tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9188674.post114659099961646613..comments2024-03-27T04:00:02.294-04:00Comments on EditorMom: Racism: Bastante es bastante!Katharine O'Moore-Klopfhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14699159708036532202noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9188674.post-1147439028413278322006-05-12T09:03:00.001-04:002006-05-12T09:03:00.001-04:00Get well soon! :)Get well soon! :)erinberryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14813231433661323654noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9188674.post-1147438999172713872006-05-12T09:03:00.000-04:002006-05-12T09:03:00.000-04:00Oh, the ignorance! That sums it up, that the autho...Oh, the ignorance! That sums it up, that the author of that xenophobic piece didn't even bother to get his/her languages straight! <BR/><BR/>Good for you for responding to your relative. Of course, clearly she didn't comprehend it all all, because she responded back with more nonsense that had nothing to do with what you'd written.erinberryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14813231433661323654noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9188674.post-1146764891284408482006-05-04T13:48:00.000-04:002006-05-04T13:48:00.000-04:00Yes! Thank you, Rebecca. I wish my relative, who h...Yes! Thank you, Rebecca. I wish my relative, who has the same given name that you do, thought like you.Katharine O'Moore-Klopfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14699159708036532202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9188674.post-1146760557169577942006-05-04T12:35:00.000-04:002006-05-04T12:35:00.000-04:00Of course, in Texas the most-widely spoken Europea...Of course, in Texas the most-widely spoken European language before about 1840 was...Spanish! That's because people of European descent living in Texas were...Mexican citizens! And then all these immigrants (some legal, many illegal) came from the United States, speaking English.<BR/><BR/>If you want to get right down to it, the descendants of Tejanos have every historical reason to speak Spanish over English.Rebeccahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08912365375190669226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9188674.post-1146657388182837802006-05-03T07:56:00.000-04:002006-05-03T07:56:00.000-04:00Kathy, it's too bad we can't pick our relatives.No...Kathy, it's too bad we can't pick our relatives.<BR/><BR/>Nomadshan, the boycotter and my relative are the kind of people who think all brown people are from the same place, all black people are from the same place, all Asian people are from the same place, and anybody who's not white must not be an American citizen. And I love San Antonio. I grew up in La Porte, Texas, but my maternal grandparents lived in San Antonio. As a child, I thought it was the most beautiful city in the world. I still love mourning doves because of that city.Katharine O'Moore-Klopfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14699159708036532202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9188674.post-1146625264547747952006-05-02T23:01:00.000-04:002006-05-02T23:01:00.000-04:00I'm glad you said as much as you did, Katharine! ...I'm glad you said as much as you did, Katharine! I think it's interesting that the boycotter thinks all undocumented workers are from Mexico. And since I live in San Antonio, I'll definitely be celebrating Cinco de Mayo!Shannon Morganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07824123805925551656noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9188674.post-1146616097317864492006-05-02T20:28:00.000-04:002006-05-02T20:28:00.000-04:00Well said, Katharine! My mother sent me a cartoon...Well said, Katharine! My mother sent me a cartoon a couple of years ago that showed a "lazy illegal" (dark-skinned, of course) exulting in the welfare check he's supposedly getting for coming to the US. I replied that the cartoon was offensive and inaccurate, and that if she wanted someone to blame, she need look no further than US employers who recruit illegal immigrants.<BR/><BR/>I didn't get an answer.<BR/><BR/>And there's no way I'll boycott all things Mexican on Cinco de Mayo; it's middle daughter's birthday, and she loves that association.Kathyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10651455277401911296noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9188674.post-1146603039607331512006-05-02T16:50:00.000-04:002006-05-02T16:50:00.000-04:00You bet nobody'd mind one bit, MaggiRos, if white ...You bet nobody'd mind one bit, MaggiRos, if white Canadians were coming over the border. The operative word is <I>white</I>.<BR/><BR/>Martha, excellent rejoinder!Katharine O'Moore-Klopfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14699159708036532202noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9188674.post-1146602540344538282006-05-02T16:42:00.000-04:002006-05-02T16:42:00.000-04:00I hope she doesn't plan to eat--not just at restau...I hope she doesn't plan to eat--not just at restaurants, where most of the line cooks and dishwashers etc. are hispanic, but also produce (picked by hispanic field workers); meat, including beef, pork, and poultry (slaughtered and packed by hispanics); or packaged foods (the plant tours I've been on as a food writer almost always feature workers with a complexion far darker than the one I inherited from my northern European ancestors). <BR/><BR/>I'm off to Ellis Island tomorrow with my parents, husband, and son, to celebrate the fact that once upon a time, the tired, the poor, the huddled masses yearning to breathe free--my forebears--could come to the Land of Plenty to make a life for themselves. <BR/><BR/>The irony is rich.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9188674.post-1146602050899655502006-05-02T16:34:00.000-04:002006-05-02T16:34:00.000-04:00You said it! My father's parents came to this coun...You said it! My father's parents came to this country in the early part of the 20th century. Legally, I presume since we don't share a border with Belgium. All day yesterday I kept wondering: how big a deal would this be if it were 11 million Canadians who were slipping over the border and working here illegally?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com