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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Just read the best 388 colleges which includes scores/percentages. I love when women subjugate themselves to men (not)... why so defensive about being Latino--embrace it[/quote]

"Embrace it"?  Let me guess, you are an affluent Caucasian woman of a certain age.  Am I correct?

You are being very dismissive of Latinos.  Yes, I embrace being born to immigrant parents who came to this country with nothing.  Yes, I embrace my darker skin.  Yes, I embrace speaking only Spanish until I began first grade with no English.  Yes, I embrace speaking Spanish at home my entire childhood.  Yes, I embrace being called an "illegal alien" and "immigrant" for most of my elementary school years.  Yes, I embrace earning top grades and test scores in high school, and going on to earn top grades at my elite college and graduate school.  Yes, I embrace living in a lovely house, and sending my children to Big 3 privates.  Yes, I embrace having all of my American-born children speak only Spanish at home, and having them use it outside the home whenever they have the opportunity to (which, thank God, is happening more often in the country).

If you yourself are not Latina, then you have absolutely no business telling someone who is most definitely and proudly Latina to "embrace it"(!)  Would it ever occur to you to approach an African American, a Latino, an Asian, or a Muslim, on the street, and to tell them to "embrace being [African American, Latino, Asian, Muslim]"?  I certainly hope that your answer is no,[i] and if it is,[/i] then please do not tell people of different races, religions, or ethnicities to "embrace themselves" on an anonymous forum either.[/quote]

You aren't[i] the loud lady [/i][Sofia Vergara] on Modern Family, by any chance?[/quote]

I [i]really[/i] hope that this is meant to be a friendly joke, because otherwise things have taken a rather unpleasant turn on this post.[/quote]

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