| ??? 03/23/08 18:48 Read: times |
#152461 - Whatever Responding to: ???'s previous message |
Richard Erlacher said:
Here in the U.S. we have "African-Americans" who know they're Black, refer to themselves as Black, and are, indeed, Black, yet they take offense at being referred to as such. I call them black. If they don't like it, they can take it up with the political correctness police. But they are what they are and I am what I am. We're all Americans and highlighting our ancestry by putting that in front of "American" just divides us further. So I don't do it. We also have illegal aliens from Mexico who know they're Mexican, refer to themselves as Mexicans, and are not only illegal but certainly are Mexican. Many of them take offense as being referred to as Mexicans. Unfortunately, we non-Hispanics have difficulty distinguishing between Mexicans, Guatemalans, Colombians, ... etc. My wife is Mexican and I know and have known many Mexicans (and others from Latin American countries), most legally here, some illegally--and none of them would be offended by being called by their nationality. They're quite proud of their nationality. I think they would only take offense if you called someone Mexican when they are Colombian, or if you called someone a Mexican because they look Mexican even though their family may have been Americans for several generations. Now my mother, who grew up in Chicago quite some time ago, did tell me that it used to be offensive to call a Mexican a Mexican, but I think that's no longer the case. At least I've never met a Mexican who was offended at being called such. Regards, Craig Steiner |
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