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?
the correct insult for a Puerto Rican would be "spic."
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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?
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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.
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All the ways you wish you could be, that's me. I look like you wanna look, I **** like you wanna ****, I am smart, capable, and most importantly, I am free in all the ways that you are not.
people called me John all the time in school. how dare they.
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