures within Africa itself! One is still multiethnic if they are Black American and Ivorian, for example! As the birthplace of humanity, there are plenty of ethnic groups in Africa with endlessly rich cultures, and all of them will come with different foods, fashions, languages!

Notable Figures: Nelson Mandela, Tobi Lou, Patrice Lumumba, Tems, Wizkid, Kwame Nkrumah, Chinua Achebe, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Wangarĩ Maathai, Agnes Tirop, Chéri Samba, Sheikh Abdullah Ssekimwanyi

Internalized antiblackness in African countries is due to the long and violent history of western imperialism in Africa. “The Carving Up of Africa” by European nations has long worn on the continent, its resources, and its peoples, and that includes remnants of their beliefs. Another pervasive idea in media is that all African peoples are ‘poor’, ‘living in huts’, and ‘starving’. There are people doing that all over the world, it is not inherent to being Black African. But even if that were the case- and it is not, every African does not live that way- it would still be the fault of aforementioned imperialism. Please do your research, and do not EVER write that if someone is African, they ‘must not be used to food’ or ‘have never seen such magnificent things as [what white character offers]’.

Afro Latinos

Notable figures: Celia Cruz, Frantz Fanon, Zoe Saldaña, Colman Domingo, Lupita Nyongo, Gina Torres, Cardi B, MJ Rodriguez

Notable music styles- Reggaeton? Salsa? Rumba? A lot of the best music of the area has roots in Blackness.

Antiblackness in the Afro-Latino community

Colorism plays a huge role in perception, to the point of putting you into classes of people. From the same Caribbean Latine follower:

Also, they have to do research on racial groupings in LATAM. It’s unavoidable. A Latino that’s considered Black in the USA may not be considered Black in LATAM. This is because of Blanqueamiento. That is a LOT to explain, but TLDR: A big difference between racism in the USA and racism in LATAM is that white people aren’t focused on segregation. It’s racism through imposition. “Blanqueamiento” refers to whitening and it’s the belief that you can cleanse the bloodline by having children with white people. The lineage will get increasingly lighter. That is why whenever a child comes out lighter than their parents, people will praise the parents for “bettering the race” (mejorando la raza). So a light skinned Black person in the USA may have another racial classification in LATAM (prieto, moreno, mulato, etc)."

One example is 'pelo malo' (bad hair)- how afro-textures are deemed unwanted, as a holdover from Spanish colonization and ideas of whiteness being equivalent to purity. Another severe example is of the slur "mayate"- apparently, it means "f*ggot black bug". If you're Black, and someone ever calls you this, know that you are being severely insulted. If you are interested in more Afro-Mexican history, Colonial Blackness by Herman Bennett is a book that follows the stories of enslaved Africans and their descendants in 17th century Mexico, questioning the existing history told that often leaves out their presence.

Afro Indigenous

*Indigenous doesn't just mean "to America", though the links are to the Afro-indigenous experience in the U.S.

Notable Figures: Crispus Attucks, Lucy Parsons, George Henry White, Charlie Patton, Jimi Hendrix, Eartha Kitt, Lena Horne, Ausben Jordan

What’s interesting is that it was much harder for me to find solid evidence of people who are Black Natives, mainly because it seems this history was lost and/or never recorded, or due to Blood Quantum and antiblackness, not acknowledged. That is something worth thinking about, if you are writing an Afro-Native character.

Blood quantum: A system developed by the United States federal government to determine how much “Indian blood” an Indigenous person has and if they are qualified for Tribal enrollment. Blood quantum limits accessibility to citizenship and is designed to decrease enrollment numbers. Today, some tribes still use blood quantum as criteria for Tribal enrollment. As part of their sovereign status, every federally recognized Tribe determines its own criteria for membership and enrollment.

Further reading:

Young, Black Native activists say it's time to appreciate Indigenous diversity

Black Indians: A Hidden Heritage

Blood Politics: Race, Culture, and Identity in the Cherokee Nation of Oklahoma By Circe Sturm (2002)

We Refuse to Forget: A True Story of Black Creeks, American Identity, and Power By Caleb Gayle (2023)

Afro-Arab/SWANA

Notable figures: Bilal ibn Rabah, Fatima Bernawi, Layla F. Saad, Samirah Srur Fadel, Ahmed Osman, Sara El Hassan (known as bsonblast), Ali Jiddah, Maryam Abu Khaled

Here's an amazing resource cataloguing the history of Afro-Palestinians, as well as a timeline of the solidarity between Black Americans, Afro-Palestinians, and Palestinians!

