I was wondering.... people have been saying that Mexicans are all over the place (in the US) but I never really see them influence thier communities.....
Do you think there is Hispanic influences in America?
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 Sep 28 2002, 12:01 pm
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Sep 28 2002, 3:35 pm
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Scoobert
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yes, atlease in north carolina(were i live) my town has only has a few, but i use to live in Charlotte in a trailer park, and it was like 50 % mexican population, but yet only about 15 out of 100 trailers were mexican, tell you something? Oh ya i have a big problim when i pick up a menual to something and there is like 50 thousand languages, nbut thats not just spanish, i still think its stupid to have some many, it just makes it harder to find what i need, i mean english is the number 1 most spoke language, so why should people who speek it have to learn 50 milloin others in school, i for one am not taking spanish, im taking german(we have to take 2 classes of one language, but we have a nice choise(spanish, jap., german, that one dead language that science uses(for some release i can remember), and a few others. I think mexico needs to find something that they can make money off of and get there economy up. That way every child would go to school and learn english. It would make american-mexican relations better.
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Sariat wrote:
Do you think there is Hispanic influences in America? What kind of Influencing. NOTE to anyone who has seen me before: I am not Hispanic so stop calling me Mexican I prefer to be called Charles or Kirby | |
Do you think there is Hispanic influences in America? Definitely. As far as affecting day-to-day life, I think it's strongest in the states where Hispanic immigration is most common (such as the border with Mexico), but lots of Hispanic culture has made its way into the American cultural lexicon (albeit often watered-down versions of it). There is one Hispanic influence that hasn't spread to Ohio yet, and I hope it does -- it's a sweet milk-like drink made from rice. I had some when I visited a friend in Tucson a few years ago, but I've never seen it anywhere else. Best of all, there will be a Latin radio station in Grand Theft Auto: Vice City! (Vice City is a thinly-veiled homage to 1980's Miami.) | |
Theres too many mexicans our here who cant even speak english OR even try to. In class, they sit there talking in spanish and then the only words the yknow is Yea, Hi, Bye, Ok, and a grunt. Thats a damn shame. On the other hand, we have Polish and Russian exchange students who are cool. When me and some friends walk to 7-11 for a slurpee,I always see some mexicans sitting at there door not saying anything. Once walk by, they start talking. I know some spanish so I heard "Culo"(ass) and "binche momoan" or something like that.
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Branks wrote:
Once walk by, they start talking. I know some spanish so I heard "Culo"(ass) and "binche momoan" or something like that. LOL. | |
well we have a german foren exchange student and he speaks perfict english, but he trys to tell the teachers he doesnt, but half the mexicans can only speak basic english, not enough to get by in my book.
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I think there is a strong influence all over the world in regards to hispanics. I mean, look at flies and bees, and even carrot-top.. they are all equally obnoxious and reckless ...
A common trait amongst Hispanic people. But there are many stereo-types of different cultures all over. Canadians say Eh Americans love war Hippies Hug trees and smoke pot Hispanics are annoying If it werent for these differences wed all be mindless drones without individuality.. Its stereotyping people that forces us to change our habits to make stereo-types lies and better ourselves and the community around us in the process. But at the same time its important not to hate because of stereotypes. | |
If you werent for you people we wouldnt have to try and sort through 15 different languages on a sign that simply says slippery when wet.
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Sariat wrote:
I was wondering.... people have been saying that Mexicans are all over the place (in the US) but I never really see them influence thier communities..... In California, the Republicans have almost permanently lost any influence on state politics (there are almost no Republicans in state-wide office) in large part because former Republican governer Pete Wilson vigorously pursued the anti-immigration bill, 187, which caused Hispanics (a frequently politically conservative group) to switch to Democrats en masse and never go back. The 187 fight not only switched Hispanics, but it caused many of them to vote when they didn't used to. They came to realize that they had a stake in local politics, and should make their voices heard. | |
Gughunter wrote:
There is one Hispanic influence that hasn't spread to Ohio yet, and I hope it does -- it's a sweet milk-like drink made from rice. I had some when I visited a friend in Tucson a few years ago, but I've never seen it anywhere else. Horchata. Available all over in California! | |
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I'm sure there are plenty of Hispanic influences in this country, both good and bad...
Just as there are influences from every ethnicity that is represented in our population... However, in my little corner of the nation, the prevailing stereotype of Hispanics is the migrant farmworker type... And working in a Wal*Mart that is frequented by many of these, this stereotype is only reinforced in my mind... It's a rather common sight to see a van parked outside near the payphone with a large group of Hispanics waiting to use the phone... And I get tons of them back in my Sporting Goods department buying fishing equipment... And whether it's right or not, they're usually watched very closely by store security (what there is of it, anyways)... It's not that I cast all Hispanics in this light, but the majority of them in my area fit this description... | |
All they do is mug at you and talk smack in spanish...
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If you werent for you people we wouldnt have to try and sort through 15 different languages on a sign that simply says slippery when wet. Really? You have to look at each individual language to figure out which is yours? I just head straight for the English one. Maybe it's the fact that I'm statistically unlikely to have a genetic legacy, but I don't get this "replacement" fear that prompts xenophobia at all. If in a few generations, everyone speaks Spanish and the majority of the population has slightly darker skin, what will that matter? People have to speak some language. People have to have skin. Sure, our children might suffer deprivation and discrimination if they're not a member of the "dominant" group... but that's always a risk, as long as we have a dominant group. The only way we can assure our descendants of having privelige and protection is to make sure that our society extends equal access to privelige and protection to all. | |
Lesbian Assassin wrote:
Maybe it's the fact that I'm statistically unlikely to have a genetic legacy, but I don't get this "replacement" fear that prompts xenophobia at all. I don't believe in doing acrobatics to provide evolutionary explanations for everything (evolution is at the root of our development, but sometimes things "just happen" and don't have a perceptible advantage or disadvantage, so people who say things like "Maybe there are red-headed people because it helped them blend into the campfire!" are kinda being silly)...but this is a good candidate for such an explanation. Xenophobia could be the indirect result of the pretty overwhelming compulsion to perpetuate your genes. A person tends to be protective of a relative proportional to the percentage of genes they share with that relative. They could then be protective of a larger group based on the idea that they share more genes with that group than with another. Or perhaps not...this stuff gets complicated. | |
Oh, I don't think I was suggesting it's evolutionary... I meant more intellectually, the knowledge I'm not going to pass on my genes (there's a medical reason for this) gives me a little objectivity.
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Sariat wrote:
Do you think there is Hispanic influences in Alas no, i would say the only influence we get are these annoyng tacky buy mexican food adverts other then that we only have the good old "Flees to mexico" routine Maz | |