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Originally Posted by Elephant Walk
From what I have come to understand of my workforce, their issue is not skin-color but the language barrier. Thus the issue between them and someone who is Anglo or Teutonic, is Spanish. El Hefe who is hispanic but does not speak a word of Spanish is still called white.
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Language can definitely be a barrier. However, language is not the only barrier in a larger sense, even if you don't notice that in your specific workforce. Evidence of this in a larger sense can be found when examining "white Hispanics" who are able to physically, politically, and economically assimilate into whiteness (and the white diaspora). The language barrier is buffered as a result.
Similar to Noel Ignatiev's
How the Irish Became White is "how the 'white Hispanics' became/become white."
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Originally Posted by Elephant Walk
What I do love of hispanic culture is the mom's willingness to hook you up with their daughters. I told one mom that I was going to Puerto Vallarta in a couple weeks...she is wanting her daughter in Mexico to meet me there. I wish all cultures/ethnicities would embrace this.
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That only applies to those particular mothers' willingness to hook their daughters up. Don't stereotype.