Happy Texas Confederate Heroes Day (Jan. 19th) (San Antonio, Anton: landscaping, neighborhood)

[malcorub16]

Originally Posted by Dopo

I guess I just see the World differently .., I don’t count the number of people at the theater that are the same color as the people in the movie I’m watching.

If it were LIVE THEATRE or a LIVE CONCERT then yes I will notice the race/ethnicities/age/gender of the attendees, but not for a movie.

[Dopo]

I guess <KathrynAragon> went around the theater with a flashlight counting people

[KathrynAragon]

Originally Posted by supfromthesite

I would wager the hispanics in Texas look less hispanic on average than hispanics in other states, besides maybe New Mexico.

Why would you wager that?

[KathrynAragon]

Originally Posted by Dopo

I guess I just see the World differently .., I don’t count the number of people at the theater that are the same color as the people in the movie I’m watching.

It was easy for me to notice considering it was on a Monday night during a pandemic and the theater wasn't crowded, as I already stated. Otherwise I don't generally pay attention to it one way or the other.

Also, the lights were on for all the previews so no need for a flashlight. No one came in after the movie started (I did notice that because they would have had to walk in front of me).

[KathrynAragon]

Originally Posted by malcorub16

If it were LIVE THEATRE or a LIVE CONCERT then yes I will notice the race/ethnicities/age/gender of the attendees, but not for a movie.

Sigh. Listen, here's the deal:

I usually don't notice it one way or the other. I go where I like and see whoever I want to see and actually pay very little attention to who is where in ANY venue. But I've explained why I happened to notice it this time.

Get this - I also noticed that most people who go to one of the malls around here are African American and they look to be young, like under 30. I must totally be a racist AND an ageist to notice this!

[KathrynAragon]

Originally Posted by Dopo

I guess I just see the World differently .., I don’t count the number of people at the theater that are the same color as the people in the movie I’m watching.

OK let's be for real here.

If you went to a movie and everyone in the theater was one color, would you notice that? Why or why not?

But I've always been very interested in marketing concepts. For instance, I can generally tell whether or not I'm going to like a particular movie based on the previews shown - which are marketed to a particular demographic group.

I didn't have to "count" anyone anyway - it wasn't a big crowd since it was a rainy Monday evening (repeating myself).

[KathrynAragon]

I am not your enemy - don't make me into one.

[Dopo]

Originally Posted by KathrynAragon

OK let's be for real here.

If you went to a movie and everyone in the theater was one color, would you notice that? Why or why not?

But I've always been very interested in marketing concepts. For instance, I can generally tell whether or not I'm going to like a particular movie based on the previews shown - which are marketed to a particular demographic group.

I didn't have to "count" anyone anyway - it wasn't a big crowd since it was a rainy Monday evening (repeating myself).

I was joking around and messing with you


I don't see the people the way most people do in the US.

I grew up in a latin country where it's common for people to have relatives in all colors.
Here .. my dad's family would be labelled black

at the same time, one of my kids is blonde with blue eyes.


I see skin color the same way I see red or blue shirts. I see it, but I'm not stuck on that.

You ask me how many white/black people were in an event, you might as well ask me how many people had red/blue shirts in that event and I'll give you the same answer.

[KathrynAragon]

Originally Posted by Dopo

I was joking around and messing with you


I don't see the people the way most people do in the US.

I grew up in a latin country where it's common for people to have relatives in all colors.
Here .. my dad's family would be labelled black

at the same time, one of my kids is blonde with blue eyes.


I see skin color the same way I see red or blue shirts. I see it, but I'm not stuck on that.

You ask me how many white/black people were in an event, you might as well ask me how many people had red/blue shirts in that event and I'll give you the same answer.

Ok and thanks for the information.

My immediate family is very, very multicultural, multiracial, etc. For some perspective, only one of my eight grandkids has blue eyes and blonde hair, and she's definitely multiracial (this was sort of a surprise to us but she's gorgeous!). The rest have dark hair and dark eyes. We have African American, white non Hispanic, Hispanic, Asian, you name it - all in my immediate family.

So I don't focus on color generally but like I said, occasionally I will notice it, like I did this past rainy Monday night, in an uncrowded theater.

[ADCS]

Originally Posted by ScoPro

Canadians are correct for not using the “indigenous” misnomer. Are the Canadians playing semantics?

Columbus deserves recognition for opening the Western Hemisphere to European colonization and exploitation. I could care less if some want to celebrate it or not. It should not be a holiday for schools or government entities, but private businesses can choose to do so, IMO.

Confederate statues & memorials belong in museums or private businesses, not in public/government venues. Reconciliation of the past was fine, but to continue to glorify those who fought to preserve an evil institution is bad form. Those who want to honor them can do so without public monuments.

Canadians generally use the term "aboriginal", but you hear "indigenous" a lot. You especially hear it among those who propagate the Turtle Island perspective. "First Nations" is a distinctively official term.

And yeah, having a day that celebrates treason is an absolute embarrassment. But let's also not pretend that the whole purpose for Anglo expansion into Texas wasn't land speculation for the purpose of plantation agriculture, using some kind of bonded labor.