That’s More Like it, Jessica
Whether is it was a misunderstanding or she now realizes that she messed up big time, Jessica Alba has come out saying that she is Latina and that she is proud of it.
“It was all gossip. If there is something that I’ve never been ashamed of, it is my Latin roots. I was raised under Latin influences. At home, my grandfather plays the guitar and my grandmother sings and dances, I couldn’t deny my roots because the first one to kill me would me my grandmother.”
We’re so confused, but we will give her the benefit of the doubt. This is how we like to hear you talk about Latinos, Jess!
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Latindaddy wrote:
Ok good to hear Jessica is redeeming myself..She dropped from 1st to 2nd with those original comments. Lol…
06.22.2007 | 2:10 pm | Link
Latindaddy wrote:
Ok good to hear Jessica is redeeming myself..She dropped from 1st to 2nd with those original comments. Lol…
06.22.2007 | 2:10 pm | Link
Diana wrote:
She still needs to off this site. It sounds like another A.B. Quintanilla……..don’t bight the hand that feeds you.
06.22.2007 | 2:14 pm | Link
Diana wrote:
She still needs to off this site. It sounds like another A.B. Quintanilla……..don’t bite the hand that feeds you.
06.22.2007 | 2:14 pm | Link
Diana wrote:
She still needs to off this site. It sounds like another A.B. Quintanilla……..don’t bite the hand that feeds you.
06.22.2007 | 2:14 pm | Link
Genny wrote:
Well the damage is done…but a little advice to Jessica, she should really think about things before even thinking of opening her big mouth…she is the one that will lose more either way! So that being said, I still think she is stupid and retarded, and adding to that, now I feel she came out saying that she is no longer ashamed of her Latin roots por pura convenecia…I mean come on, having all these Latino people against her is not so great when you are and live the hollywood life…I feel that I can say that she depens on us, we dont depend on her!
06.22.2007 | 2:31 pm | Link
Natalia wrote:
What she is doing is called damage control. It’s too little, too late. Her response to her previous comments were thought out to fix what she truly meant. I don’t think she deserves the benefit of the doubt. She doesn’t belong in this site.
06.22.2007 | 3:11 pm | Link
dYvette wrote:
I still don’t think she belongs on this site either. Exactly what everyone else is saying, it was just damage control. It’s the biggest thing to be Latino and she’s realizing that she is losing a lot of fans and now has to take what she said back. Her grandfather plays guitar and her grandmother sings and dances??? Is THAT what makes us Latinos???
06.22.2007 | 3:27 pm | Link
HA HA wrote:
I like how being latin is reduced to playing the guitar and dancing–what, no sombrero?
06.22.2007 | 3:30 pm | Link
never_mary wrote:
Are you serious? This girl doesn’t mean it. So the bitch eats beans and her grandparents play the guitar and play English songs. So what? She’ she said it fells insincere to be categorized as a “LATINA ACTRESS” so in that case quit posting her “I’m French-Dutch before Mexican” face in anything Latino. So what if some Latinas called you white-wash growing up and you never fit in.. That’s no reason to be a complete moron. Self victimization needs to stop.
06.22.2007 | 4:29 pm | Link
joana wrote:
Hmmm… I don’t know….. I don’t think she is sincera! No se!
06.22.2007 | 6:07 pm | Link
Julie wrote:
I don’t believe her, she is just doing it because she will loose a lot of publicity by going against the Latin community.
06.22.2007 | 7:31 pm | Link
Irma wrote:
She doesn’t want to be latin, she just wants the money from the latinos. Let’s face it, we are majority in one continent, she messes with us, she messed her career.
06.22.2007 | 10:31 pm | Link
MexicanBOY wrote:
I don’t believe her!…
Es mas falsa que una moneda de 3 pesos… ademas su comentario super fuera de lugar y forzado…
equis… no me importa mas…
06.22.2007 | 11:07 pm | Link
Monica wrote:
I understand her!!! I am a Latina and i speak spanish and i am very proud of where my parents are from…just like she said she is proud of her last name! If she would have come out saying she is proud of being latina she would have got laughed at because she does not know spanish…Leave her alone she is an American raised to be only an american, how can she feel like a latina when all her life she grew up only being told your an American and thats it…I am a proud American just like her…
06.23.2007 | 2:00 am | Link
art wrote:
quien entiende a esta mujer!
06.23.2007 | 3:47 am | Link
jay jay wrote:
I realkly don’t care about her!
She said, she didn’t say, shouldn’t matter, who cares about jessica smith anyway!!! Lol
06.23.2007 | 10:04 am | Link
jay jay wrote:
I realkly don’t care about her!
She said, she didn’t say, shouldn’t matter, who cares about jessica nicole smith anyway!!! Lol
06.23.2007 | 10:05 am | Link
Who? wrote:
SHE JUST WANTS TO SAY SHE DIN;T SAY THAT SO MEXICAN AUDIENCES WATCH HER MOVIES.!
