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I just started a new job here in Milwaukee a few weeks ago. One of my coworkers, in the course of a conversation about tacos, referred to some of her family members as Spanish. I asked her if they were from Spain, and she replied "No, they just prefer to be referred to as Spanish rather than Mexican."
She has a German sounding last name. Maybe they’re in-laws or something. I think she’s confused.
I just started a new job here in Milwaukee a few weeks ago. One of my coworkers, in the course of a conversation about tacos, referred to some of her family members as Spanish. I asked her if they were from Spain, and she replied "No, they just prefer to be referred to as Spanish rather than Mexican."
She has a German sounding last name. Maybe they’re in-laws or something. I think she’s confused.
Their ancestry could be Spanish. Or, they just want to be in the 'white' category. Or maybe they are aware of the stigma in the US of being 'Mexican'.
But anyway, 'Mexican' isn't a race or an ethnicity. It's a nationality. If they are US citizens, they are not 'Mexican', they are Americans.
I've never met, or even heard of, a Mexican or Mexican-American who called themselves Spanish (and I'm one of them). But with ICE raids being in the news, maybe they want to be known as Spanish so as distance themselves from Mexico?
That's what I'm sayin! ---to my knowledge, no Mexican or Mexican-American has ever claimed to prefer being called Spanish.
So, she's just making this up. Right?
But why?
Sometimes people just say things, I guess.
My friend, whose parents are from Mexico, also says he is Spanish. He is of Spanish Ancestry, is what he means. Not Spanish Nationality. Like if I say I am Irish, I don't mean I am a citizen of Ireland.
That's what I'm sayin! ---to my knowledge, no Mexican or Mexican-American has ever claimed to prefer being called Spanish.
So, she's just making this up. Right?
But why?
Sometimes people just say things, I guess.
to the bolded: how many have you polled? I gave you several possibilities. My friend is concerned with being WHITE. That is why he likes to say Spanish. And he is of Spanish Ancestry. I gave you other possible reasons as well.
to the bolded: how many have you polled? I gave you several possibilities. My friend is concerned with being WHITE. That is why he likes to say Spanish. And he is of Spanish Ancestry. I gave you other possible reasons as well.
I have talked to literally hundreds of Mexicans and Mexican Americans, many times even in their native tongue, and they are almost universally proud of their Mexican heritage.
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