Rosa "Chocolatina" (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} rosie_posie_860) wrote,@ 2006-08-08 17:18:00 |
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Updating here because it needs to be read
I'm really starting to hate people. Yes, I am. It seems today is just bigotry-filled.
http://www.minutemansalsa.com/default.h
"Patriotic salsa" How about this? Stop appropriating Mexican culture in the first place? Don't like Mexicans? Don't eat their food. I don't give a flying fuck where it was made.
http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/180942470
Because, you know, all Mexicans do is party, get pregnant, and join gangs. This lovely movie was brought to you by a bunch of White people:
Directors
Richard Glatzer Director
Wash Westmorland Director
Writers
Richard Glatzer Screenplay
Wash Westmorland Screenplay
I may not be Mexican, but I really do get upset about this stuff because these stereotypes affect all of us Latinos. In fact, to many people in this country, Hispanic = Mexican. Over and over again, I hear people say, "She was speaking Mexican." MEXICAN is not a langauge. Spanish didn't even come from Mexico. Spanish came from SPAIN.
Oh, and my last being Hernandez does not make me a Mexican. Stop calling me one. You can easily ask, "Are you Latino?" Stop using Mexican as a placeholder for Latino/Hispanic. It's not that hard. In face, they all have the same amount of syllables.
Next time you think it's okay to talk about how Mexicans have a lot of kids in front of me, don't be surprised if I don't talk to you ever again. Again, that's a stereotype that is forced on all Latinos.
Oh, and I'm not talking to anyone on my flist. I'm more or less talking to people I know IRL who will never read this.
I wish this was all I had to say. It goes so much deeper than this...
I'm really starting to hate people. Yes, I am. It seems today is just bigotry-filled.
http://www.minutemansalsa.com/default.h
"Patriotic salsa" How about this? Stop appropriating Mexican culture in the first place? Don't like Mexicans? Don't eat their food. I don't give a flying fuck where it was made.
http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/180942470
Because, you know, all Mexicans do is party, get pregnant, and join gangs. This lovely movie was brought to you by a bunch of White people:
Directors
Richard Glatzer Director
Wash Westmorland Director
Writers
Richard Glatzer Screenplay
Wash Westmorland Screenplay
I may not be Mexican, but I really do get upset about this stuff because these stereotypes affect all of us Latinos. In fact, to many people in this country, Hispanic = Mexican. Over and over again, I hear people say, "She was speaking Mexican." MEXICAN is not a langauge. Spanish didn't even come from Mexico. Spanish came from SPAIN.
Oh, and my last being Hernandez does not make me a Mexican. Stop calling me one. You can easily ask, "Are you Latino?" Stop using Mexican as a placeholder for Latino/Hispanic. It's not that hard. In face, they all have the same amount of syllables.
Next time you think it's okay to talk about how Mexicans have a lot of kids in front of me, don't be surprised if I don't talk to you ever again. Again, that's a stereotype that is forced on all Latinos.
Oh, and I'm not talking to anyone on my flist. I'm more or less talking to people I know IRL who will never read this.
I wish this was all I had to say. It goes so much deeper than this...
