A Question about Hispanics

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?

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.

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.