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CommentsRe: Chechnyan/Russian
How come they aren't being called Americans? Dzhokhar was a naturalized citizen & Tamerlan had an application in the works.... Re: Little Anita's
Mexican has to be the last food to be turned into a cuisine. A lot of places try but it resists. Mexican food is but not immune to cuisinification though so may I suggest those finding it suicide-worthy not aid the process but refrain from eating Mexican food altogether. That way the rest of us may get our fix as & where we may....
That would be the next logical step to any blood quantum-based argument, either: a) denying that it matters ('she doesn't claim to be Chicana'), or b) affriming it & saying it makes her a sell-out I would not attempt to argue you out of your view. When it comes to 'Lynette' people either get it or don't. And 'getting it' doesn't necessarily mean a heavy dose of racism. La Raza has a 300-odd year history of insularity in the New Mexico territory. Time was when cultural appropriation was the only alternative to isolation. Do you think that has possibly changed?
Check out the March 1-7 Alibi interview with Lauren Poole - the vata is in fact half raza which by your (overly simplified) analogy would make her a light-skinned black doing blackface as indeed some blacks did - it was the only way they could get in the theater. Not sure how this impacts your central argument but I thought you should have all the facts.... Re: Ryan’s Uterus
Like ...
Sez the US to the rest of the world ... which replies: 'Hey, whatever you say. Just take it easy, you're in control here ... '.
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