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In reply to the discussion: I am Latina but pass as White [View all]Beacool
(30,247 posts)Denying that Hispanics or Latinos (NEVER Spanish, unless born in Spain) could also be Caucasians is a way of making them different from the rest of "us". When I travel I notice how more culturally aware are most people than we are here. In other words, we are one ignorant country and arrogant to boot. We think that were are better than anyone else. That's why it seems to always surprise us when people may not want to emulate our lifestyle. That ignorance has infused our foreign policy. It is quite presumptuous to assume that every nation wants to be another U.S. Remember Cheney's remark that the Iraqis were going to throw flowers in our path, so grateful they would be for our invasion of their country? Well, that didn't go according to plan.....