I sat here and tried very hard to come up with a way to summarize this, especially given current events in our world, and I found that at this moment, I lack the skill to do it. Not because there’s nothing to say- God knows there’s plenty- but unraveling the intersections that comes with the SWANA experience would take me far longer than a summary. I think Maryam Abu Khaled can speak on her experience far better than I, anyway:

Afro-AAPI

Notable figures: apl.de.ap, Michael Ealy, H.E.R., Karrueche, Rae Dawn Chong, Naomi Campbell, Naomi Osaka, Chanel Iman, Anderson Paak

Interview from famous R&B artist, guitarist, actress for Belle, and Afro-Filipina: H.E.R.

There is a strain between Black and Asian communities, in the United States and beyond, white supremacy playing a major role. But that does not mean that we cannot move forward together, or have not shown one another solidarity.

One of my biggest pet peeves that happens often in fandom spaces is fans who claim that Asians- East Asians in particular, but Asians in general- don't know what Black people are and what we look like. It's racist to every ethnicity and background involved. Yes, there are Black East Asian and Black South Asian people. Yes, these countries have access to the Internet to look up what we look like. There have been plenty of well-drawn Black people by those artists. Just like every white artist isn't going to draw a caricature, every Asian artist isn't going to. It all comes down to practice, their commitment to their craft, and their commitment to not being racist. Being from these areas is not an excuse for not drawing Black people accurately- the same amount of effort they can be put into depicting a white person (that would also be a minority in these places), can be put into depicting us as well. Knock it off.

Conclusion

Antiblackness is unfortunately ubiquitous, yes, but that doesn’t mean the rest of every Black person’s life experience is going to be. We are everywhere on this planet, which means there’s a planet’s worth of experiences to be had. If you decide that you want to create a Black character with a multiethnic or multicultural background, you need to commit to that! Even by mentioning their music, or their food, or- if you’re going to get into it- how others might treat them due to their Afro-identity. Something that lets us as the viewers know that you didn’t just write a white person and then claim they were “Afro-Blank” for clout. If you mean it, do it, because as always, it’s the thought that counts, but the action that delivers!

[fl3shm4id3n]

Can we get a part 2 of Mexican!reader where maybe she shows them some Mexican clothes and tradtional dances?

Cᵤₗₜᵤᵣₑ ₚₐᵣₜ ᵢᵢ

𝐒𝐮𝐦𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐲: 𝐘𝐨𝐮 𝐰𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐤𝐢𝐝𝐬 𝐦𝐨𝐫𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞, 𝐬𝐨 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐝𝐞𝐜𝐢𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐰 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐦 𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐜𝐥𝐨𝐭𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐝𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐢𝐧𝐠.

ᴛʜᴇ ꜱᴜʟʟʏ ᴋɪᴅꜱ x ʟᴀᴛɪɴᴀ/ᴄʜɪᴄᴀɴᴀ! ʜᴜᴍᴀɴ! ʀᴇᴀᴅᴇʀ (ᴘʟᴀᴛᴏɴɪᴄ), ᴍᴇᴛᴋᴀʏɪɴᴀ ᴋɪᴅꜱ x ʟᴀᴛɪɴᴀ/ᴄʜɪᴄᴀɴᴀ! ʜᴜᴍᴀɴ! ʀᴇᴀᴅᴇʀ (ᴘʟᴀᴛᴏɴɪᴄ)

Tw: None ♡

Masterlist

The kids seemed to really like learning about your culture. So you decided to teach them some more about it. Luckily you had found stuff from back home, it bellowed to your mom. You decided to take them to the kids to show them what they were. You had taken some toys, old pictures and you had even found a Oaxaca. It was in condition and it was very pretty.

When you taken the stuff back to the kids, it was Tuk who really liked the Oaxaca, it was black but had very vibrate colors. She had tried it on, it surprisingly fit her. You had let her keep it. You continued to show them the others things, such as the photographs that were from your family. The boys were mainly curious on the toys, since they were slightly similar to the ones that they grew up with.

As you showed Tsireya and Kiri the pictures, you told them about what year they were from and other questions they had. Tsireya was curious if they had any kind of dances and any more kind of clothing. You told them about the Huipil, the china poblana and you had brought up the Oaxaca again. As for the dances, you told her about the Jarabe Tapatío, Concheros, Matachines and Jarana yucateca.

