Speakeasy forum: Oh good grief. Must be another slow news day

.....are from Puerto Rico, which means they ARE American.

Remember those idiots in Mississippi who shouted "Where's your green card?" at a Puerto Rican basketball player?

Your "conclusion" is as much stereotypical as it is the product of misinformation.

.....I think you're going to have to try to define "typical American." I have no idea what that means.

Now I have, and I think it's dumb. People from all over the world refer to themselves by their countries of origin. Ask someone of Italian descent and he'll tell you he's Italian. I think holding onto and preserving your heritage is a good thing. Some people refuse to assimilate for religious reasons, but for the most part I think people do try to become part of American culture, while holding onto a healthy portion of their culture of origin.

There is no such thing as a "typical American" and I have no idea what the writer means by that.

Since she's made references to "real Americans," maybe she could explain what that means........though I doubt it.

He was born in Hawaii. Deal with it and move on.

where the US mandated the terms Hispanic and Latino in the 70's. I don't understand that because it immediately labels people even if they are born Americans.

We don't do that over here even though censuses allow residents to state their heritage or country of origin. But even so there are certain sections of the community who insist on calling themselves what they are not. Mainly British whose heritage is Pakistani, whether first, second or 3rd generation, they talk of their Home, Pakistan. It isn't their home, the UK is, and they have never lived in Pakistan and would never want to live there. But they have to go "Home" to renew their ties and get married and so on.

No other section of the community does this, not those whose ancestry is Indian, Chinese, Polish, not even Italians.

It annoys me that those others think this way.

As for Hispanics and Latinos, it's a shame that America labels them in that way.

Mark

Bohemia;

"occupying the western two-thirds of the traditional Czech Lands. It is located in the contemporary Czech Republic with its capital in Prague. In a broader meaning, it often refers to the entire Czech territory, including Moravia and Czech Silesia,[2] especially in historical contexts, such as the Kingdom of Bohemia"

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bohemia

You sure are mixed up!

Mark

you poor old person!

Firstly never let Pete, (MrMacfixit), hear you say Scotch. The Scots are very sensitive to being called by the name of a drink.

But then, if you have Presbyterian background you have a lot to answer for. Northern Ireland was populated by "William of Orange" families who were uprooted from Scotland and 'moved' to the 6 counties of north Ireland, now called Northern Ireland or Ulster to remove Irish Catholics from the land.

Here is a typical Ulster man. The Reverend Ian Paisley, in all his glory;

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8zSWlAHD29M Paisley says Never, 3 times! Loudly (starting at 29 seconds).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AoCU6Clpkxk Paisley denounces the Pope.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LSimlfTQpug - Speaking his hatred against Catholics

Note the pure, sweet, lilting accent.

He was the driving force behind what was euphemistically labelled "The Troubles" from the late 60's until the mid 90's.

I'm so sorry for you!

Mark

I'm a mutt. Eight different nationalities and one of those countries doesn't even exist any more.

Diana