Makes you wonder why you should do it legally!
Mar 6th 2009, 7:32 pm
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Re: Makes you wonder why you should do it legally!
It used to be racial profiling of blacks but not it's more and more Hispanic. 20% of all school children in the U.S. are Hispanic and 25% of all kindergardeners are Hispanic....us whities will soon be the minority.
In fact, my niece & nephew's half-brother is Hispanic ....the child of an illegal dad and USC mom.
In fact, my niece & nephew's half-brother is Hispanic ....the child of an illegal dad and USC mom.
There's been plenty of Fernandezes, Hernandezes etc who look, walk and talk just like the Kotowicz's of Chicago and have been here just as long; if they put a halt to illegal immigration and let everyone settle then in 50 years the last names will be all that's left... and maybe some of the food!
Mar 6th 2009, 7:54 pm
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Re: Makes you wonder why you should do it legally!
That always struck me as weird, some of the 'whitest' people I have seen on TV was in Mexico.
Hispanic - Hispania - Portugal and Spain.
Yet to meet any Spanish people over here, must be a bit weird for them.
Hispanic - Hispania - Portugal and Spain.
Yet to meet any Spanish people over here, must be a bit weird for them.
Mar 6th 2009, 8:20 pm
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Mar 6th 2009, 11:04 pm
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Mar 6th 2009, 11:11 pm
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Re: Makes you wonder why you should do it legally!
The Spanish I've met here don't relate at all with Mexicans.
Mar 6th 2009, 11:38 pm
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I guess its sort of similar to the yanks thinking Welsh etc are English. Do they just nod and accept it with a few mumblings?
Mar 7th 2009, 1:03 am
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Re: Makes you wonder why you should do it legally!
Not many Spanish are confused for Mexican, that I've seen. Same with S Americans with little/no Mestizo blood.
But I haven't really spoken with anyone about that in a long time. It would be interesting to get some current opinions on it.
Mar 7th 2009, 1:30 am
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"We leave you here for a few hundred years and look what you've managed to **** up!"
Mar 7th 2009, 1:51 am
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Re: Makes you wonder why you should do it legally!
It's the same still... people of "pure" Spanish descent do NOT want to be called "Mexican" - even if they are from Mexico! There is a large emphasis on skin tone; the fairer, the better. Being tall, fine boned, blue/green eyed, and having light hair are also prized characteristics. Same goes for people from the other Latin American countries; the more European traits they show, the higher their status.
Mar 7th 2009, 1:54 am
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Re: Makes you wonder why you should do it legally!
It's the same still... people of "pure" Spanish descent do NOT want to be called "Mexican" - even if they are from Mexico! There is a large emphasis on skin tone; the fairer, the better. Being tall, fine boned, blue/green eyed, and having light hair are also prized characteristics. Same goes for people from the other Latin American countries; the more European traits they show, the higher their status.
Mar 7th 2009, 2:12 am
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PS Having been to Spain and Mexico I would have trouble teling their TV apart. If my Spanish was better it would be by accent rather than appearance.
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