For more information, you had showed them videos of the various dances. They were very interested. The movements from the dancers were very cool to seen, a lot what happening on the video. Not only that, but what they wore, caught their attentions by the colors and how the clothing matches the dancing. This reminded them of their kinds of celebrations and dances when it came to the clans. They too wear attire that fits the dances.

They wanted to try and do those dances. You wanted to try them too. So you all to try and dance, it was hard at first since you didn't have a dance instructor, you had to watch videos in attempt to learn. You and the kids would spend hours watching the videos, trying to study the moves and how to imatate them. Afterwards you'd all be at the beach trying to do those same dance moves, you didn't have the attire that they wore, so you used what you had and even tried remaking the clothing that the dancers wore.

Tsireya was a quick leaner, she already knew how to dance, so it was easy for her to get a hang of the dance. Even though Neteyam wasn't much a dancer, he too learned quickly. Meanwhile Kiri had decided to do her own thing same with Rotxo and Tuk who also decided to do their thing. Both Ao'nung and Lo'ak are tying to one up each other, they weren't dancers, but they still attempted to compete between the two of them

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Folded's Page Guide

Hello hello, y'all can refer to me as Folded if needed (I refuse to share any part of my name because if anyone I actually know ever finds out about this page, I will explode). I'm currently trying to start the next chapter of my life and using Tumblr as a way to unwind and relax.

- 23 - Chicana 🇲🇽 - She/Her/Ella - Aquarius ♒️- Sé español pero de verdad no me animo escribir en el pero a ver un día - This is an 18+ space 🔞, Minors/Ageless Blogs will be ✨blocked✨ - I don't do tag lists just cause ✨I'm lazy✨ - My inbox is open so feel free to ask/suggest/rant in it. It is not set up for anons just because if you want to say anything, say it with your chest - I am going to write about anything and everything that I'm interested in when I can/want to - Honestly always been a lurker in fandoms but I'm trying to be more social so don't be afraid to say hey!

One Piece - The Siren, The Cook, and the Sister - Sanji x PirateHunter!Fem Reader (Ongoing, 17/18) Jujutsu Kaisen - Can We Make This Work - Nanami Kento x POC!Fem Reader x Gojo Satoru (Ongoing, 7/??) Call of Duty - Pay Back - John Price x POC!Fem Reader (One-shot, 4.7k words) - Close Friends - Kyle "Gaz" Garrick x POC!Fem Reader (One-shot, 4k words) - Al Pastor and Allies 141 x Mexican!Fem Reader (HHM Celebration, 1.6k words) - If I Can't, No One Can - 141 x POC!GN Intelligence Operative (Multiple drabbles, In Progress)

Dividers by @cafeitskune

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Your Teeth in my neck| Rafe Cameron x latina!reader

A/n: I love Kali Uchis so much 🤭, she's so fine. I'm so down bad for her

Okay, so I've seen all over this app. Rafe Cameron with a Taylor Swift or Lana Del Rey fan gf but y'all know what I haven't seen. Rafe Cameron with a gf who loves Kali Uchis so I'm going to present it to y'all <3.

The first thing Rafe noticed about his gf when they first met was her sense of style (basically Y2k and a bit Chicana style because I barely see any fics with a Latina reader 🙄) along with her jewelry. A lot of gold necklaces and bracelets.

Rafe has definitely spent an INSANE amount of money on his gf. For example clothes and jewelry. And she feels kinda bad that she's not able to pay him back but he doesn't mind.

Rafe LOVES her outfits and how she can make everything look good.

He has definitely had to listen to all Kali's albums and singles cause of his gf but he doesn't really mind. Definitely has bought his gf tickets for her concerts. (Probably has listen to a few of her songs while doing it 🫢)

His gf DEFINITELY has a few Spanish nicknames like cariño, Mi vida, Amor, blaquito 🫢...... Colonizer (I'm sorry y'all please forgive me I had to 😭)

I'm getting the motivation to write so y'all better request 😎🥱

My fav Kali song 🤭😍

[fepearl19]

Today I lay to rest the child that wasn’t ready to be fatherless and confused forever.

I lay to rest the teenager with the sore throat from screaming at God during all of her quiet moments.

I lay to rest with them:

The expectations they both had for me. And that of my mothers. And that of my fathers. And of both my countries hold on my self worth.

I present myself in one piece despite thinking I’d never have the honor to bring them all peace.

A.F.L 7/2/23

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𝘮.𝘬.𝘴 / 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘳𝘺-𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘬-𝘵𝘦𝘢 𝘯𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳 14, 2023