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Old 03-02-2010, 12:21 PM
PiKA2001 PiKA2001 is offline
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Originally Posted by Ch2tf View Post
Where did she say that it was just the Mexican-Americans that have seen a commercialization/Americanization/cannibalization of their culture. She was responding to a post where the preservation of latino culture was looked upon favorably and she provided an general example of how it wasn't. You took issue because she used the word "they" and assumed by that she meant white people and she clearly replied that the use of "they" didn't solely represent white folk.
No I took issue because it has happened to ALL cultures here in America, not just the ones THEY consider ethnic. It's not just a black thing or a latino thing, its something that Europeans have faced as well. That needs to be known.
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