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Uvalde is 78% Hispanic/Latino. (Original Post) milestogo May 2022 OP
? Skittles May 2022 #1
Just info. milestogo May 2022 #3
After Buffalo, and the El Paso Walmart massacre, it's only logical to assume it was a racially sop May 2022 #6
Shooter is Hispanic LeftInTX May 2022 #20
Well there's also this malaise May 2022 #17
Here's the name and he's dead Tickle May 2022 #2
When I heard that they shot the gunman, I assumed he wasn't white. Baitball Blogger May 2022 #4
so did I Tickle May 2022 #5
I'm sure Republicans are offering prayers of thanksgiving... regnaD kciN May 2022 #10
I know Tickle May 2022 #11
+1, uponit7771 May 2022 #24
I looked it up malaise May 2022 #7
What does THAT mean? regnaD kciN May 2022 #9
It actually does have a meaning. maxsolomon May 2022 #13
Ask them - this is what I found malaise May 2022 #14
White is classified as a race, Hispanic is classified as an ethnicity. WhiskeyGrinder May 2022 #16
I don't get it nt Tickle May 2022 #12
lol RandiFan1290 May 2022 #22
Its also 60% republican. Luz May 2022 #8
Yep LeftInTX May 2022 #18
Oh goody. This isn't a white people problem. hunter May 2022 #15
Uvalde is redneck Hispanics. Trump voters. LeftInTX May 2022 #19
Republicans are at fault for Gun violence. No matter where it's at. rockfordfile May 2022 #21
Kick nt XanaDUer2 May 2022 #23

milestogo

(22,490 posts)
3. Just info.
Tue May 24, 2022, 04:30 PM
May 2022

I wonder what the shooter's connection was to this school.

Did he know someone there?

Did he go to school there?

Why target little kids?

sop

(17,338 posts)
6. After Buffalo, and the El Paso Walmart massacre, it's only logical to assume it was a racially
Tue May 24, 2022, 04:39 PM
May 2022

motivated shooting.

malaise

(292,408 posts)
17. Well there's also this
Tue May 24, 2022, 05:04 PM
May 2022

Uvalde, TX | Data USAhttps://datausa.io › profile › geo › uvalde-tx
The 5 largest ethnic groups in Uvalde, TX are White (Hispanic) (78.2%), White (Non-Hispanic) (14%), Other (Hispanic) (4.18%), Asian (Non-Hispanic) (1.37%), .

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He shot and killed his grandmother before he reached the school

 

Tickle

(4,131 posts)
2. Here's the name and he's dead
Tue May 24, 2022, 04:30 PM
May 2022

I apologize if it changes

18-year-old Salvador Ramos

a student at Uvalde High School.
The suspect also allegedly shot his grandmother before entering the school and again opening fire, Abbott said. He did not say anything further about her condition.

Abbott said the shooter had a handgun and also possibly a rifle.

 

Tickle

(4,131 posts)
5. so did I
Tue May 24, 2022, 04:36 PM
May 2022

My brother had called me to talk about it and when he said the shooter was dead I figure he wasn't white. funny how that works.

regnaD kciN

(27,435 posts)
10. I'm sure Republicans are offering prayers of thanksgiving...
Tue May 24, 2022, 04:44 PM
May 2022

…that it turned out it wasn’t a white guy killing Latino children.

maxsolomon

(38,128 posts)
13. It actually does have a meaning.
Tue May 24, 2022, 04:49 PM
May 2022

A person who speaks Spanish or Portuguese descent who doesn't also have Native American (or African) heritage. I've been asked about it after answer "White" on medical forms.

IDK why it was brought up.

malaise

(292,408 posts)
14. Ask them - this is what I found
Tue May 24, 2022, 04:56 PM
May 2022

Uvalde, TX | Data USAhttps://datausa.io › profile › geo › uvalde-tx
The 5 largest ethnic groups in Uvalde, TX are White (Hispanic) (78.2%), White (Non-Hispanic) (14%), Other (Hispanic) (4.18%), Asian (Non-Hispanic) (1.37%), .

WhiskeyGrinder

(26,216 posts)
16. White is classified as a race, Hispanic is classified as an ethnicity.
Tue May 24, 2022, 04:58 PM
May 2022

Race, as a social construct, is malleable.

LeftInTX

(34,013 posts)
19. Uvalde is redneck Hispanics. Trump voters.
Tue May 24, 2022, 05:07 PM
May 2022

They like to hunt over there.
Big game ranches. Stuff like that

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