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Why is it that Puerto Ricans get so offended if someone calls them a Mexican?

Originally posted by Ozone
Why is it that Puerto Ricans get so offended if someone calls them a Mexican?

maybe because there not Mexican?

Originally posted by Ozone
Why is it that Puerto Ricans get so offended if someone calls them a Mexican?

That's a good question.

I used to get offended when people would call me Mexican because I am Italian and proud of it. That was before highschool. Now, I wouldn't be offended to be called Mexican. Hell, my wife is half Mexican. (Her mamma is full blood...born in Mexico.)

So back to the question, why do Puerto Ricans get offended when they are mistook for Mexicans? It isn't a big deal at all.

Ah. Well then I guess the big mystery is, who gathered all those remarkably different cultures together and taught them all how to park their cars on their lawns?

i know people whom get offended when they are offered pepsi instead of coke. People just get offended

Originally posted by Ozone
Why is it that Puerto Ricans get so offended if someone calls them a Mexican? Appearently whoever does thinks its shameful to be a Mexican.

Because they value their own culture and feel it to be insulting that it's grouped in with another, because of some similarities.

the correct insult for a Puerto Rican would be "spic."

Originally posted by Rogue Jedi
the correct insult for a Puerto Rican would be "spic."

Really? Explain that because Carlos Mencia uses that for any Latino.

Originally posted by dadudemon
Really? Explain that because Carlos Mencia uses that for any Latino. it an be used for any hispanic. but you cant very well call a colombian or cuban a mexican, nor a puerto rican, can you?

Originally posted by Rogue Jedi
it an be used for any hispanic. but you cant very well call a colombian or cuban a mexican, nor a puerto rican, can you?

Sooo....how does that explain why you say that Spic is used for Puerto Ricans?

Let me give you an example of what I am looking for:

Cracker is a term used to describe white people because they are slave drivers cracking a whip...hence "cracker".

Do you see what I mean now?


I found what I was looking for. It is a shortened term for the word Hispanic. In the same vein of calling a Japanese person a "Jap". Though they are not really offensive words by their definitions, it is the intention of the use of those words that makes them offensive.

Originally posted by dadudemon
Sooo....how does that explain why you say that Spic is used for Puerto Ricans?

Let me give you an example of what I am looking for:

Cracker is a term used to describe white people because they are slave drivers cracking a whip...hence "cracker".

Do you see what I mean now?


I found what I was looking for. It is a shortened term for the word Hispanic. In the same vein of calling a Japanese person a "Jap". Though they are not really offensive words by their definitions, it is the intention of the use of those words that makes them offensive. well, I am not an expert, I try not to use the words.

I am just going on what I catch here and there.


cracker.

Originally posted by Rogue Jedi
well, I am not an expert, I try not to use the words.

I am just going on what I catch here and there.


cracker.



wait wait wait...I mean..

Originally posted by Ozone
Why is it that Puerto Ricans get so offended if someone calls them a Mexican?

Because Puerto Rico is a completely different country, you moron.

Originally posted by Ozone
Why is it that Puerto Ricans get so offended if someone calls them a Mexican? they dont like eachother verry much

Originally posted by dadudemon
Really? Explain that because Carlos Mencia uses that for any Latino.

Because it is.

Mencia often calls himself Mexican. Reason being: no one cares about Honduras.

so what would be slang for a Honduran?

people called me John all the time in school. how dare they.

I know a chick from Honduras. If you call her a Mexican she'll b!tch slap you.

never call a born and bred Mexican woman a *****. NEVER.

Definetly dont call a colombian girl honduran.. there's really no reason to it besides self-preservation.

Originally posted by Ozone
Why is it that Puerto Ricans get so offended if someone calls them a Mexican?

Originally posted by ragesRemorse
maybe because there not Mexican?

Originally posted by Ozone
Why is it that Puerto Ricans get so offended if someone calls them a Mexican? Go ask them.

That is just how they are when they are called something they aren't. You can call them Dominican and they would be offended anyway.

Don't know why though. I don't like it when people say I look like i'm from this country, or the other. IM PERUVIAN DAMN IT!

But I still wonder why I get upset.

Originally posted by JacopeX
Go ask them.

That is just how they are when they are called something they aren't. You can call them Dominican and they would be offended anyway.

