{"id":67581,"date":"2022-01-31T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-01-31T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nursingstudybay.com\/2022\/01\/31\/portuguese-and-proud\/"},"modified":"2022-01-31T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2022-01-31T00:00:00","slug":"portuguese-and-proud","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.studyproessays.com\/help\/portuguese-and-proud\/","title":{"rendered":"Portuguese and Proud"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>\u201cSo if you\u2019re Puerto Rican, why do you look so white?\u201d Ryan blurted out.<br \/> \u201cShe\u2019s so not Puerto Rican. Her last name is Russian!\u201d<br \/> My Spanish teacher turned bright red, and all eyes locked on me, waiting for an answer. She started to speak, but I stood up out of my chair, opening my mouth and lineage to a full classroom on my first day. \u201cI\u2019m not Puerto Rican, I\u2019m Portuguese. And I\u2019m not Russian either, I was adopted.\u201d<br \/> Ryan stared at the Spanish book in front of us intently, as if he could somehow read my heritage through its worn, fiesta-themed cover. \u201cOh.\u201d<br \/> I grinned and sank back into my seat. \u201cDon\u2019t worry about it. I couldn\u2019t even spell my last name for six months.\u201d<br \/> I was adopted at twelve by my step-father: a large, Russian man whose last name translates to \u201cbutcher\u201d.<\/p>\n<p> He roamed about the house only at night, like a vampire, speaking in quick, sharp, syllables and phrases. His mannerisms and accent were so mesmerizing to me that I wrote a novel about vampires one year after my adoption. I never knew my biological father, but I idolized my step-father as any child would a parent and referred to him as \u201cdaddy\u201d-with the occasional \u201cCount Dracula\u201d, of course. But why did my mother marry someone named Stanislav after a guy named Pete? <br \/> My curiosity sparked once I realized how little I knew about my biological father. I began to bombard my mother with questions: Was Pete from Portugal? Did he have dark hair and fair skin like me? Did he play guitar? Did he like cold pizza and popcorn, too?<br \/> I never learned very much substantial information about my biological father, but that hasn\u2019t stopped me from exploring my Portuguese heritage. I joined my school\u2019s international club in hopes of learning more about the Portuguese culture, and each fact I ascertained furthered my inquisitiveness. Since Portuguese was not a language offered at my school, I opted for one year of Latin and three of Spanish so that I can survive in Portugal when I visit. I\u2019ve traveled overseas to England, Scotland, and Italy to expand my knowledge of European culture, and I plan on traversing Portugal next to learn about my lineage.<br \/> I haven\u2019t used my heritage to define who I am; rather, I have used it to discover my curiosity and determination when faced with a seemingly dead end. By exploring the Portuguese culture I realized I wasn\u2019t searching to find myself, I was searching in order to create myself. Learning about my Portuguese heritage has helped me to look in a mirror and identify the girl grinning back. I have my father\u2019s obsidian eyes, my mother\u2019s curiosity, and my daddy\u2019s smile-and maybe his maniacal laughter, too.<\/br><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cSo if you\u2019re Puerto Rican, why do you look so white?\u201d Ryan blurted out. \u201cShe\u2019s so not Puerto Rican. 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