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I'm her mom, not the nanny! (LOL)
CNN ^ | July 18, 2011 | Rose Arce

Posted on 07/18/2011 3:15:39 PM PDT by Baladas

New York (CNN) -- We were at a Manhattan water park when it happened. I was with my then 3-year-old daughter, Luna, playing in a sandpit on a foul, chilly morning beneath clouds that looked like ripped paper. It was no day to be outside, but living in a city of small apartments, it was no day to be inside with a child either.

A little girl approached the two of us, clearly interested in playing. But when she arrived, she addressed only Luna. Pointing a finger at me, she asked her, "Is that your baby sitter?"

I've been mistaken for baby sitters all my life, or waitresses, sales clerks, even the occasional cleaning lady -- but it's a whole new experience to have it happen in front of my child.

It's not that there are no Latinos in Manhattan who wouldn't upset the stereotypes. There are just too few of us in the upper middle class universe where I live who aren't, well, baby-sitting or selling things. I get where this idea originated. I even understand why little kids are so frank.

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I found this op/ed to be hilarious, especially after she admits she has a "latina" nanny who can't speak English herself. I don't know what's up with the pink glow around the kid's hair and the latina CNN hack's eyes.
1 posted on 07/18/2011 3:15:42 PM PDT by Baladas
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To: Baladas

Manhattan water park....????, only water park I ever knew in Manhattan was a 5-way hydrant


2 posted on 07/18/2011 3:22:15 PM PDT by Doogle ((USAF.68-73..8th TFW Ubon Thailand..never store a threat you should have eliminated))
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To: Baladas

I don’t dare read the whole story. I’m sure I would have to break down and cry over such a horrible trajedy.


3 posted on 07/18/2011 3:22:35 PM PDT by San Jacinto
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To: San Jacinto
That & the fact that the writing is self indulgent bull sh1+ kept me from advancing beyond the first few paragraphs.
4 posted on 07/18/2011 3:26:05 PM PDT by Jim from C-Town (The government is rarely benevolent, often malevolent and never benign!)
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To: Baladas

When I pick my kids up from school the other students say to mine, “Your grandmother’s here to get you!”


5 posted on 07/18/2011 3:34:36 PM PDT by ViLaLuz (2 Chronicles 7:14)
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To: Baladas
Short Hair? Haaaavurd sweat shirt?

My guess is Dad's a turkey baster.

6 posted on 07/18/2011 3:36:00 PM PDT by Selmore (Except for ending Slavery, Facism, Communism, and Nazism, War never has accomplished anything)
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When she stops thinking of herself as a latina and starts thinking of herself as an American she will realize this kind of commentary is less than worthless.


7 posted on 07/18/2011 3:36:27 PM PDT by Iron Munro (The more effeminate & debauched the people, the more they are fitted for a tyrannical government.)
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To: Baladas

Mom looks like a real barrel of laughs to be around....


8 posted on 07/18/2011 3:37:35 PM PDT by Cyber Liberty (Oh, well, any excuse to buy a new gun is good enough for me.)
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To: Baladas

Sounds like BS to me. My experience has always been that kids don’t see color when they are younger.

Very painful read by the way. I wasted too much time on it.


9 posted on 07/18/2011 3:38:34 PM PDT by I got the rope
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To: Baladas
If she dressed in something other than a cheap sweatshirt and dropped a few, maybe people would mistake her for a woman whose name is on the lease at an expensive address. (Speaking of which, where's hubby? Didn't hear about him, if he was ever in the picture.) At least it's clear from her writing, if not her appearance, that she has a mind of great originality and sophistication. Oh, wait. . .

The girl is adorable, and we'll pray for the both of them.

10 posted on 07/18/2011 3:42:28 PM PDT by SamuraiScot
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When I read the headline and first couple of lines of the story, I assumed the little girl asked because probably 90% of the kids there are with their nannies/babysitters and not their mothers.


11 posted on 07/18/2011 3:47:04 PM PDT by Kipp
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"Can't I just tell Luna that plenty of Latinos choose careers or jobs other than child care..."

If she plays her cards right, she could grow up to become a wise latina on the supreme court.

12 posted on 07/18/2011 3:47:42 PM PDT by Flag_This (Real presidents don't bow.)
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http://www.hvc-inc.com/clients/cnn/lia/images/rose_a.jpg

She finished a stint as a producer at CBS News in New York before joining CNN.

Arce has been a board director for both the National Association of Hispanic Journalists and the National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association. She is an adjunct professor who teaches reporting on immigration, race and urban issues at the graduate school of journalism of the City University of
New York

Discussion on Lesbian pregnancy:

(Knock Yourself Up) Rose Arce, former CNN producer

Rose Arce, who is openly lesbian, produced the piece that has aired several times on CNN since mid-October

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Homosexuality Is Not a Civil Right

In addition, homosexuals enjoy support from every major news organization, whose coverage long ago crossed the line into outright advocacy of homosexual causes. More than six hundred journalists attended a conference of the National Lesbian and Gay Journalists Association in September 2000. Homosexuals and their allies such as CNN producer Rose Arce and NBC Nightly News producer Barbara Raab hold influential media positions.

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13 posted on 07/18/2011 3:48:33 PM PDT by kcvl
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To: SamuraiScot

I love freepers.


14 posted on 07/18/2011 3:50:41 PM PDT by altura ( Palin/Ryan---or Palin/Perry (for the best looking ticket ever))
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To: Baladas; Lazamataz
My kid after the latina baby sitter finished for the night.

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15 posted on 07/18/2011 3:50:55 PM PDT by Candor7 (Obama fascist info..http://www.americanthinker.com/2009/05/barack_obama_the_quintessentia_1.html)
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To: Jim from C-Town

What exactly is the point of this story? Does she feel discriminated against because a little child thought she was her daughter’s babysitter? Does she feel slighted because she’s a proud ethnic liberal mother, and only someone prejudiced would think otherwise?


16 posted on 07/18/2011 3:51:08 PM PDT by Dilbert San Diego
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To: SamuraiScot

Where’s “Mr. Arce”? Maybe it’s Rose him/herself, look at her FB page:

http://www.facebook.com/people/Rose-Arce/577391212

Yeah, let’s pray for the little girl.


17 posted on 07/18/2011 3:51:52 PM PDT by Baladas ((ABBHO))
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To: Baladas

Beats being taken for your child’s grandmother, sweetie ;-).

All my hispanic friends take care of their own children (and sometimes grandchildren). I guess we’re not in the upper class universe.


18 posted on 07/18/2011 3:53:30 PM PDT by Tax-chick (When politicians are "civil," the Republic is threatened.)
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To: Jim from C-Town

Yep, strictly staring at her own navel.

Does she have a life partner? Has the daughter EVER gotten to meet the daddy/sperm donor?


19 posted on 07/18/2011 3:56:00 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (The liberal press applauded when the NY Times hacked Newt Gingrich's phone calls.)
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People have ...grabbed my arm on the way to a restaurant restroom to demand: "Can I get some service here?"

Well homosexuals are known to service one another in anonymous public restroom trysts.

20 posted on 07/18/2011 3:57:43 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (The liberal press applauded when the NY Times hacked Newt Gingrich's phone calls.)
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