Don't know why though. I don't like it when people say I look like i'm from this country, or the other. IM PERUVIAN DAMN IT!

But I still wonder why I get upset.

STFU, you Guatemalan.

I had a Guatemalan tailor, once. He was really good.

Originally posted by Devil King
I had a Guatemalan tailor, once. He was really good.

Did he cup your "boys" when he measured your inseam?

No, but everyone thought it was funny that he pronounced my name daybees

Originally posted by KidRock
Ah. Well then I guess the big mystery is, who gathered all those remarkably different cultures together and taught them all how to park their cars on their lawns?

Good-one oh master of over genralisations. However, it's not without merit. Though, for some reason, or maybe it's just ignorance, you fail to mention that white trash have been doing the same sh*t for just as long.

Originally posted by Creshosk
Appearently whoever does thinks its shameful to be a Mexican.

Or that their proud to be Puerto Rican, and expect people to know the difference.

Originally posted by meep-meep
Or that their proud to be Puerto Rican, and expect people to know the difference.

That they are proud to be Puerto Rican? Well...If I grew a mustache and went tanning, I am very sure people would call me Mexicans/Hispanic despite the fact that I am Italian.

Also, there is this guy that works in the gym where I work out and he is from Mexico. However, he looks just like Saddam Hussein...so, in the same light, I can see a person confusing an Arab person for an Hispanic person...they only way you could know the difference sometimes is to listen to their accent.

What if they don't have an accent?
The best way is always to ask but that isn't always an option.

How do people end up in a situation of calling Hispanics, Mexicans when they should be called Puerto Rican?..and the same goes for all other Latino peoples. Why are people getting stuck in those situations? Use tact. I don't recall ending up in a situation of calling a person by their wrong nationality...it just doesn't happen in conversations I have had.

Originally posted by Rogue Jedi
never call a born and bred Mexican woman a *****. NEVER. That a fact now, issit?

Originally posted by dadudemon
That they are proud to be Puerto Rican? Well...If I grew a mustache and went tanning, I am very sure people would call me Mexicans/Hispanic despite the fact that I am Italian.

Also, there is this guy that works in the gym where I work out and he is from Mexico. However, he looks just like Saddam Hussein...so, in the same light, I can see a person confusing an Arab person for an Hispanic person...they only way you could know the difference sometimes is to listen to their accent.

What if they don't have an accent?
The best way is always to ask but that isn't always an option.

How do people end up in a situation of calling Hispanics, Mexicans when they should be called Puerto Rican?..and the same goes for all other Latino peoples. Why are people getting stuck in those situations? Use tact. I don't recall ending up in a situation of calling a person by their wrong nationality...it just doesn't happen in conversations I have had.

You know what? You have a good point. I should have thought of that before. I have numerous latino friends, and this one guy, sefe, looks like someone from the Middle East but sure enough he's from Mexico.

You got the part about using tact right too. All it takes is a friendly demeanor and a few genuinely inquisitive queestions and I don't think too many people would be upset about a question regarding their culture.

Thanks for poi9nting that out mon.

Originally posted by Rogue Jedi
never call a born and bred Mexican woman a *****. NEVER.

Is your 5 letter word W-H-O-R-E? Because, most women do not like being called that, regardless of being Mexican, or not.

(If not, which word?)

I thought it was b*tch

Originally posted by Devil King
I thought it was b*tch

I see... still stands though, as most women do not like being called "bitches".

Originally posted by Robtard
I see... still stands though, as most women do not like being called "bitches".

They don't like to be call bitches...but they sure act like one....(oohhh no he didn't go there...)

How about you don't pay attention to their culture at all, while talking to them. Treat them as an individual, not an ambassador for a certain culture or country.

Originally posted by chillmeistergen
How about you don't pay attention to their culture at all, while talking to them. Treat them as an individual, not an ambassador for a certain culture or country.

To treat them like an individual would be to recognize their nationality. This may seem crazy but in America, our differences are what make us different...nationality is one of those differences. Some people are proud of where they come from.To overlook their nationality would be rude in some circumstances.

Originally posted by dadudemon
To treat them like an individual would be to recognize their nationality. This may seem crazy but in America, our differences are what make us different...nationality is one of those differences. Some people are proud of where they came from.To overlook their nationality would be rude in some circumstances.

