“If you didn’t understand what I just said, you have four months to learn.” That’s how Bad Bunny jokingly closed his Saturday Night Live monologue in October, after delivering a moving message in Spanish that, for millions of Spanish speakers in the United States, needed no translation. Earlier, he called his upcoming Super Bowl performance “an achievement for all of us” in English, then switched to Spanish to thank “all the Latinos and Latinas … who have worked to open doors.” Hearing Bad Bunny name our contributions — our huella — as something no one can erase, I felt a wave of pride. After 14 years living in this country, watching my native language honored there felt like recognition....
