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Old 11-02-2007, 05:17 PM
 
Location: Sunny Phoenix Arizona...wishing for a beach.
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Originally Posted by ArizonaBear View Post
People complain about racism---------what about the 'La Raza' variety? Some of the dark skinned Latinos of Aztec, etc. heritage do not care for 'White' people be them 'Anglo' or Hispanic'.

Racism is not just a 'white' thing.
La Raza is what is says.....racist!

 
Old 11-02-2007, 05:21 PM
 
Location: Sunny Phoenix Arizona...wishing for a beach.
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I must admit, I agree on all counts.
I know I gave her points!
 
Old 11-02-2007, 05:45 PM
 
Location: Mesa, Az
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Let me ask you.....how Americanized are you? Are you one of the Muslims who cover your head and speak a foreign language a public? Or are you like some of the Iranian Americans I know who are very American?

I'm just wondering since I'm a minority myself (Asian American) and I've spent my life in Louisiana and Maryland (which was almost all white until like the past 10 years, at least my part of the state in the suburbs of DC.) My cousins spent years in Boise, Idaho and had no problem. However we were very American, up to my conservative Republican voting and country music listening.

I'm considering settling down in Phoenix after finishing my education, and I am also fascinated by the Midwest. To me, place like Omaha, Des Moines, and Kansas City epitomize the "real America".

In Arizona, is there a difference in how you are accepted depending how you are willing to assimilate and respect American culture?
You will do just fine here:

A former mayor of Mesa; Willie Wong, is of Chinese heritage. He suffered a stroke otherwise Wong would have had a good shot at the governor's mansion.

Brian Ishikawa is of an old Mesa family who have been here for about 100 years-----and, the man is a judge.
 
Old 11-02-2007, 07:38 PM
 
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I must admit, I agree on all counts.
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I know I gave her points!
Thank you both!!
AA
 
Old 11-02-2007, 07:42 PM
 
Location: Sunny Phoenix Arizona...wishing for a beach.
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Thank you both!!
AA
You bet Annie!!! Words of wisdom .................
 
Old 11-02-2007, 08:12 PM
 
Location: usa
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Sounds like reverse racism here. Nice that you could realize that it is what it is and that not everyone of any group is a representative of that group. (And that you are safe now!)
there is no such thing as "reverse racism". think about it.
 
Old 11-02-2007, 08:21 PM
 
Location: usa
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i have never seen so many different peoples of color in positions of power as i have seen here. however, i would strongly have to state that the "racism" is a smokescreen. it's more classism than anything. if you want to avoid trouble, it is better to simply spend a bit more, which means you must earn a bit more. it's also not how you assimilate, it's your values and if you share the same ones with your neighbors or your community. what do you value most? for me, i'd rather have a trader joe's and sprouts than a fry's and payday loans. but you can find a neighborhoood for either choice. just be careful as the new neighborhoods are changing...
 
Old 11-03-2007, 04:25 AM
 
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La Raza is what is says.....racist!
La Raza translates to "the Race". Its actual meaning is pride for the race of the hispanic.
 
Old 11-03-2007, 04:26 AM
 
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there is no such thing as "reverse racism". think about it.
Expand your mind. Not every word must use its literal translation. Reverse meaning the reverse of the past.
 
Old 11-03-2007, 04:29 AM
 
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The White supremacists in Phoenix are mostly Aryan Nation. They are not Southerners and have nothing to do with the KKK. Their group was/is based in Northern Idaho (Couer d' Alene area)
Huh, will look into that.
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