Senate "Race" Relations (was "U.S. Society and Black Men")

Clueless European here with some questions:

* Have I understood it right that:
- 'Latino' refer to more or less anybody from south of U.S.A. and decedent from people from there that keep notable parts of their original culture?
- people from the Latin countries in Europe are not Latino?
- Hispanic means that Spanish is your mother's tongue and has noting to do with where you are from or how you look, so Spaniards are Hispanics but Brazilians are not?
- neither Latino nor Hispanic needs to mean PoC since there are Latinos/Hispanic that are (by USA's standard) black and other who are white?

* Also, something I have ben wondering about is that every time I see a discussion about Latinos in USA and language they only speak about Spanish, what about Portuguese or don't you get any migrants from Brazil?

 

If You See Black People, Say Something

 

I would say you have it about right. Latino means people from south and central America and the Caribbean (though not the English or French-speaking parts). So yes that includes Brazil. Hispanic is anyone from a former Spanish colony or Spain regardless of race (the census asks you if you are white, not hispanic, because there are white Hispanics who just have more Spanish heritage than native).

Although Brazil is included in Latino, we don't talk about Brazil that much because most states have few Brazillian immigrants (Florida is probably an exception and gets a lot of Brazillian tourists as well).

So yes, I think you basically got it. It's worth noting that this is also basically how these terms work in Latin American Spanish. The big exception being that they'd just call all of us of all races "Americanos". And then there are "norteamericanos" and "estadounidenses" for people from the USA.

 

Well, this has been stirring on Facebook after I posted the photos. Anyhow, my good friend/sister accompanied me today as a bodyguard...and by today I mean 12:21 AM and 1:06 AM.

I went to the Confederate war memorial in Pioneer Park (downtown Dallas), and I utilized yellow and white chalk to write, "Black Lives Matter," on the so-called monument itself. My initial plan was to do so in front of the thing, but I elected on the spot to put it on the damn thing. Of course, we had paid $7 in a very-close-by hotel parking lot for a space. We immediately departed from that area. Artistically, the statues of Lee, the other generals, and Davis were quite bland. I'm glad the city of Dallas removed the grand-looking statue of Lee last September, but my specific act earlier was to all them to remove the insidious white supremacist statues by the cemetery park.

Thereafter, we went to the parking lot for the Sixth Floor Museum. We proceeded to step a few feet to Dealey Plaza, and I utilized pink chalk to write, "End Rape Culture." It took me a tad longer to exact this statement. Every time cars drove by, I stood and paused in the shadow next to the wall. We then swiftly departed from downtown. That parking only cost $8.

It was all worth it. My activists friends rejoiced. I imagine this action will be reviled by some in downtown Dallas itself. I know the parking lot cameras picked my friend and me up. But the security guard for the Sixth Floor Museum did nothing as we exited the second parking lot. I imagine it's still there.

 

People are very strange. Racism should be considered deviant, I think. When reports came out about how George Zimmerman threatened to feed people to alligators, I was horrified.

Obviously, we all know that Zimmerman should have been sentenced to life in prison for killing Trayvon all those ago. But Zimmerman and his supporters want to safeguard his racism, his hate, as a right or some sort of noble example. Well, his beliefs are perverse. Many of us know that here. He's nothing but a thug who should have been jailed long ago for killing an innocent kid and frightening so many. He's an idiot. The judicial system failed in another instance.

 

Yeah, that guy's a ****, but personally if I were him I'd be more offended about Young Dolph’s “Get Paid” being emblematic of the current sad, sorry state of today's rap music.

 

terrible popular rap music goes back to vanilla ice and mc hammer. thankfully, it's always coexisted alongside good stuff.

 

True. Thank the maker for ways to find better music. Seemed nigh impossible when I was younger. So a lot of people got pigeonholed into genres.

 

MC Hammer was not bad rap.

 

yes juliet, we know about your musical taste.

 

I do agree about Vanilla Ice though.

 

Those trousers were unforgivable tho .

 

As most terrible fads often are.

 

tom is just jealous. The Lord may have blessed him with a mind to rhyme, but He did not bless tom with two hype feet.

@J-Rod would love MC Hammer.

But he'd like Bobby Brown even more.

Now that's a message J-Rod can get behind.

Plus video with Trump cameo at 1:02

 

MC Hammer was a gangster of sorts. Which isn't played up nearly enough which would've helped him to keep his career alive.

Sorry for going off-topic.

 

There has been a great deal of controversy over Childish Gambino's video, This is America. Some call it brilliant, since it encapsulates the oppression experienced by many in America. Others believe it may have taken this message too far, or perhaps, that it was self-parodying to an extent. I concur with those who say that it is a representation of the oppression that too many suffer in this country. Some do have it easy here, but those who have that privilege are too few in number.

Making a society better involves education. The less racism, the less oppression, etc., the better. Without that, there would be less economic inequality and other societal ills.

Lastly, hear me out. I liked The Game's song, My Life, that featured Lil Wayne back in 2008. I felt that people deserved better than to suffer while society ignored them. Economic oppression is often tied to race. I just cannot fathom why someone's skin color led to all these atrocities. It would have been nice if our species had gotten over this before the Roman era. It's mature; it's criminal; it's evil. Racism, or any prejudice, affects everyone, and the Golden Rule/equality should be a popular concept. I appreciate how many of us long for such a better world. Thank you.

 

Excuse you?

MC Hammer is good. Juliet is correct. I think all people quite enjoy "Can't Touch This."

 

Personally, I am overly fond of Rihanna's 2009 album, Rated R. In her way, she's bouncing back from a tragedy, proving that she always had the power, and the man who hit her had none of it.

I know Rihanna has many haters. But I often find myself listening to that album on the same days I listen to Lady Gaga's. It's empowering.

I have a heavy bias toward Evanescence, TBM, and Sharon den Adel, as you know. But listening to Rihanna crush and slay is always a joy. #watchit He he he. They can say whatever. I'ma do whatever!



And, of course, G4L. We['re] an army; better yet a navy; better yet crazy!

I just like how she is basically saying that no one will ever abuse us in those lyrics. They will cower.

 

I'm surprised they didn't taze her or at least shoot a limb. My faith in 'authority'...is at a negative.