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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]They are not saying they are from Spain, they are saying that they speak Spanish like their family. [/quote]

No they are calling themselves Spanish instead of White, language is not even part of the discussion. [/quote]

What is the obsession with making sure they understand racial vs lingual terminology. Surely you understand why they are making this category. Why do you need them to use the word you deem correct? [/quote]

I don't. It's not like I corrected them. I didn't say a thing about it. I posted this to DCUM because I find it curious and I wanted others' take on it. Something that people do on DCUM in case you haven't noticed. [/quote]

You seem nice, OP. Some of the other posters act like they just cannot understand why these children do not have the exact term down. It's probably because its's a shorthand for saying my parents speak Spanish at home. They are not trying to seem like they are from Spain or to upset anyone's precious notions of race. If they use the word among themselves and not with white people, that says something, too. It's a term they all understand, and that's ok. [/quote]

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