” “It wasn’t that I experienced overt racism in Athens,” explained Zelaya... but more subtle “micro aggressive moments.”
Some examples, said Zelaya, was when she would be told, ‘oh you are so articulate, you speak English so well,’ she said. “What they are implying is that only white people are articulate,” said Zelaya.”
When I hear how other minorities get treated, like the Palestinians in Gaza, the Coptic Christians in Egypt, or the Yazidis in Iraq, I come across an article like this and I realize it’s happening to the Latinos here too. [/sarcasm]
What they are implying is that she speaks English well.
She's experiencing "First World Problems". They aren't just the bitching and moaning of white people.
Even our "poor" have it better off (with large digital televisions, cable, cellphones, and cartons of cigarettes) than the poor do in other nations.