06.23.2007 | 1:02 pm | Link
joana wrote:
Yo soy nacida en Ecuador, pero mis abuelitos eran Italianos. A pesar de ello, fui educada como Ecuatoriana y creci amando mi cultura latina, sinembargo me nacio a mi misma autoeducarme en mi cultura Italiana, incluso me fui a vivir un ano a Italia , donde tuve que aprender varias cosas que me sirvieron para darme cuenta quien soy.
NO es jutificacion decir: “Yo naci en America y como en mi casa nadie me inculco mi cultura latina, soy solo americana porque como ejemplo estoy yo misma, que sali a buscar mis raices yo sola a pesar de ser la ultima generacion de mi familia y viviendo en un continente tan lejos.
Cuando uno quiere aprender y conocer realmente algo lo busca, lo consigue. Asi que NO me parece que esta tipa diga que no es latina porque crecio aqui en America y justifique su comportameinto diciendo que es tercera generacion, porque ese tipo de explicaciones son para ninos de kinder, insultan mi inteligencia y me producen indignacion.
06.23.2007 | 1:39 pm | Link
Pedro wrote:
el daño es hecho ya no hay nada ella puede decir o hacer lo que la puede redimirse. ¡otro AB!
¿ella es noticias de ayer ahora …. podemos circular a latinos quiénes realmente se preocupan a quién ellos son y de dónde ellos vinieron?
06.23.2007 | 3:59 pm | Link
Nombre wrote:
Not even this damage control statement can save her from the Latin public opinion.
Her Grandma should pull her and her PR by the ear.
06.23.2007 | 11:34 pm | Link
Lola wrote:
Yeah. Like Dancing, singing and playing the guitar are exclusive latin things. Talk about stereotypes.
06.24.2007 | 3:42 am | Link
Gaby wrote:
Lo unico que ha demostrado es que es ignorante, si no sabe español, es porque no le ha dado la gana aprenderlo. La industria es quien le ha colgado el cartel de latina, efectivamente a Cameron Diaz no la catalogan como latina, sin embargo aparece en esta pagina por serlo. No somos idiotas y ahora ella se ha dado cuenta. No se si es demasiado tarde, porque los latinos “semos” nobles y siempre perdonamos.
06.25.2007 | 3:21 am | Link
ALejandra wrote:
i think, she still should be banned, and u diana, stop talking shit about A.B.
06.25.2007 | 1:55 pm | Link
ALejandra wrote:
i think, she still should be banned, and u diana, stop talking shit about A.B. HATER
06.25.2007 | 1:55 pm | Link
ALejandra wrote:
i think, she still should be banned, and u diana, stop talking shit about A.B. HATER
06.25.2007 | 1:55 pm | Link
LILA wrote:
DAMAGE IS DONE NO FORGIVENESS FOR THIS BITCH THAT PUT OUR PEOPLE DOWN. I WILL NEVER LIKE HERE. BAN HER FROM ALL LATIN FUNCTIONS, MAGAZINES, AND THIS SITE.
06.26.2007 | 11:18 am | Link
pink wrote:
this is just DAMAGE CONTROL!! I thought this site was supposed to banned Jessica ALba, what are we supposed to banned this site for still supporting Jessica. She made herself very clear that she is not LATIN therefore we LATINOS should no support none of her stuff.
06.30.2007 | 9:06 pm | Link
T wrote:
UM, Jessica, is so ignorant it makes me sad. She simply doesnt want to be associated with mexicans because she agrees with the stereotypes red necks put out. “all mexicans are poor, dark, gardners” shes obviously never been to mexico, and her family is probably one to be ashamed of too. Her grandpa was probably a nieve seller in east los. she looks like a chola with money, she needs to relax. i am half mexican and made an effort to learn about my culture, i am proud, because i know there is nothing wrong with being from mexico, she just thinks that way because shes a lowwwww class and new rich. jesus, i know full mexicans that look whiter than her “french dutch” side of the family. she looks like a total cholita, imagine her with those ghetto jeans and lip liner and crunchy curly hair, totally east los.
07.02.2007 | 5:47 pm | Link
mari wrote:
T said it best.
and “cholita with money”? best description of her ever!
07.03.2007 | 1:14 pm | Link
DYC ardilla fan wrote:
She is still an ASSHOLE FAKE ASS BITCH and i think she slept with hollywood directors in order to be in their movies because she doesn’t know how to act at all BITCH for me good deny that youre a latina NOBODY NEEDS YOU IN OUR LATIN WORLD YOU REPRESENT THE WORST OF US LATINOS!
07.28.2007 | 2:02 pm | Link
britania wrote:
she’s a liar, she thinks that just because she says something like that to cover up what she’s said it makes it go away. clearly she said that her grandparents didnt want their children to be different, that to call her a latina would be “insincere” and that she was raised american and thats what she is. she talks rubbish. i agree with previous comments, the damage is done. and she is nothing but a fake who thinks her looks can save her from her self-hating racism.
