tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18999880.post4545817563306887734..comments2023-10-05T09:10:28.132-06:00Comments on Ready For my Closeup Mr Demille: So, how well do you know yourself?Emhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09174424401721373062noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18999880.post-35057970586108374332007-02-06T20:26:00.000-07:002007-02-06T20:26:00.000-07:00That's something to consider, Em. I'm glad you po...That's something to consider, Em. I'm glad you posted your thoughts.<br /><br />Thanks, Nes. I'd always wondered if there was a difference between the two. We don't live by many Hispanics, but more than half of dh's class is Asian. Once when we were hanging out with one of his friends from school and his girlfriend (both Asian), they said a similar thing about being called Oriental instead of Asian. I thought that was interesting cuz my Dad served a mission in Japan over 20 years ago and I guess back then that was the term used, but now it's considered somewhat derogatory so they both prefer "Asian." I don't know if that's universal, but it seems to be a consensus among everyone we know here.hairyshoefairyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14939329143107250948noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18999880.post-44610020200738050542007-02-06T09:22:00.000-07:002007-02-06T09:22:00.000-07:00Wow. Thanks for sharing. Nestle- you too. Wow. ugh...Wow. Thanks for sharing. Nestle- you too. Wow. ugh.tracy mhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16313601170309116837noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18999880.post-10965331716029422682007-02-06T04:11:00.000-07:002007-02-06T04:11:00.000-07:00It was interesting and enlightening to read your p...It was interesting and enlightening to read your post. Recently we had dinner with some friends. While at dinner the subject of lower income housing came up. Both of our families are in medical school so we are both very concerned about pricing and cost of living here. Anyway the other girl mentioned how she was glad of the place they got because there weren't as many "latinos" as other places. This totally shocked me. I'm hispanic. I turned to her and asked "what's wrong with Latinos?" She looked at me and said "Oh nothing it's just well, you know." I was floored. I had never come into direct racism before and here it was from someone who I considered a friend. I said "You do know I'm Mexican don't you." The rest of the evening followed in agonizing slow motion like sequence. Her and her husband explaining that they thought I was Spanish from Spain (which I am too, but my mother is mexican) and how they were "ok with those types of people because well, his cousin had adopted some from Guatemala". If you have to justify to yourself that you are ok with something, you are not ok with it. She has yet to say hi to me since then. I'm glad you took the time to actually analyze how well you know yourself because this "friend" is probably just mortified to find her racism true and apparant but to realize she was racist in the presence of someone who called her on it and a "friend" to boot. Well uncomfortable. Thanks for evaluating yourself and making an effort, it actually does mean a lot to someone who isn't white and from Utah (although I must say I am pretty darn white looking). <br /><br />PS for those people raised in Utah, I am NOT a latino. I am hispanic. The corrolation would be not wanting to call an African American "black" so you call them "colored" instead. Same sort of offense comes out of calling me a latino. Maybe others are different but latino constitutes everyone of latin decent meaning Italy, Spain, France. Hispanic are those from Central, South America. When you call someone Latino it's just offensive because, hard to explain, it just is. I can't explain it. Just don't do it. Common Utah Mistake. FYIVanessa and Rebeccahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01986004030981929292noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18999880.post-25593823603548391882007-02-05T22:25:00.000-07:002007-02-05T22:25:00.000-07:00the opening line of your post kind of caught me of...the opening line of your post kind of caught me off guard, and so i guess i was surprised with the philosophical ponderings in closing. <br />i am glad to hear that things went well, and i appreciate the questions raised in the end.<br /><br />i'm sure this comment will be followed by several young mothers empathetically expressing similar stories.<br /><br />me, i've said all i can say.--jeff *https://www.blogger.com/profile/10924343100485992100noreply@blogger.com