Latino grandparents and parents carried unspoken pain from discrimination and poverty, passing it down as criticism instead of encouragement. The result: communities that doubt each other's success and bond through gossip rather than lifting each other up, keeping everyone stuck despite working hard.
This is part 2 of part 3 series, and this is where it gets personal. Now, our grandparents and parents went through a lot— long hours, hard labor, discrimination, financial stress. But here's the thing: they didn't always have the space to talk about it or heal from it. So what happens to unspoken pain? Well, it gets passed down. Sometimes that's criticism instead of encouragement. Sometimes that's silence instead of guidance. Sometimes it's gossip because that became a way to connect. But too often we bond over what's wrong instead of building what's right. And then we see someone succeed, and instead of asking how they do it, we question it, we doubt it, we talk about it. And what that creates is something that keeps us stuck, even when we're working hard. Now follow me for part 3, because this is the part that can change everything.
