by asilentone 137 Replies latest jw friends
Brokent Promises what you said plus . . .
He asked us for ssssoooo many suggestions on how to do this or that, if he's on the computer to begin with, he should first go to Google or Firefox or the browser of his choice and find the answers for himself, instead of asking us all her to do his "dirty work" for him.
Have to honestly point out though, that he hasn't posted that kind of questions in a few weeks, perhaps he " got the hint" ??
This fellow has a handicap.
Shame on you.
Wait a second, the last I heard deaf folks don't consider deafness to be a handicap.
Deafness is not an excuse for being a boor.
Carry on.
Can Spanish people even count? Like numbers? Hey, do they even have numbers in their language? Oh wait...uno, dos, tres...Guess they do. Never mind. Brain fart. Shoulda googled it first before posting my question. Sorry.
Shirley and Laverite, I will ask ANY question I want as long it does not violate the posting guidelines. I am sure others here have learned something new from my topics. Stop complaining!
Asilentone - you have that right. I've enjoyed many of your posts. Please remember, this is a two-way street. You have the right to ask questions and post. We also have the right to comment (without violating posting guidelines, of course).
I second that laverite ! ! ! !
Why do i think this guy doesn't even know what to do with a woman much less a Latina? Stick with the JWs, they have lower expectations.
no way, Minister Amos, I like variety of sexual positions.
Don't know much about Latin people do you oh prurient ass in the Ivory Tower?
Ummmm... I know a little, dear MA (peace to you!). Let's see... (1) My husband is Mexican/Spanish... through and through... and his birth certificate says "White." As does that of his 6 brothers and sisters. (2) I am the Director of a Fair Housing Program and certified to enforce fair housing cases... which are based on discrimination against "protected classes"... including race, ethnicity, and national origin... and so I have to know the difference between such classes... because I am responsible for compiling the reports to the federal government in relation to such classes. (3) I am a bit bi-lingual. (4) I grew up on the California/Baja border (San Diego).
So, yeah, I'd say I know a little about Latin people. Which, by the way, includes WAY more than the Spanish (it actually encompasses the entire community of Spanish-SPEAKING people, who are not necessarily Spanish...)
Do you really believe the ancestors (and look-alikes) of the Aztecs painted on the walls of the National Palace refer to themselves as "white"?
I do not. And by today's standard, Aztecs, although considered "Latino"... would fall into the "Native" and/or "Indian" category. Which is not "White."
The "Latino" community consists of all those who speak a certain LANGUAGE (i.e., some version/dialect of Spanish). Including some whose race is "White." Not all Latinos are considered "White"; however, SPANISH people are "White," period. In all the world. They are Europeans... all of whom are considered white (unless they are of African or other descent.)
And the thread addressed "Spanish people." Not "Spanish-SPEAKING" people.
Google "La Raza" and start your cultural studies."
Okaaaaaaay...
"In the Spanish language the term La Raza literally means "the race" or generally and symbolically "the people." Its meaning varies amongst various Spanish-speaking peoples. In Spain, "Raza" may denote specifically Spanish and often of a something or someone of an European Christian heritage. In Latin America, depending on the location, it may primarily emphasize Spanish and European heritage, and/or the family... In other Latin American contexts, it is used more expansively to describe the race formed by the fusion of White people, Native American, and African peoples in Latin America. In the United States, "La Raza" is sometimes used to denote people of Chicano and mestizo descent as well as other Latin American mestizos who share Native American heritage. The term is rarely inclusive of entirely European or African descended Hispanic peoples."
Well, alright-y then. Now, how 'bout YOU look up "Race and Ethnicity"? And you CAN spell that, right?
Again, peace to you!
A slave of Christ,
SA
P.S. May I ask what is indicated on your birth certificate, dear BTS (peace to you!)? Just curious...
SA, you made me have to pull a 36 yo certificate of live birth from the file where I keep it.
There is no place for race or ethnicity on it. I would be considered "white." On both sides of my family, I am of relatively recent Spanish ancestry, via Cuba. There was a large wave of Spanish immigration to the island in the late 1800s/ early 1900s.
My wife is of mixed ancestry. She is mostly European (Spanish/Italian), with some African and Native American ancestry.
Her brothers and sisters are all half-siblings. They have a great deal more African/Indian than she does.
Everything you posted above is accurate.
Calling all hispanics "Spanish" makes no sense. It is like calling all English-speaking people, whether American, Canadian, Australian, etc, "English," while also ignoring their ethnicity, which can be from anywhere in the world.
Spanish speaking countries are just as varied, ethnically, as English speaking ones.
When some people in the US think "hispanic" they only think "Mexican." Granted, they make up the majority of hispanics, but not all of them.
"La Raza" by the way, meant absolutely nothing to me. I never heard the term until I made friends with a Mexican coworker in my late teens.
I never liked the term. It feels racialist.
BTS
