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  1. Matt Matt

    For example: My great grandmother is white. She refuses to make eye-contact with my mother. At no point has she said to me or anyone else "YOUR MOTHER'S A doleR, KID"

    Tuesday, 23-Sep-14 01:02:04 UTC from web
    1. Rarity Rarity

      @mrmattimation I don't think that word could even be applied to puerto ricans

      Tuesday, 23-Sep-14 01:02:48 UTC from web
      1. Matt Matt

        @rarity The Spanish probably never used that word, you're right, but I don't think that matters to a racist.

        Tuesday, 23-Sep-14 01:06:07 UTC from web
        1. Rarity Rarity

          @mrmattimation we're talking about the n word right

          Tuesday, 23-Sep-14 01:07:02 UTC from web
          1. Matt Matt

            @rarity Yeah. It can be applied to any black person by a particularly ignorant white guy, regardless of actual lineage. Again, I'm descended from African slaves owned by the Spanish, and with my grandfather you probably couldn't tell the difference if it weren't for his very thick accent.

            Tuesday, 23-Sep-14 01:09:17 UTC from web
            1. Rarity Rarity

              @mrmattimation my lineage is more Taino indian but I'm sure that there's some black slave in there because Puerto Ricans are the mutts of the Hispanic world

              Tuesday, 23-Sep-14 01:10:25 UTC from web
              1. Matt Matt

                @rarity True that. Fairly certain there's some Native American somewhere in my blood as well.

                Tuesday, 23-Sep-14 01:11:45 UTC from web
                1. Rarity Rarity

                  @mrmattimation Taino aren't really Native American IMO since they were primarily located in the Carribean

                  Tuesday, 23-Sep-14 01:13:07 UTC from web
                  1. RDN's Lucifer RDN's Lucifer

                    @rarity The caribean is part of america though, if not continental

                    Tuesday, 23-Sep-14 01:14:13 UTC from web
                  2. Matt Matt

                    @rarity Does that not count? I'd always thought the term could be applied to natives of both continents as well as the Caribbean.

                    Tuesday, 23-Sep-14 01:14:22 UTC from web
                    1. Rarity Rarity

                      @mrmattimation well I'm far from an expert so IDK. I mean obviously it applies to peoples from Mexico and South America too but I honestly have no clue about the islands

                      Tuesday, 23-Sep-14 01:15:00 UTC from web
                      1. Matt Matt

                        @rarity Yeah I think the islands count too.

                        Tuesday, 23-Sep-14 01:16:03 UTC from web
                        1. Rarity Rarity

                          @mrmattimation well proves me wrong then

                          Tuesday, 23-Sep-14 01:16:32 UTC from web
                    2. RDN's Lucifer RDN's Lucifer

                      @mrmattimation It applies to the entirety of continental america and the isles of the caribean sea

                      Tuesday, 23-Sep-14 01:15:53 UTC from web
                      1. Matt Matt

                        @nerthos That's what I thought.

                        Tuesday, 23-Sep-14 01:16:26 UTC from web
        2. RDN's Lucifer RDN's Lucifer

          @mrmattimation The proper spanish word for a half-white half-black is mestizo

          Tuesday, 23-Sep-14 01:07:49 UTC from web
          1. Matt Matt

            @nerthos Yeah, I know that, but nobody in the states really uses that word.

            Tuesday, 23-Sep-14 01:10:21 UTC from web
            1. RDN's Lucifer RDN's Lucifer

              @mrmattimation It isn't a slur either

              Tuesday, 23-Sep-14 01:11:00 UTC from web
              1. Matt Matt

                @nerthos Something about the class system in Colonial South America, I think?

                Tuesday, 23-Sep-14 01:12:47 UTC from web
                1. RDN's Lucifer RDN's Lucifer

                  @mrmattimation Hm? No, it's simply a word to indicate the genetic makeup of someone, nothing else.

                  Tuesday, 23-Sep-14 01:13:41 UTC from web