Of course it would, it is rude. But it is just as rude, to assume they are from a certain place. Perhaps the polite thing to do, would be to ask; if you're interested.

Originally posted by chillmeistergen
Perhaps the polite thing to do, would be to ask; if you're interested.

Now why does that sound familiar...hmmm...

Originally posted by Ozone
Why is it that Puerto Ricans get so offended if someone calls them a Mexican?

I'm Salvadoran, and I have to admit I, from time to time, get aggravated when someone calls me Mexican when I tell them I'm Hispanic.

I don't have a problem with Mexicans, hell, my best friend is pure Mexican. The problem I have is how uneducated people are with the Hispanic community. Not everyone that is Hispanic is from Mexico. I just don't understand why some people think Mexico is the only place where people who speak Spanish are from. shrug

Originally posted by SelphieT
I'm Salvadoran, and I have to admit I, from time to time, get aggravated when someone calls me Mexican when I tell them I'm Hispanic.

I don't have a problem with Mexicans, hell, my best friend is pure Mexican. The problem I have is how uneducated people are with the Hispanic community. Not everyone that is Hispanic is from Mexico. I just don't understand why some people think Mexico is the only place where people who speak Spanish are from. shrug


SelphieT, I agree with you, especially since I am also Salvadorean. I do, however, have an issue with being called Mexican. Simply because my friends do it maliciously, they WANT to offend me by calling me Mexican.

Originally posted by SpaceMonkey
SelphieT, I agree with you, especially since I am also Salvadorean. I do, however, have an issue with being called Mexican. Simply because my friends do it maliciously, they WANT to offend me by calling me Mexican.

Are you sure they are your friends?

They're probably just joking, hopefully.

They are... but they're evillllllll!!!!!!!!!!

Originally posted by SpaceMonkey
SelphieT, I agree with you, especially since I am also Salvadorean. I do, however, have an issue with being called Mexican. Simply because my friends do it maliciously, they WANT to offend me by calling me Mexican.

Well...if they are doing it on purpose...then its funny and you got pwnt. After they call you Mexican, they need to finish up the phrase with a nice "suck it" or something.

I can haz cheezburger now?

Originally posted by meep-meep
You got the part about using tact right too. All it takes is a friendly demeanor and a few genuinely inquisitive queestions and I don't think too many people would be upset about a question regarding their culture. True. Another good way to tell the exact nationality of a hispanic is to look at their bookbag and see which flag the baby on the back of it is dressed in.

Originally posted by chillmeistergen
How about you don't pay attention to their culture at all, while talking to them. Treat them as an individual, not an ambassador for a certain culture or country.

Mexicans like having our culture referenced, actually.

Originally posted by Bardock42
That a fact now, issit? that is INDEED a fact. it's a terrible insult to them, probably the worst thing you can call them.

Originally posted by Quiero Mota
Mexicans like having our culture referenced, actually.

I wasn't talking about Mexicans, that's sort of the point.

hey, wetbacks work real good, hey some family values and principles go a long way Its dem damn dirty ******* we have to look out for. with a watermelon smile they will decive you.O'h wait!, here comes the honkeys run run run oh man, dem honkey hicks is hard to beat off, but dis here Bible is gonna banish those white devils back to the pit they came from. HOLY Shit here come the Chinkinese

wait wait what race am I ?

Originally posted by Afro Cheese
True. Another good way to tell the exact nationality of a hispanic is to look at their bookbag and see which flag the baby on the back of it is dressed in.

I don't know about that...

But I have to admit I have been looking for a flag of El Salvador to patch on my messanger bag.

Originally posted by SelphieT
I don't know about that...

But I have to admit I have been looking for a flag of El Salvador to patch on my messanger bag.

http://www.stickergiant.com/page/sg/PROD/southamerica/u8552

For the whopping low price of $2.99 (plus tax and shipping)

Originally posted by ragesRemorse
hey, wetbacks work real good, hey some family values and principles go a long way Its dem damn dirty ******* we have to look out for. with a watermelon smile they will decive you.O'h wait!, here comes the honkeys run run run oh man, dem honkey hicks is hard to beat off, but dis here Bible is gonna banish those white devils back to the pit they came from. HOLY Shit here come the Chinkinese

wait wait what race am I ?

reported.


jk

Originally posted by Quiero Mota
Mexicans like having our culture referenced, actually.

