4/23/2013 4:03:03 PM

What kinda store is this?

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4/23/2013 4:07:12 PM

Aldis

4/23/2013 4:16:38 PM

yes, tortillas is a hispanic word

4/23/2013 4:19:59 PM

I don't get this thread.

4/23/2013 4:22:22 PM

I don't get it.

4/23/2013 4:22:40 PM

I think its a spain is not mexico thing

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4/23/2013 4:22:57 PM

hickspanic

4/23/2013 4:24:58 PM

yes, tortillas is a hispanic word

4/23/2013 4:26:12 PM

I once got an ear-full from a lady who was complaining that a cop pulled her over and gave her a ticket and checked the Hispanic box when she told him she was Spanish.


"I'm not Hispanic! I'm Spanish! I'm FROM SPAIN!"

I just wanted to scoop her some ice cream so I could go back to doing my homework in the back.

[Edited on April 23, 2013 at 4:30 PM. Reason : not really about anything]

4/23/2013 4:26:28 PM

an hispanic?

[Edited on April 23, 2013 at 4:27 PM. Reason : lol]

4/23/2013 4:27:15 PM

texmex

4/23/2013 4:28:46 PM

what is a benita?

4/23/2013 4:30:53 PM

^^^^It counts as Hispanic on certain forms. I never check it, but it's on there. I think they might be trying to include people who are from Latin America but who insist on identifying themselves as primarily European (Spanish).

4/23/2013 4:33:24 PM

I dare someone to find me someone who is of spanish descent and doesn't identify as a caucasian european

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4/23/2013 4:34:08 PM

yeeeeeeeeeah, not for that lady

4/23/2013 4:42:03 PM

^^Of course. But certain agencies want to count white Peruvians (for example) as Hispanic. But, if those people identify as white, they often won't check Hispanic. So, in order to include those people, the forms end up going so broad that American-born white people of Spanish descent (me, for example) technically count as "Hispanic."

[Edited on April 23, 2013 at 4:44 PM. Reason : ]

4/23/2013 4:44:04 PM

More like: hispainic. Amirite?

4/23/2013 4:46:55 PM

The ethnic food aisle is confusingly labelled. depending on where you shop. I've just never noticed this until recently when I was at Aldis. At my usual grocery market, it's Mexican. The Chinese food aisle also has Indian, Japanese and some Thai. Why not just call it Asian? I've also seen it as Oriental.

4/23/2013 5:05:44 PM

At the HT it's "international"


Although I do think they have a separate Mexican section that sells taco mix and shells.

4/23/2013 5:10:00 PM

Quote :

"Of course. But certain agencies want to count white Peruvians (for example) as Hispanic. But, if those people identify as white, they often won't check Hispanic. So, in order to include those people, the forms end up going so broad that American-born white people of Spanish descent (me, for example) technically count as "Hispanic.""

In some forms I've seen, there is a non-hispanic/Latino or hispanic latino option.

For those biracial people what do you check? One box or 2?

[Edited on April 23, 2013 at 5:27 PM. Reason : /]

4/23/2013 5:26:34 PM

So what's the diff between Hispanic and Latino, in particular?

Seems like brazilians can have such diverse racial backgrounds that American racial terminology is completely meaningless to describe them.

4/23/2013 5:35:56 PM

What about flotillas?

4/23/2013 6:59:38 PM

Quote :

"While the two terms are sometimes used interchangeably, Hispanic is a narrower term which only refers to persons of Spanish-speaking origin or ancestry, while Latino is more frequently used to refer more generally to anyone of Latin American origin or ancestry, including Brazilians.[17][18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25][26] Hispanic thus includes persons from Spain and Spanish-speaking Latin Americans excluding Brazilians (who speak Portuguese) while Latino excludes persons from Spain but includes both Spanish-speaking and Portuguese-speaking Latin Americans. Because Brazil's population of 191,000,000[27] is several times larger than Spain's population of 47,000,000[28] and also because there are more Brazilian Americans (between 360,000[29] and 1,100,000[30][31] as of 2010) than Spanish Americans (about 85,000 as of 2010)[32] in the United States, Latino is a broader term encompassing more people. The choice between the terms Latino and Hispanic among those of Spanish-speaking origin is also associated with location: persons of Spanish-speaking origins residing in the eastern United States tend to prefer the term Hispanic, whereas those in the west tend to prefer Latino.[10]"

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

4/24/2013 12:04:33 AM