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hunter

(40,394 posts)
13. 80% of my neighbors are "Hispanic" and half of them speak Spanish at home.
Wed Mar 5, 2025, 12:53 PM
Mar 2025

I'm a minority white guy, even in my own home.

I grew up in a community that was 99% white and there is no way in hell I'd ever go back to a place like that. I haven't lived in a majority white community for 40+ years.

It's all so senseless. My wild west white grandpa had a fit when my wife and I announced our engagement. In his family men didn't marry "Mexican girls," as he called her. He boycotted our wedding. To his credit he got over it, but maybe that's because my wife was better at math than he was, and probably smarter too, which is saying a lot because he was an aerospace engineer who worked on the Apollo Project and a pretty good writer too.




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ICE raided a house on my street... [View all] ExciteBike66 Mar 2025 OP
I hope the house is owned by MAGAts Demobrat Mar 2025 #1
And they don't get paid as much as those who sit behind a desk Walleye Mar 2025 #2
First those workers will NOT be ok dwayneb Mar 2025 #14
True around here too Sucha NastyWoman Mar 2025 #25
You should watch the movie " A Day Without Mexicans"; it shows how essential Mexicans tblue37 Mar 2025 #21
The hate in this country has manifested and metastasized with this abomination of an administration. Initech Mar 2025 #3
I wonder if one of the neighbors called ICE Demobrat Mar 2025 #5
I'd bet good money on it. Initech Mar 2025 #8
Almost all disaster remediation is immigrant labor jmbar2 Mar 2025 #4
"It's idiotic to arrest them" - yes that's the point dwayneb Mar 2025 #15
Great job, Comrade Krasnov. Ocelot II Mar 2025 #6
My hispanic neighbors have disappeared. milestogo Mar 2025 #7
80% of my neighbors are "Hispanic" and half of them speak Spanish at home. hunter Mar 2025 #13
It's got to be horrible living in fear all the time while you're trying to just survive TommieMommy Mar 2025 #9
I think the idea of families being separated is terrifying milestogo Mar 2025 #10
And all they want to do is work and survive. Demobrat Mar 2025 #11
I've actually heard the same thing from non-white men. milestogo Mar 2025 #12
With very good reason Demobrat Mar 2025 #19
Pawns in their game dwayneb Mar 2025 #16
It sure is. OldBaldy1701E Mar 2025 #22
I'm so glad you found someone special. I worry about my granddaughter and nephew who are gay. TommieMommy Mar 2025 #27
I think a lot of us non-Hispanic people are going to feel that way soon, too biophile Mar 2025 #26
This is exactly what happened right next door home Javaman Mar 2025 #17
I now carry my Passport Card with my Drivers License. n/t aggiesal Mar 2025 #18
This happened in my area mgardener Mar 2025 #20
That is a very informative article. LeftInTX Mar 2025 #23
Was Musk there to show his navel and give them a special salute? Ping Tung Mar 2025 #24
Solution.... hire the republicans who lost their jobs to these undocs. Norrrm Mar 2025 #28
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