10.01.2007 | 9:39 pm | Link
Latina&Proud wrote:
you know what people are always saying stop racisim well if you get mad at someone because the won’t say they are latina and proud every five minutes of their life that only makes you racist. i mean when i read what ya’ll had wrote that had she said what i got out of it was that she never singles out any minority and accepted all people and that she never saw color as an issue ….HELLO she is american so am i i am proud of my hispanic heritage and i wouldn’t have it any other way and she does bring up a good point cameron diaz isn’t considered latina…why…because he has real light skin, blue eyes and blonde hair….ok duce
12.07.2007 | 8:15 pm | Link
Goldie wrote:
Check Jessica Alba out on Thursday Jan 29 on the new late night show Mas Vale Tarde on Telemundo… 11:30PM/10:30 C…
01.29.2008 | 9:29 pm | Link
Jessica Alba, Latina? « Mioliz’s Weblog wrote:
[…] “It was all gossip. If there is something that I’ve never been ashamed of, it is my latin roots. I was raised under Latin influences. At home, my grandfather plays the guitar and my grandmother sings and dances, I couldn’t deny my roots because the first one to kill me would me my grandmother.” […]
02.22.2008 | 3:15 pm | Link
Tae wrote:
She’s not even a full blood Latina. 50 Percent doesn’t constitute 100 percent. Therefore she has no right to even claim a specific race. She’s just a mutt. Unfortunately there are people out there who want her to live up to their expectations. If your proud to be what you are, then so be it. But you can’t force another person to be proud of what their not 100 percent sure of. It is what it is, and aside from all the fuss and complaints, Jessica Alba is hard working woman. I’m sure she has far more things to be elated about than her skin color, or her for lack of a better term..Roots!
03.26.2008 | 1:17 am | Link
Berta wrote:
Too little too late. I do not believe her. You do not have to speak Spanish to be a latina. I can understand that many latinos in the US do not speak Spanish. That does not make them Anglos.
This is the common case of shooting yourself in the toe Does she not realize how many latinos go to the movies in the US. I will make sure to see her next movie - NOT.
04.16.2008 | 10:58 pm | Link
ssydsyd wrote:
EEVERYONE CAN GO CLIMB UNDER A ROCK!
YOYou don’t know what its liked being mixed raced, i’m biracial just like Jessica, and ya’ll don’t understand. You take her remarks about her not wanting to be categorized as a “Latina actress” well I don’t blame her. Us biracial people feel that we have our own “Identity” and that we shouldn’t lean towards one race. What if she did say she was FULL latina, then the gossip would be “why is she claiming to be full and not half” . We need more biracial celebrities like her who correct people when they try to categorize you towards one of your ethnicities. I get sick and tired of biracial celebrities not flaunting their MULTI heritage, but instead conforming to what “SOCIETY LABELS THEM”.
DON’T BASH HER BECAUSE SHE WANTS PEOPLE TO KNOW THAT SHE JUST NOT ONLY LATINA BUT OTHER ETHNICITIES TOO.
She an inspiration to all HALF latino people out there, because she inspires us to be proud to be mixed and to not let society tell you which part of your heritage you should fit into. But instead find your own personal identity and be PROUD!!!!!
hOW BOUT YOU LIVE A DAY IN OUR SHOES AND SEE HOW TOUGH IT IS.
sINCERELY, una jessica supporter :]
04.19.2008 | 12:45 am | Link
Mioliz | Jessica Alba goes Latina? wrote:
[…] “It was all gossip. If there is something that I’ve never been ashamed of, it is my latin roots. I was raised under Latin influences. At home, my grandfather plays the guitar and my grandmother sings and dances, I couldn’t deny my roots because the first one to kill me would me my grandmother.” […]
04.22.2008 | 2:35 pm | Link
Bianca wrote:
I’m bi-racial, Puerto rican by my moms and scotch/english by my pops. My mother raised my sister and I with her family. when people ask me what’s my culture I tell them i’m biracial, however I feel more Latina than anything else. I speak the language and am surrounded by the music and culture. I don’t think it’s wrong if I just consider myself Latina. Look at Alicia Keys, Lenny Kravitz, Bob Marley. All half white and considered just black. It depends on your environment and who you think you are as a person. Who you choose to represent yourself as a person should be up to you.
07.03.2008 | 4:30 pm | Link
mimi wrote:
well lets be real here. Jessica does not emphasize on her spanish back round. she is only half maybe that’s why. Learn from Jennifer Lopez, she is proud in every way and she shows it 100%. that what you call being proud. Even Carmeron Diaz does not show it either.
If Jessica starts now it’s better later than never!
08.21.2008 | 10:09 am | Link
mimi wrote:
this is mimi again. I am puerto rican which means that I have taino indian,african and white(spain) in me. I look alittle like Hallie Berry in terms of skin color,hair texture and face feature. My husband is indian guyanese and we have two handsome boys. they are very proud to be mixed. being mixed I find very interesting because it make people curious. ” I wonder what he or she is um” also children that are mixed come out so beautiful.
08.21.2008 | 10:18 am | Link