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Hispanics in the future

How can Hispanics have a future when this isn't even a race? Hispanics are white, black, and indian. From pure blood to mostly a mix of some or all. I knew all white Cubans who hated the term. Cubans are mostly either white or a mix of white and black. Mexicans are either white, indian, or mostly a mix. Some parts of South America have a lot of people with French heritage. So you can bet the term Hispanic dies in the future.

Okay. If you don't want to think of it as "race" (and I agree it's not), how about of some sort of Spaniard culture then? Or would you deny there is a culture as well, or that cultures are referenced in the future?

Jean-Luc Picard was obviously very very French. Chekotay (sp?) on Voyager was clearly very into his Amerindian roots. More than enough British accents and citations of British ancestry have made it into the future (Marcus from Babylon 5, just as an example). Scotsmen. Koreans. Etc. etc. etc. It's not just racial identities that have survived but vestiges (and more) of national heritage too.

Actually, I'm Cuban myself (also white), and I'm not particularly thrilled with the term Hispanic either. I just used it for the sake of conversation, and didn't want to be so specific as to say "Spaniard" in any particular sense. My point is, in all future histories you can see ways in which almost all of today's cultures and races have evolved and assimilated and become a part of the future culture. Not really any vestige of Spaniard culture though. We just... disappear. Somehow, I don't think it's meant as any sort of compliment over how well we assimilate.

Interestingly enough, I can't think of any Italians in the future either. Maybe it's not a Hispanic thing specifically, but Mediterranean in general? This wouldn't surprise me at all.

Note - this is not any kind of a "protest". I don't really -care-. I'm not all angry and suggesting boycotts or anything - that's a Democrat thing. I just think it's rather blatant and when other "identity groups" whine about not being represented in SciFi, I think it's an appropriate response to get them to shut up. To date, I have met several blacks who think that even after LaForge and Sisko and several other examples, blacks aren't represented enough. I've never heard them able to cite anyone of any Spanish ancestry though. Considering that "Hispanics" now outnumber blacks of all stripes in this country, I think the snub is a bit more blatant.

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