tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26188478.post2413482562859320425..comments2024-03-28T12:16:12.797-07:00Comments on Inductivist: Hispanics assimilating toward victim classRon Guhnamehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06421460508647618774noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26188478.post-17052263225435799462010-09-11T11:11:44.900-07:002010-09-11T11:11:44.900-07:00White has too many negative connotations for males...White has too many negative connotations for males. If I could get away with it I would call myself Hispanic.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26188478.post-6215214867443988162010-09-11T04:13:28.528-07:002010-09-11T04:13:28.528-07:00I always figured you were white if you were, you k...I always figured you were white if you were, you know, white-skinned...I never took this 'octoroon' stuff too seriously. Maybe I'm not from the South.SFGnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26188478.post-78186706106296404432010-09-11T04:13:14.815-07:002010-09-11T04:13:14.815-07:00I always figured you were white if you were, you k...I always figured you were white if you were, you know, white-skinned...I never took this 'octoroon' stuff too seriously. Maybe I'm not from the South.SFGnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26188478.post-29499670204363921772010-09-09T13:00:59.603-07:002010-09-09T13:00:59.603-07:00We need to ditch any Affirmative-Action-legal-stat...We need to ditch any Affirmative-Action-legal-status for anyone other than black-Americans who were descendants of slaves.<br /><br /><br />They are the only people who suffered systemic discrimination in the past. The Hispanics who migrated here did so out of their own free will and voilition. They shouldn't be getting any "set-asides", "quotas", or "preferences", or advantages in obtaining loans.<br /><br /><br />If they are unhappy here, they have a ethnic homeland to return to. I wish I had the same thing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26188478.post-3592979976087549492010-09-09T04:37:24.654-07:002010-09-09T04:37:24.654-07:00@Peter:
Yes, in American society, if you're n...@Peter:<br /><br />Yes, in American society, if you're not 100% EUROPEAN-type Caucasian (note Arabs and Persians are also a Caucasian people) you're not considered white.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26188478.post-16239762443692409722010-09-08T21:02:12.842-07:002010-09-08T21:02:12.842-07:00Affirmative action is unlikely to be the reason wh...Affirmative action is unlikely to be the reason why fewer Mexican-Americans are claiming to be white. Anyone of Hispanic origin is eligible for affirmative action benefits regardless of what race he or she claims to be.<br /><br /><i> There could be some truth to the claim that America has a narrower definition of white than in Latin America</i><br /><br /><b>Could</b> be <b>some</b> truth??? America has by far the narrowest definition of "white" in the entire world. <br /><br />PeterAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-26188478.post-55055106210807753532010-09-08T15:30:33.595-07:002010-09-08T15:30:33.595-07:00I would think that the Hispanics in the U.S. in th...I would think that the Hispanics in the U.S. in the 1970's <i>were</i> much whiter on average than the ones who have immigrated here since.Jokah Macphersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04185675633464395897noreply@blogger.com