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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-
@mrmattimation I don't think that word could even be applied to puerto ricans
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@rarity The Spanish probably never used that word, you're right, but I don't think that matters to a racist.
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@mrmattimation we're talking about the n word right
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@mrmattimation The proper spanish word for a half-white half-black is mestizo
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@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.
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@nerthos Yeah, I know that, but nobody in the states really uses that word.
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@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
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@mrmattimation It isn't a slur either
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@rarity True that. Fairly certain there's some Native American somewhere in my blood as well.
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@nerthos Something about the class system in Colonial South America, I think?
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@mrmattimation Taino aren't really Native American IMO since they were primarily located in the Carribean
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@mrmattimation Hm? No, it's simply a word to indicate the genetic makeup of someone, nothing else.
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@rarity The caribean is part of america though, if not continental
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@rarity Does that not count? I'd always thought the term could be applied to natives of both continents as well as the Caribbean.
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@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
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@mrmattimation It applies to the entirety of continental america and the isles of the caribean sea
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@nerthos That's what I thought.
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@mrmattimation well proves me wrong then
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