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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I know this is negative, but I feel like (1) Oyster's too fancy now to be representative of much of DC's Hispanic community; and (2) while certainly there are a lot of Salvadorans, saying DC isn't DC without Salvadorans leaves out a pretty decent number of other Hispanics, particularly other Central Americans.

Not to be too nitpicky or anything.[/quote]

Latinos, especially poor Latinos, are treated at oyster like they should be SO GRATEFUL to be there.

So I agree with you PP.

- Latinx person who wasn’t grateful enough apparently [/quote]

I'm not Latinx by heritage, but as an Oyster family we have friends who have more money and less than money than what we have.  Our friends - and the community- bridges across both socioeconomic and racial divides.  Just on the way back from Fiesta on Saturday I bid farewell to some upper middle class Latinx families, then stopped on the sidewalk to catch-up with another Latinx family to discuss their recent first communion, celebrated the same day.  Whereas they might not have as much economic might as other families, nonetheless they are fully integrated- volunteer for field trips, activities and are always kind to both me and DC.

Maybe its just me, and I'm clueless enough to not think that I should be SO GRATEFUL to have DC attending.[/quote]

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