Why?

Originally posted by Devil King
Why?

No shit, what do they have to be proud of anyways? They beat the French, big eff'ing deal.

Originally posted by Robtard
No shit, what do they have to be proud of anyways? They beat the French, big eff'ing deal.

I assume you're talkng about national pride.

But when it comes to culture, we're a proud people. Just like Blacks and Native Americans.

Originally posted by Quiero Mota
I assume you're talkng about national pride.

But when it comes to culture, we're a proud people. Just like Blacks and Native Americans.

Just busting your (Mexican) balls is all.

Good. sombrero2

Originally posted by Quiero Mota
Good. sombrero2

Holy shit... a Mexican smilie, that's a first for me. I've seen the Asian ones. Are there any "black" smilies? The afro one doesn't count, as it's still yellew and not only "blacks" have afros. Could this be what FoTN has been ranting about the whole time.

Originally posted by Adam_PoE
Because Puerto Rico is a completely different country.

Originally posted by Robtard
The afro one doesn't count, as it's still yellew and not only "blacks" have afros.

So? The Mexican smilie is still yellow.

And I would say that the afro one is Black. I mean look at the fro itself...it isn't a Jewfro.

Originally posted by Quiero Mota
So? The Mexican smilie is still yellow.

And I would say that the afro one is Black. I mean look at the fro itself...it isn't a Jewfro.

True... but who else combones a Sanchez-like mustache and a sombero?

Oh no, I've seen some Jews with a fro that put Franklyn Ajaye in Car Wash (1976) to shame.

Originally posted by Robtard
http://www.stickergiant.com/page/sg/PROD/southamerica/u8552

For the whopping low price of $2.99 (plus tax and shipping)

Talk about convenient.

Originally posted by SelphieT
I don't know about that...

But I have to admit I have been looking for a flag of El Salvador to patch on my messanger bag.

Heh, if I see a group of guys walking around wearing those patches on their clothes, I'm not asking them anything...I'm getting the hell out of there.

Too many MS13 showing up where I live lately.

Originally posted by SelphieT
Talk about convenient.

Yeah... but now you're in my debt, you owe me.

Originally posted by Robtard
Yeah... but now you're in my debt, you owe me.

I have no money for you.

Originally posted by MightyEInherjar
Heh, if I see a group of guys walking around wearing those patches on their clothes, I'm not asking them anything...I'm getting the hell out of there.

Too many MS13 showing up where I live lately.

MS13... Yeah, you don't wanna mess with them.

Originally posted by SelphieT
I have no money for you.



Money? Who said anything about money....

Originally posted by Ozone
Why is it that Puerto Ricans get so offended if someone calls them a Mexican? B/c being a Mexican carries with it a whole bunch of Negative Connotations.

Anata wa wakarimasu ka.....

Originally posted by InnerRise
B/c being a Mexican carries with it a whole bunch of Negative Connotations.

Anata wa wakarimasu ka.....

Yeah that's true, unfortunately. We have a lot of expectations to battle both in academia and in the professional world.

"Puerto Ricans are the luckiest Hispanics, you know why? Because they're already American."

-Paul Rodriguez

^And I'm sure that has something to with the thread's opening question.

Originally posted by Robtard
Money? Who said anything about money....

Hispanic luvin? flirt

Originally posted by SelphieT
Hispanic luvin? flirt

Si, por favor.

Originally posted by Ozone
Why is it that Puerto Ricans get so offended if someone calls them a Mexican?



Two Reasons:



1) They assume they are all being categorized as Mexican, and they imagine that the American, or person of another nationality, is clumping all Hispanics together as being from one antagonized nation.


2) However, since Puerto Ricans wouldn't get nearly as offended being mistaken for Colombian, Dominican, or Argentinian, it's more likely for the second reason. Many and most Hispanics are prejudice towards Mexicans, seeing Mexicans as the "lowest" of who they are.

I don't know exactly why, but usually Hispanics who look "whiter" than other Hispanics feel superior. It's because of the American/European standard, Hispanics have adopted it too.