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There's a lot of variation in how hispanics look. It's silly to say that they (as a group) can simply decide to be white if they choose. There is definitely discrimination against hispanics in the US.
There is discrimination against black people in the U.S. (whether they be of African-American, African, Carribean, or Hispanic ancestry).
There may be discrimination against people with indigenous ancestry (i.e., some Mexicans, Central Americans, etc.).
But is there discrimination against Hispanic people without any black or indigenous ancestry/of European ancestry?
"WASP" is meaningless today because there are many Jews and Catholics among wealthy whites. What percentage of the whites in NYC are even "Anglo Saxon"?
I think New York City has a relatively low percentage of Anglo-Saxon whites.
You would find more of them elsewhere in the U.S.
I have a friend (Dominican) who moved into a largely white neighborhood in the Bronx and took her kids to be enrolled in the school, and they didn't believe she lived there. They insisted on a home visit and then still delayed enrolling her kids.
And read the Breitbart comment sections, you'll see plenty of nasty comments about Latinos.
Now I'm not saying that Latinos are extremely oppressed in 2018, but a lot of whites do hold anti-Latino sentiment.
As for your friend, that sucks. I'm surprised because there are enough Latinos in every Bronx neighborhood (including Riverdale and Country Club) for them to not be token level.
"WASP" is meaningless today because there are many Jews and Catholics among wealthy whites. What percentage of the whites in NYC are even "Anglo Saxon"?
A disproportionate amount of them work in Finance. My mentor at the time an Italian person told me like him when he started I need to present myself more WASP in order to fit in and be successful.
Obviously the legacy of jews forming Goldman Sachs and Chinese having community saving bank is not lost on me. In addition, to the Kennedy's families success in finance being rare given they are Irish.
A disproportionate amount of them work in Finance. My mentor at the time an Italian person told me like him when he started I need to present myself more WASP in order to fit in and be successful.
Obviously the legacy of jews forming Goldman Sachs and Chinese having community saving bank is not lost on me. In addition, to the Kennedy's families success in finance being rare given they are Irish.
Are they all transplants or something? I don't think I even know any true WASPs.
I agree, but most Hispanics in the US do not fall into that category.
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