There was this guy who posted something on one of my questions reguarding this. I live 5 miles from Mexico and had never heard this term before. When I told my boyfriend what someone else called him because they were correcting me about his race, he (my boyfriend) e-mailed me.
My Question:
Why all the racism?
Before I get started, I want to clear up any racial thoughts that people may have in their heads. On my mother's side, we have black and white. My dad's side we have german and jewish (What a mix!). And I am engaged to a hispanic man. I have no problem with race!
Why is racism still such a part in our society? When crimes are committed in our communities, I find it sad that we have to see if race was a reason or we try to make it appear so.
What hurt the most was seeing my home town (New Orleans) devestated by hurricane Katrina. What hurt even more was all the racial things Nagan said reqarding race in his city. Did he not see that there were blacks, whites, latinos, etc. caught there too?
On Fox the other day, I saw a supremist saying that they need to rid themselves the the white devil.
Don't even get me started on the Gaede twins.
What about people like me that feel no bad feelings towards them? Will I still be in the racist white catagory regardless of my desire to erase racism?
What the guy said:
If you're so against prejudice why do you label all hispanics as "hispanic race" as if the fact that you was born in Latin America makes you non-white, even if you are? Do you think white Latin Americans are second class whites? You boyfriend is not from the "hispanic race", probably he is a mestizo. That's his race.
Here is what my boyfriend (who is hispanic) had to say about this:
Tell them my ancestry is traced to a conquistador who came with Hernando Cortez to Mexico, who conquered the Aztecs, and even to a Colonel in the Mexican Army against the Alamo. I am of Spanish heritage, and tell them the very fact they tried to categorize me without meeting me or knowing me, make them racist. My family was the first in our area with my surname, but don’t put my last name. Tell them Hispanic pretty much covers all those groups anyway, however they assumed they knew my bloodline and assumed they had the right to define who I am. They were obviously mistaken. Post that :E
2007-01-05 01:05:36
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answered by Chick-a-Dee 5
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Mestizo is a term of Spanish origin used to designate people of mixed European and indigenous non-European ancestry. The term has traditionally been applied mostly to those of mixed European and indigenous Amerindian ancestry who inhabit the region spanning the Americas; from the Canadian to Argentina and Chile's.
Mexico (60%) are mestizos
2007-01-05 10:13:17
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answered by dem_dogs 3
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