tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2842906968815125638.post960932027528684134..comments2023-09-27T07:40:50.535-07:00Comments on Mes Deux Cents: Stuff...Mes Deux Centshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10697034868111011343noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2842906968815125638.post-11876281506378292142008-01-22T18:55:00.000-08:002008-01-22T18:55:00.000-08:00Anali,I think that there is an opportunity for an ...Anali,<BR/><BR/>I think that there is an opportunity for an alliance but I never hear any one talking about it, I mean candidates.<BR/><BR/>I think they don't want the two groups to align.<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the link!<BR/>___________________________________<BR/><BR/>JJ B,<BR/><BR/>You are very welcome!<BR/><BR/>___________________________________<BR/><BR/>TBA,<BR/><BR/>You are very welcome!<BR/><BR/>___________________________________<BR/><BR/><BR/>Baby Please,<BR/><BR/>I normally say "so-called Hispanics" because the term is confusing to me too. I grew up in New York and Puerto Ricans, Dominicans, etc. and African Americans were natural allies.<BR/><BR/>With Mexicans the situation seems very different. <BR/><BR/>Did you know that Mexico had a Black president, well half Black? His name was Vicente Guerrero.<BR/><BR/>He ended slavery in Mexico.<BR/><BR/>There was a stamp of a cartoon character that was supposed to be Black called Memin Pinguin. <BR/><BR/>___________________________________<BR/><BR/>GoldenAh,<BR/><BR/>I'm originally from N.Y. too, so I had many relationships with Dominicans, Cubans, Puerto Ricans, etc. and always found that we had a lot in common.<BR/><BR/>Mexican culture is very different and many Mexicans tend to segregate themselves. It's creating an interesting dynamic between the two groups. I read that there has been a lot of tension in L.A. for instance.Mes Deux Centshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10697034868111011343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2842906968815125638.post-41945956124618115502008-01-22T15:50:00.000-08:002008-01-22T15:50:00.000-08:00The media loves to pit every single immigrant that...The media loves to pit every single immigrant that comes to America against black Americans. It works my nerves and I'm a black immigrant. <BR/><BR/>First the Koreans and now Spanish people. Although I'd say they've been here since the US took parts of the Southwest. <BR/><BR/>I'm more familiar with Afro-Latin-Caribbean people. I'm from NYC. <BR/><BR/>The few Spanish people I've ever met that were weirdly hostile were/are Mexican women. And I didn't know what they were until they identified themselves.<BR/><BR/>All groups have issues with each other. <BR/><BR/>To answer your question: I hope not.GoldenAhhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15928138252968831618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2842906968815125638.post-48422710807910258742008-01-22T08:25:00.000-08:002008-01-22T08:25:00.000-08:00What do you mean by "hispanics?" Mexicans?Just ba...What do you mean by "hispanics?" Mexicans?<BR/><BR/>Just based on observation... if you look at Mexican immigrants, one thing I observe is that they are very much to themselves. I don't see much interaction with other races and ethnicities. I guess this has to do with language barriers, being a member of an immigrant community and all the challenges they face, blah blah blah<BR/><BR/>But whenever I observe Mexican communities, they only interact with each other. I understand why.<BR/><BR/>It's different for say, Puerto Ricans. They're not immigrants. They speak English and bla blah (too much to go into for this post).<BR/><BR/>So, to answer the Q, I'd say prolly not.<BR/><BR/>There seems to be a very large distance between the communities. It's hard to imagine them as political bedfellows.<BR/><BR/>And not long ago didn't they (Mexico) have a person in blackface or something on their national stamp or something??Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2842906968815125638.post-8085677138468017872008-01-22T08:18:00.000-08:002008-01-22T08:18:00.000-08:00Thanks for the link love, Mes Deux! :)Thanks for the link love, Mes Deux! :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2842906968815125638.post-82361672386374467312008-01-22T04:46:00.000-08:002008-01-22T04:46:00.000-08:00Mes Deux Cents thanks for the love.Mes Deux Cents thanks for the love.Ann Brockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10273380949544392923noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2842906968815125638.post-53506011815155332182008-01-21T22:49:00.000-08:002008-01-21T22:49:00.000-08:00I think we most definitely can be political allies...I think we most definitely can be political allies and should be. I've been following a very interesting discussion on a blog post. Here is the link below.<BR/> http://alisavaldesrodriguez.blogspot.com/2008/01/obama-and-latino-vote-in-ny-times.html<BR/><BR/>The writer of the blog has written several novels. I read her book "The Dirty Girls Social Club" which is a fun read, but she also gets into some political issues. The book is in the process of being turned into a movie, but I think the writer's strike might be holding things up.Lisa Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08096947438461486505noreply@blogger.com