The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #119913 Message #2606817
Posted By: Azizi
07-Apr-09 - 04:40 PM
Thread Name: BS: So much=overwhelmed + no outrage?
Subject: RE: BS: So much=overwhelmed + no outrage?
Mick, I hear what you're saying. But for the record, let me say this:
I didn't think that Bill's comments were at all racist (putting aside the fact that in the USA at least "Latinos" or "Hispanics" [whichever group referent is most acceptable] aren't considered a race, but an "ethnic group" . Latinos/Latinas could be either White or Black. From what I read, it appears that many Latinos/Latinas thinks of themselves as "Brown", though the skin colors of members of that population range from White to very dark Black).
However, I do think that some of the problem Bill is facing is that his neighbors are what we Black people call "triflin'" meaning they are adults who don't do what they should do to keep up the area around their home, and children who aren't trained by those adults not to drop candy wrappers and fast food containers etc on the ground instead of carrying those paper products to a trash container.
When I worked as a chambermaid years ago I learned that triflin' people are found in all races and ethnicities-and also in all economic classes.