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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous] Are any of the people posting here actually Hispanic? I'm biracial (Mexican/white) and trust me, Hispanic people can be just as racist as white people. I remember my grandmother telling my mom not to visit an area of Mexico with a high black population "because it was dangerous" and my mom has some very strong opinions on BLM and vaccines, not to mention the typical gringo jokes. Paco the Taco sounds cute to me and if the Hispanic members of your family don't find it offensive, I'd use it. As for the spanish jokes, was it done to mock or as a joke? My dad always joked that a quinceanera was a Mexican baby shower and I thought it was funny whereas my mom got offended. My mom thought mocking a Mexican accent was funny, I thought it was mean. This all goes to show that different people find different things wrong. [b]Have you talked to your husband and asked him what he thought about the behavior?[/b] [/quote]

No, we haven’t talked yet. I’m still processing all this. I haven’t seen most of my family in almost 5 years, and we rarely talk, so I’d forgotten how they can get.

Knowing H, I definitely think he’d be irritated. He really dislikes when people say ignorant things to him, like constantly asking where he’s from or saying his English is good (he was born here, as were his parents). He doesn’t throw a fit or say anything, but will comment to me about it later and roll his eyes in a “can you believe that” way.

I don’t think he’d say anything directly to my family unless it was getting bad, and I would intervene before that point. It would definitely bother him, though. I do think it would be a big problem if he heard them say these things to or about our child, I know he’d want to shield her from that, as do I. [/quote]

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