Although people from Hispanic descent are being represented more than ever before on social media, it isn’t giving them the best look. Like always, the popular app Tiktok has its fair amount of drama going on. Though recently, a large part of that has come from the Hispanic population of influencers.
There is a main group on the app that people talk about the most. They consist of Wendy, Wilito, Juju, Mary, Kim, Vinny, and a couple of others. People who use the app know how biased and strange people’s opinions can be, especially about specific people and situations. It seems like some days people love these influencers and other days people hate them.
In the last couple of weeks, the popularity of these content creators has gone down due to some of the actions. It seems like people are starting to realize who they really are after a lot of controversies.
In our very own In-N-Out in Huntington Park, Juju was on live (which is how a lot of them gained their fame) when a street vendor came up to her and her friend. She started offering candy, specifically MnMs, when she stated the price of four dollars. Juju made a face at her friend towards the camera and said “Okay Disney.” This angered a lot of her following, especially when the vendor sounded so defeated after.
Juju received a lot of backlash from her followers. Even her own mom went on live and said that Juju needed to be grateful and to always help if you can because you should never think you’re better than someone when one day you can be like them.
Despite all this happening, many have stated their hatred towards Juju before. She went on a podcast with another creator who goes by Itati and explained her story about how she didn’t get to graduate. In the recording she says…
“I didn’t graduate highschool…I’m a super senior.”
Instead of being regretful, she said it in a joking tone and elaborated on how she “played it smart”. According to her, she only went to school fully about three times, and regardless of what her father said, she would still go to school late almost every day.
People, especially those with immigrant parents, were appalled at this because of her lack of sympathy. Many parents came to America for a better future for them and their family yet here Juju is joking about playing school “smart”. She had a lot of her fans due to her having “personality”, yet half of that personality comes from always being invited to parties and heavily drinking.
Another popular content creator, Wendy Ortiz, was also popular for doing lives as well as her group. She has a one-year-old daughter who she had young. Her social media presence is going out and partying, mainly with guys. It is repeatedly this other creator, Wilito.
Wendy has the nickname “Tia Wendy” due to the lack of time and attention she gives to her daughter. Although recently she has started to post more content of her daughter, she still reigns the name due to her lack of parenting skills.
A recent tiktok she made showed her daughter strapped in a car seat looking like it was choking her. Instead of being with her daughter at Disneyland, she left her with her mom and went with Wilito.
Even though she has started to become closer to her daughter, many people hated on her because she gave into the stereotype of Hispanics being “all about men” and partying instead of spending time with her family.
Currently, Wendy and Wilito are no longer speaking due to her finding out he cheated on her with multiple women and even getting with someone with the same name as her daughter.
A follower said, “All they do is talk about how they’re a dumbass that didn’t graduate high school, NEVER talk about…the genocides going on all over the world, can’t donate or raise awareness…, and only ever get involved in some high school type drama” (@llvpe on tiktok).
All these Mexican creators constantly show their lives that only include drinking, not taking care of their family, not being loyal, and many more negative aspects that continue to feed into the “Mexican” stereotype.
Mexicans overtime on social media and in different cultures have been continuously portrayed in this negative look. Although times have changed and there are more movies and representation, these content creators are pushing back everything that Mexicans have worked for.
By Victoria Gonzalez, Culture Editor