Buzzfeed: Entertainment or Selling an Argument?

If Latinos Said the Stuff White People Say

This video is combatting the stereotypes Latinos/Latinas face everyday. The main argument is being expressed by switching the roles of the privileged one in conversation. Normally white people would be the ones asking these questions, as a Latina woman whom use to live in California, I have been asked all of these questions at some point in my life. Anyway,  reversing the roles actually shows how dumb and inappropriate these statements/questions are. All of the stereotypes being discussed in the video aren't actually all true for ALL Latinos/Latinas. That is why it is offensive when people actually say these statements. The offensiveness is depicted in the facial expressions of the people being told the statements and asked the questions. The message is being transmitted through satirical and light hearted techniques, but once you actually stop and think about what is being said, you realize that the bottom line is that stereotypes are dumb and inappropriate no matter what the race they are being geared to.

The video itself, as I said before, has a sort of light heartedness theme going on; a comical one as well. This makes the viewer want to watch it. Buzzfeed tends to do this with all of it's videos. They are a primarily liberal/democratic YouTube Channel and it is very clear that they want this video to combat racial stereotypes. The music in the background actually is a very strong technique that they use often; it keeps you hooked on watching. Also along with the music, the places where the conversations are being taken place keeps you hooked on watching. Rather than having the conversations being done in one room, the switch the scenery keeping the video still interesting until the end.