EPISODE · Apr 23, 2026 · 36 MIN
Ep. 29: You don't speak Spanish... So what are you? With Michelle Sanches
from Fluent AF · host Priscilla Tovar
You Don't speak Spanish... So what are you?This week on Fluent AF, we say the quiet part out loud.Who gets to belong?Michelle grew up with a white mom and a multiracial dad. No spanish. No bilingual household. Still deeply connected to her culture.We talk identity, colorism, code-switching, and what it feels like to be questioned in spaces that expect you to prove who you are.Because fluency isn't the same as authenticity.And culture doesn't live in language alone.
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You Don't speak Spanish... So what are you?This week on Fluent AF, we say the quiet part out loud.Who gets to belong?Michelle grew up with a white mom and a multiracial dad. No spanish. No bilingual household. Still deeply connected to her culture.We talk identity, colorism, code-switching, and what it feels like to be questioned in spaces that expect you to prove who you are.Because fluency isn't the same as authenticity.And culture doesn't live in language alone.
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